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La Crisis en la profesion contable en los EU
Los escándalos corporativos ocurridos en los últimos años, provocaron reacciones muy divergentes en los miembros de la profesión contable de los Estados Unidos de América. Es interesante notar que, la desaparición de ... -
La Etica de la profesion docente. Estudio Introductorio a la deontologia de la educacion
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, ... -
La Responsabilidad social de las empresas
La responsabilidad social de las empresas debe configurarse como un compromiso personal para promover el verdadero bien –el bien en sí- de las personas en la sociedad. Con frecuencia, cuando se habla de la responsabilidad ... -
Mentoring at Strathmore University: Towards Companion Friendship
(Strathmore University, 2014-06)This dissertation is concerned with mentoring at Strathmore University. The study developed and tested the hypothesis that mentoring at Strathmore University can be moved from status of hidden curriculum to status of ... -
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 ... -
Motivational factors influencing teacher retention in private primary schools in Murang’a Diocese
(Strathmore University, 2020)Human resources play a key role for the success of any organization. Within the school context, teachers greatly contribute to achievement of the school’s objectives. Schools should therefore strive to recruit and retain ... -
Multi-agency cooperation in combating terrorism in the aviation industry in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)Terrorists’ acts against the civil aviation industry have remained sustained over a period of time. The devastating effects of a successful attack transcend the jurisdictions of many states, threatening their national and ... -
National security implications of human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Kenya (2009-2019)
(Strathmore University, 2021)Using the Rational Choice Variant of Gary Becker as its conceptual tool of analysis, this study sets out to; firstly examine and analyze factors underlying the increase in human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Kenya. ... -
The Nature & purpose of business: exploring the alignment between managers’ perceptions and ethical corporate culture in selected Kenyan banks
(Strathmore University, 2019)Scholars have maintained for some time now that ethics is an integral part of organizational and corporate culture. Culture is influenced by corporate statements, primarily by the mission statement of the organization which ... -
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 ... -
On Time. What is time?
This has been a central question in philosophy from time immemorial. And even to describe that long period, we have no other term to use but ‘time’. We find it discussed at some length by Aristotle, touched on somewhat by ... -
Parental involvement in the formation of school and family partnerships in the implementation of Competency Based Curriculum: a study of public primary schools in Lang’ata Sub County
(Strathmore University, 2022)One of the aims of the change by the Kenyan government from 8-4-4 system of Education to Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) was to ensure that education is practical and responsive to the needs of the people. This was also ... -
Passing on the common human tradition
We are here to share ideas on the “risk” of education as the book by Don L. Giussani is called. As we discuss his work, we are also discussing the nature and meaning of education as well as the process of education based ... -
Patient perspectives on access control of Electronic Health Records
(Strathmore University, 2019)Recent technological advances pose a challenge to the basic framework of medical ethics and the fundamental nature of the doctor-patient relationship - a relationship based on consent and trust that has stood for almost ... -
Peer review in teaching: the Strathmore experience
Peer reviewing is a process that has become popular around the world over the last 10-15 years. It can be used in different professional environments, as well as by students who make use of the collaboration of their peers ... -
Perceptions of primary stakeholders on the ethical duty of parental involvement in pupils’ intellectual development: a study of selected schools in Lavington area Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2018)This study investigated the perceptions of primary stakeholders on the ethical duty of parents being actively involved in the intellectual development of primary school children in Lavington Area of Nairobi County. Primary ... -
Personalized learning in home education: an examination of parent perceptions and use of multiple intelligences and learning styles in lower elementary learners in Nairobi, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)This study explored personalized learning in home education. It examined parent perceptions of their learner's needs and interests through the combined use of two complementary educational approaches, the theory of Multiple ... -
A Philosophical commentary of happiness among Kawangware and Kibera youth using Spitzer’s theory
(Strathmore University, 2019)What is happiness? This concept has plagued man from the ancient times; and even today in the contemporary 21st Century. This is because there are different ways of understanding what happiness is. Youth are the future; ... -
The Philosophy of hope through photography in Kenya: interpretation of Henri Cartier-Bresson's Gaze under the existentialism of Gabriel Marcel
(Strathmore University, 2019)Today, many Western media impose a simplifying view of photographic reality by narrating African daily life under negative cliches that are perpetuated in time (poverty, famine, corruption, etc.) or recently, it is enough ... -
Philosophy: 'What Is It All About?'
The number of students enrolling for philosophy courses in our public universities is dwindling. Philosophy, the mother of all intellectual learning, is on the verge of being erased from Kenyan universities' curricula. From ...
