Ethics and Values in Decision-Making A Philosophical Critique of Faith-Based Policy

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Phillip R. Beaver
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Philosophical Critique ◽  
Faith Based

A Qualitative Exploration of Religion, Gender Norms, and Sexual Decision-Making within African American Faith-Based Communities

Sex Roles ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 82 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 189-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin N. Piper ◽  
Tyler J. Fuller ◽  
Amy A. Ayers ◽  
Danielle N. Lambert ◽  
Jessica M. Sales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Sexual Decision Making ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

scholarly journals Local Faith Actors and the Global Compact on Refugees

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Wurtz ◽  
Olivia Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Global South ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Global Power

Power dynamics of global decision-making have meant that local faith actors have not been frequently heard in the context of refugee response. The development of new global refugee and humanitarian frameworks gives hope that there will be greater inclusion of Southern-led, faith-based responses. A closer look, however, demonstrates discrepancies between the frameworks used in global policy processes and the realities of local faith actors in providing refugee assistance. We present primary research from distinct case studies in Mexico and Honduras, which counters much of what is assumed about local faith actors in refugee services and aid. Interventions that are considered to be examples of good practice in the global South are not always congruent with those conceptualized as good practices by the international community. Failure to recognize and integrate approaches and practices from the global South, including those led by actors inspired by faith, will ultimately continue to replicate dominant global power structures.

Reflections on the nexus of politics, ethics, religion and contemporary water resources decisions

Water Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (S1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Delli Priscoli
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Access To Water ◽  
Water Justice ◽  
Policy Arenas

The ways we discuss water policy decisions often closely mirror broader social and ethical decisions, for example: water as a common good; water and human dignity; water as a facilitator of well being; rights and responsibilities of access to water; justice and water. Water is a symbol of reconciliation, healing and regeneration which appears in virtually all of our known organized faith-based religions. Water decisions truly seem to be at the nexus of ethics, public policies, nature, values, beliefs and rationality. This paper opens windows into this nexus by starting with selected water policy arenas (arenas not generally thought to contain dimensions of ethics and faith) and generalizing about the dilemmas presented by decisions in them. These arenas are: dealing with risk/uncertainty in water and climate change decisions; changing terms of discourse on world water, especially between rich and poor; concepts of nature in water decision making; dealing with water and conflict; and processes of governance and water decisions. The paper concludes with suggestions of how ethics and faith might connect in decisions concerning water.

scholarly journals FROM BEST INTERESTS TO BETTER INTERESTS? VALUES, UNWISDOM AND OBJECTIVITY IN MENTAL CAPACITY LAW

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
John Coggon ◽  
Camillia Kong
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Philosophical Critique ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
Capacity Decisions ◽  
Mental Capacity Act 2005 ◽  
Mental Capacity Act ◽  
Personal Decision ◽  
Made In

Abstract The Mental Capacity Act 2005 governs personal decision-making for adults. It incorporates five overarching principles, including that incapacity may not be inferred merely from a person's unwise decisions and that where a person lacks capacity decisions must be made in her best interests. Through analysis of judicial treatment of unwisdom, best interests, subjectivity and objectivity, considered against parliamentary debates on the Mental Capacity Bill and philosophical critique of ideas of (un)wisdom, we argue that these principles are problematically irreconcilable. The Act's radical under-specificity means, paradoxically, that this comes to be resolved through abstracted values, rather than the centricity of the person herself.

scholarly journals A Communication Analysis of Religion in Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cody Wilcoxson ◽  
Kelley Spencer ◽  
Savannah Nolen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Communication Analysis ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Communication Accommodation ◽  
Communication Accommodation Theory ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Accommodation Theory

The researchers chose to examine religion as a factor in the decision to attend a university and the way that students adapt communicatively to faith-based universities. The concept brought many aspects of communication into play, but only a specific group of theories were applicable to the research findings. The researchers selected two theories to help explain the data: Communication Accommodation Theory and Symbolic Interactionism Theory. Both, Communication Accommodation Theory and Symbolic Interactionism Theory, focus on the decision-making and adaptation aspects of the study.

Data Management Maturity for Knowledge-Based Decision-Making

2018 ◽  
pp. 126-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Palonka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Nowadays, information has been recognized as a strategic asset of an organization. There are numerous best practices for ensuring good quality data and establishing data management frameworks that are required to provide quality information for the management decision-making process. Unlike most data management studies, which focus on large enterprises and SMEs, this study deals with organizations from the third sector in Poland, comprising e.g. associations, foundations, faith-based organizations, etc. The aim of the chapter is to determine the organizations' maturity level of data management for decision-making processes in management. A survey was conducted to gather data from the organizations. The chapter utilizes samples that were collected from Slaskie Voivodship. The conclusions of the present research can help in creating and implementing a model of the data-driven decision-making process so that the operations of these organizations can be enhanced and improved.

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