Browsing Ethics Conference 2010 by Title
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Challenges faced by the university to provide integral human development for 'exposed' Kenyan students.
Universities originally came into being from the love of knowledge and from the curiosity of knowing. However, of late, with increased access and advanced technological facilities and an influx of both necessary and ... -
Corporate and personal ethics for sustainable development: experiences, challenges and promises of part-time
Ethics in the academia is not new. Ethics is a part of the mission and culture of institutions of higher education, where it is taught, researched and observed. It is in this environment that many students first learn ... -
Fostering sustainable development through quality assurance in higher education
According to the World Bank working paper no. 124, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to 740 million people. Although the number is increasing, Africa has 635 out of the world’s 17,716 universities (3.6%). The gross tertiary ... -
Metamorphosis of confucian heritage culture and the possibility of an Asian education research methodology
This paper opens with a critical analysis of a paradox in contemporary educational research in and about Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC): The assumption that national boundaries coincide with that of a distinct and ... -
Positive values that create vitality to sustain
Every organization, to matter what its nature, whether it is an educational organization, government organization, private enterprise, local club, or family, forms in order to affect its area of influence in some meaningful ... -
Retracing Our Ecological Footsteps: Customary foundations for sustainable redevelopment
The discourse on property rights has been intractable and part of Kenya’s socio-political history since the advent of colonialism. At the heart of the debate lies the relationship between western approaches and views on ... -
Sustainable development, environmentalism, population control and global governance
One aspect of globalization, and one that is far more important than the globalization of consumer goods, is the globalization of ideas. Although many Africans are justifiably critical of the evils of slavery, colonialism ... -
Sustainable student leadership in Africa today
African Universities are facing a crisis that revolves around student governance. In the recent past, there have been reported student unrests in many universities in Africa and closer home, Kenya. The core of the matter ... -
The Challenges of university education in Kenya
Paper presented at the 7th Annual Ethics Conference
