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Service-based learning as a form of community engagement in achieving student outcomes : the experience of an East African university .
(SUN PReSS, 2022)The modern university is expected to be many conflicting things at the same time: conservative and radical; critical and supportive; competitive and collegial; autonomous and accountable; traditional and innovative; local ... -
Teaching business ethics in Africa : what ethical orientation? the case of East and Central Africa
This paper starts off from what seems to be a difficulty of ethics in African Business today. For several years now Transparency International has placed some African countries high on its list of most corrupt countries ... -
The Beginnings of Kibondeni college, Nairobi : a historical and sociological overview
The theme of this article is Kibondeni College, a corporate work of Opus Dei in Kenya, East Africa. Its focus is the pre-history, the initial stages and the development of the school which started as a service unit ... -
The role of human freedom in the development of the virtues
The term “character” can be defined in different ways but generally it is understood to refer to the distinctive and individual way of being developed by a person based on the initial temperament they have received at ... -
The Role of universities in the fight against corruption
The recent increase in the number of reports on anti-graft activities in the various sectors of Kenyan society reveals a greater determination on the part of the government and of international and local bodies to curb ... -
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 ... -
Towards a new African worldview: quandaries of moral business and leadership in modern Africa
Africa’s poverty problems are often linked to its post independence poor leadership and corruption. In order to address and solve the problems of corruption in Africa it is important to understand their origins. This paper ... -
Towards instilling ethics in African business and public service: the case of Kenya
This article discusses post independence governance and corruption challenges in Africa. In addition, this article explores the development of business ethics and good governance in Africa, with a particular emphasis on ... -
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 ... -
Truth and the media
In Kenya recently, tensions, especially between government and the media, have been reflected in events such as the raiding of The Standard Group offices a few months ago - on 1st March 2006, and the resistance of the ... -
who benefits from African research?
The case spans over more than 20 years. It begins in the 1980s and is currently being debated. Between 1984 and 1986 a Ph. D. Botany student wanted to establish what kind of enzymes could be found in lakes of the Great ... -
Woman, nature & identity: insights from Ogolla, Stein & Escriva.
In this paper I look at woman, nature and identity from three different perspectives: that of a novelist, that of a woman philosopher and finally the explanation of the same from a spiritual leader. In the novel, "The ... -
Work and human perfectibility: why virtues matters
In recent times there have been a number of articles and books on different aspects of Applied Ethics. A number of them have tried to tackle Applied Ethics from the point of Work as such. In this paper I will analyse work ... -
Work revisited. the triple perfective dimensions of human work: an Aristotelian perspective.
The term 'work' is today one of the most common words on people's lips all over the world. People talk of going to work, coming from work, looking for work or a job. People leave their families, their homes, and even ...
