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To what extent does personal virtue of project participants affect project management success?
(2019-01)This paper explored the influence of personal virtue or project participants on the success of construction projects. Literature was reviewed on virtue from the point of view of practice. A survey assessed the success of ... -
Ethics as a solution to Corruption : a case study of the construction industry in Kenya
(SOBE Publications, 2018-12)The construction industry endures a poor reputation and continues to experience ethical problems manifested in collapsed buildings, corrupt deals and a general lack of honesty. In this paper, the authors present results ... -
The Necessity of the transcendentals when educating in beauty
(Strathmore University, 2018)Plato held highly the opinion that there is a need to educate in kalon. Though extreme in his thought on how this education should be carried out. His thoughts still hold water. Educating the youth on appreciation of beauty ... -
Developing a web explicit research strategy theory in African universities : a cross-comparison of specific regional efforts through an analysis of research web-pages
(Academic and Business Research Institute, 2010-10)The research is an analysis of Web explicit research strategies of specific African universities. The sampling was purposive. The African continent was sub-divided into four distinct cardinal regions in order to get a ... -
Doing good for its own sake : recasting CSR in the light of Catholic Social Teaching
(2015-02)This paper argues that the view of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as advanced in management theory and practice is flawed due to its theoretical underpinnings in individualism, a position which upholds the primacy ... -
Ethical decision-making in academic administration : a qualitative study of college deans’ ethical frameworks
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2015-07-22)Ethical decision-making in school administration has received considerable attention in educational leadership literature. However, most research has focused on principals working in secondary school settings while studies ... -
Moral sensitivity practice in academic deanship: does it really matter?
(Springer Singapore, 2016)The chapter reports on the findings of a grounded theory study on the moral sensitivity practice of Filipino college deans. It centers on the exposition of a conceptual model which expands the construct of moral sensitivity ... -
Ethical decision-making in academic administration: a qualitative study of college deans’ ethical frameworks
(Springer Netherlands, 2015-09)Ethical decision-making in school administration has received considerable attention in educational leadership literature. However, most research has focused on principals working in secondary school settings while studies ... -
Bridge over troubled water phenomenologizing Filipino College deans’ ethical dilemmas in academic administration
(Sage Journals, 2013-03)This phenomenological study intends to capture and describe Filipino college deans’ lived experiences of ethical dilemmas as they carry out their work as administrators. Using semi-structured in-depth interviews and following ... -
Transforming primary schools in Kenya through action research: experiences from a post experience Diploma in Educational Management
The aim of this paper is to make public the transformative action research projects carried out by primary school teachers who did the Diploma in Educational Management at Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya) from 2009 ... -
How the Process of doctoral enquiry developed my openness and criticality
In my recently concluded doctoral enquiry I evaluate and make public nine years of my educational practice at Strathmore University (Kenya). My research focuses on the process of transformation in myself and others through ... -
An examination into the ethical acceptability of genetically modified foods in Kenya principled on Aristotelian Ethics
Ethics is a branch of Philosophy which studies free human acts from the point of view of their moral value (goodness or badness) in relation with the last end of man( Debeljuh,2006). Ethics ... -
Gikuyu Ethnophilosophy from the perspective of Leonardo Polo’s transcendental anthropology
The purpose of this paper is to see how the Transcendental Anthropology of Leonardo Polo can shed light on the ethnophilosophy of the Gikuyu people. I will highlight the similarity between the view of the human person ... -
Anthropological foundation of the levels of happiness : Robert Spitzer, Abraham Maslow and Leonardo Polo
The purpose of this paper is to see how Leonardo Polo’s Transcendental Anthropology can give a foundation to the levels of happiness of Robert Spitzer, in his work: Healing the Culture and the hierarchy of basic needs of ... -
Introduction to Leonardo Polo's philosophical motivation
The purpose of this article is to give a brief bird’s eye view of L. Polo highlighting the motivation and originality of his philosophy. We do not intend to assess how original he was and whether his claims are accurate ... -
Education in virtues as goal of business ethics instruction
The moral development paradigm underlying a particular business ethics curriculum design plays a significant role in determining the goals of business ethics instruction. Concretely, the view of moral development advanced ... -
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Human nature/identity : the ubuntu world view and beyond
This paper is about the understanding of human nature and identity in the African context called Ubuntu. In the Introduction I explain the meaning of Ubuntu worldview. Following this I present the notion of Nature, and ... -
Business ethics and wealth creation: a response to Georges Enderle
The paper of Profess or Enderle regarding Business Ethics and wealth creation, after discussing the various meanings of wealth and creation, goes on to highlight the author's personal experience of the poverty condition ... -
Altruism and human flourishing in shareholder value and the common good
Book Chapter in book titled Shareholder value and the common good.
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