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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 ... -
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 ... -
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Community capacity development in universities : empowering communities through education management programmes in Strathmore University (a pilot study)
This research examined the issue of community capacity development in a university. The main way communities were empowered was through the education management programmes offered at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. ... -
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 ... -
Education and the problem of moral values: the case of Kenya
At the beginning of 2008, Kenya was rocked by a deadly wave of sectarian violence that was sparked off by a dispute over results of December 2007's general elections. During these weeks of anarchy , we saw people who had ... -
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 ... -
Effort & achievement of two decades of business ethics teaching and research in Africa with a special reference to Kenya
This paper makes an overview of the efforts and achievements gained in ethics research and teaching in the last two decades by different stakeholders. These include some philosophical inquiries regarding the existence of ... -
el docente universitario ante los bienes de su práctica
We can recognize the teacher and his profession as the attempt to research or to discover, recognize, promote and teach the truth to others. The scope of a teacher’s quality is a topic still debated by those who tackle ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
La ética de la profesión docente : estudio introductorio a la Deontología de la educación.
Este libro introduce un campo de gran importancia pero aun poco explorado.La ética de la profesión docente es un tema del máximo interés teórico y practico, muy particularmente en nuestros días. ?Es docencia una vocación, ... -
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 ... -
Happiness through human work
In what follows, I analyze the nature of work as human action. From there I discuss the triple dimension of human perfectibility through man's operative powers: the intellect, will and affections or emotions. After that, ... -
How am I using my Christian intellect in developing my living educational theory to facilitate transformational learning in my philosophy students? Methodological Perspectives.
In this paper I will present a brief overview of the research I am carrying out for my doctorate. I will focus more specifically on the methodology which I am using, known as Living Theory. I hope to situate it within the ... -
How can I facilitate the personal development of my students as I live my educational values
The title of our Conference leads me to reflect briefly on how I understand transformative education for development. If we look at development from an African perspective we usually understand this to refer to the ... -
How the process of doctoral enquiry developed my openness and criticality
(2014-04-07)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 ... -
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 ...
