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Curtailing political short-termism in legislatures: a trade-off between influence and institutionalization?

to MPs without endangering the existing division of power. Finding this balance enhances the consolidation of legislative future organs, but it simultaneously limits their conventional political impact. ... -level policymaking, political executives have carried out most of this activity, and expert-driven governmental foresight units can now be found on all continents [ 43, 46 ]. However, as scholars of

The Challenge of Christian Leadership

I write this essay with some hesitancy. Being reared in a Christian home and educated in both Christian theology and secular philosophy, I am aware of the many pitfalls when discussing Christian ... political commodity, a failed product — awash with sports and TV personalities — to be bargained for?” 1 http://catholicmilwaukee.com/luther-added-the-word-alone-to-rom-3-28.html#:~:text=Luther%20added%20the

Democracy: On the Edge of Uncertainty

think too about utilitarians — whose philosophy has become the foundation of much of modern life — with its sterile pragmatism, captured and encapsulated by a framework eliminating the nonquantifiable ... much of its meaning and its zest. We have become, not a clog in a vast industrial-political machine, but an essential working part — regulated, dehumanized, and sanitized from our ethical veracity beset

Belief and Hope: Propositional Antecedents of a Moral Life

, identity politics has played a major role in this uncertainty loosening the anchor of our values and providing room for overt emotionalism and hyperbole epitomized by disturbingly opinionated political and ... beliefs for this status.—Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy In addition, having lost confidence in the moral veracity of others, sometimes people are unwilling to listen to or accept perspectives

Upstalsboom - An Example of Caring Economics

development of her concept of Caring Economics and caring organizational policies through a partnership orientation – the antithesis of domination orientation. Introduction Political, social, and demographic ... Humanity.” Upstalsboom’s value-oriented leadership and corporate philosophy were significantly influenced by the lived experiences of its CEO and firm owner, Bodo Janssen, and influences of the Benedictine

"Being on God’s Side": Biblical Leaders on Wokeness, Social Justice, Cancel Culture, White Privilege, and Other Controversial Terms

): Unfortunately, the intrusion of unrelated political content has now become a basis of America’s higher education institutions, with both students and faculty pressured into incorporating left-wing political ... “diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)” initiatives, which a growing number of scholars have noted function as political screening tests (Para. 2). The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is in the

Ubuntu Leadership – An explication of an Afrocentric leadership style

leadership style promoted following South Africa’s first democratic election, is one such leadership theory. While Ubuntu has been an ethnographic philosophy and a long-established part of African cultures ... described as a leadership philosophy as it originated from Christian religious beliefs and was not grounded in any particular postulation (Spoctor, 2016) . Notwithstanding its lack of theoretical grounding

“Autonomous weapons” as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: analysing AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies

“Autonomous weapon systems” (AWS) have been subject to intense discussions for years. Numerous political, academic and legal actors are debating their consequences, with many calling for strict ... widely used in philosophy, psychology, human cognition and other disciplines and carries (often contested and contradictory) meanings that range from anthropocentric understandings to political contexts or

Resolving Conflicts Through Soft Leadership — An Academic Case Study

stakeholders adopt a proactive attitude. Understanding this philosophy and exploring soft leadership to resolve conflicts helps organizations enhance their productivity and performance. ... employees arbitrarily, subjecting them to debasing humiliation. The Secretary of the Educational Society had both political power and economic resources. He had the power to influence many local politicians

Winter/Spring 2024

,” “critical race theory,” and “DEI” have been increasingly misused by political parties in recent years. This paper will identify and explain how the Hebrew Bible addresses social justice, compassion, inclusion ... examining forms of resistance to oppression. The presence of inequity places political and economic perspectives at the forefront of conversations about leadership. Language can signal social justice

Self-Centered vs. Humanity-Centered: The Most Critical Continuum for Choosing Today's Leadership

of Political Philosophy, 28(1), 97–116. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12212 Malloch-Brown, M. (2022, July 5). The whole world needs a Marshall plan. New York Times, A19. Mayer, C. (2013). Firm ... technologies, the exponential growth of information, globalization, climate change, political turmoil, global pandemics, and machine learning, the rules of conducting business have drastically changed. Thanks to

Humanity as Community: A Prescription for the Ethically Possible

join her team as an editor and has been supportive of my writing since that time. Given my long history of writing, I understand many of my old ideas grew from my studies in theology and philosophy and ... involvement and relationships with others; that is, “humanity is community.”4 This idea lay at the heart of the 14-book series (curriculum), Philosophy for Young Thinkers (PYT).5 It was the culmination of an

The Mammoth prophecies: a role-playing game on controversies around a socio-technical innovation and its effects on students’ capacities to think about the future

This article reports on a political game played between November 2021 and February 2022 at a European university in the frame of an elective course open to students from all disciplines. It started ... discuss whether the Mammoth game had a positive effect on students' abilities to think about the future. Introduction Political games are simulations of political processes that have as their primary

A Different Perspective: Examining Obstacles Faced By Black Clergywomen Through The Lenses of Critical Race Feminism

The influence of Black women leaders in this country and throughout the world in corporate, political, educational, and religious settings has existed for years (Allen & Lewis, 2016). The most recent ... , business management, and criminal justice in addition to having a bachelor’s degree in political science from Spelman College. She has a strong background in leadership as a business executive and former

Sustaining Ireland, Body and Soul: A Woman Leader's Story of the Cooperative Movement

Irish identity. The first principles of Cooperation sought to transcend the deep political divisions of the time, manifest in such struggles as Home Rule, the Land Acts, the Easter Rebellion, the War of

Book Review: Christian Social Ethics

ethical programmatic upon which moral and political decisions and rules for freedom and democracy took their source. Surely, not all peoples share the same views, as we find in a pluralistic society. People ... sciences of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, economics, and theological sciences to justify the foundations for a free, just, and virtuous social order. Such a society is indeed desired by many across

"Shaped but Not Fixed

understand why the political turbulence of the last five to ten years has caused a “centering” or re-centering of values in the American heartland polarizing views about ethics and morals, about democracy ... second president, and now headed the philosophy department at Campbell University. In 1972, he hired me to teach logic, epistemology, and contemporary philosophy at Campbell. For this I am grateful. “An

Politicizing the future: on lithium exploration in Portugal

proposes that political action that involves large sociotechnical ventures with the potential of contamination needs to consider the local collective perceptions of the future. ... . Javiera Barandiarán [ 8 ] explains that governments need to legitimize political programs based on science and technologies. Therefore, new totalizing imaginaries around the undertakings can emerge

Corporate Political Spending: Why Shareholders Must Weigh In

This article focuses upon the growing problem confronting companies and their shareholders: the use of general treasury (i.e., shareholder money) to propagate political agendas which are not only ... increasing. Shareholder resolutions addressing toxic waste, executive compensation, the inclusion of gender identity in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies, and most recently, corporate political

Ethical Foundations Revisited

corner of pious hyperbole, religious postulations, violence, and political maneuvering. All of this has stupefied thinking and distorted the edges of right and wrong making the moral vision called ... have closed their minds to reason and fact-based knowledge lingering in the afterglow of a diabolical cultic personality who cares nothing about others, only about himself. “Some political theorists