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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Human Nature and Identity in Muntu Anthropology and Ubuntu Worldview
“Recent ethnic history of the peoples of Africa, though lacking in written documents, is seen to be very complex, yet rich in spiritual, social and individual experience, much worthy of further analysis research. Many ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...