Browsing Research Output by Subject "Ethics"
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An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)As experts predict that at least some irreversible climate change will occur with potentially disastrous effects on the lives and well-being of vulnerable communities around the world, it is paramount to ensure that these ... -
Collaborative partnerships to increase resilience among AIDS orphans: some unforeseen challenges and caveats
(Unisa Press, 2012)Previous research has attested to the power of metaphor-rich stories to enable resilience during individual therapy, but this has not been researched in a group context. We aimed to ascertain if the reading of brief stories ... -
Critical Transformation in Higher Education: Ethical Reflections on #Mustfall Movements and Concomitant Gender-Based Violence
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2017)Protest movements such as the #MustFall currently dominate the South African higher education landscape. This article focuses on such protest movements, paying particular attention to protests against gender-based violations ... -
Do ethics and morals really represent the best possible blueprints for the good life? Reflections on a possible pedagogy of discernment
(University of Zulia, 2015)Making use of hermeneutic phenomenology and morality critique as methodological navigation points, this paper challenges the illusory prestige and power of normative orders in presenting themselves to every successive ... -
Exploring Interdisciplinarity: a theoretical consideration of Bioethics at the interface between Theology, Philosophy and Life Sciences
(Vaal Triangle Faculty of Northwest University in South Africa, 2009)Complex ethical problems resulting from research and advances in biotechnologies increasingly confront Christian ministers and theologians with difficult and complex moral dilemmas. Where do they turn to in order to ... -
Human Resources Managers As Custodians Of The King Iii Code
(Univ Pretoria, Dept Economics, 2015)The objective of this research was to perform an exploratory study on the knowledge and understanding of the King III code among Human Resources (HR) managers in South African companies. The King III code is a comprehensive ... -
The illusion of ethics for good local governance in South Africa
(2010)Ethics, the legislation and upholding of good conduct by public officials is a sine qua non for sustenance of good governance and service delivery. The White Paper on the Transformation of the Public Service 1994 identified ... -
Phronesis: beyond the research ethics committee. A crucial decision-making skill for health researchers during community research
(Sage Publishing, 2016)Health researchers conducting research in the community are often faced with unanticipated ethical issues that arise in the course of their research and that go beyond the scope of ethical approval by the research ethics ... -
Professional and personal ethics in translation: a survey of South African translator's strategies and motivations
(Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service, 2014)The aim of the study reported on in this article was to explore South African translators’ responses to various kinds of ethically contentious material at the textual level, in the context of particular text types and ... -
Reflections on the ethical content of the IT Honours program project module
(Springer, 2015)Honours programs in South African universities must include a research project module. There are external pressures from professional bodies and government that influences the nature of the project module. This paper ...