Contemporary global challenges and ethical mindsets

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Theodora Issa ◽  
Tomayess B.T. Issa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Over Time

Purpose This paper aims to provide a framework that might be used to tackle the multifaceted challenges facing humanity, which are increasing in seriousness and complexity. The Millennium Project had identified such challenges, and over time periods until and including 2050, which pose the question, how would societies cope with these challenges averting any disastrous results? contemplating the suggested ethical principles, and the three central beliefs of “end-based”, “rule-based” and “care-based”. In some cases, individuals might not be blamed to think that “it is only a miracle” that might save humanity. Design/methodology/approach This paper, through the use of literature review, intends to provide an insight into these challenges, the suggested ethical principles and the three central beliefs, providing brief overview of the concept “miracle” leading to discussion on ethical mindsets, its components and their dimensions. Findings Concluding with framework for the way forward tackling these challenges. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this paper might lie in the fact that it is only a conceptual paper, but it calls on researchers to conduct further research using the suggested framework. Originality/value This might seem to be forward thinking, but it is a call for researchers to conduct more research in this area, and for governments to fund such research, to allow for the establishment of a method to refine the mindsets of individuals around the world to change into “ethical”, and thus, the world becomes better equipped to face and reduce the challenges and threats that are being faced by the world.

Amateurism, scientific control, and crime: historical fluctuations in anti-doping discourses in sport

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-29
Author(s):  
Ian Ritchie ◽  
Kathryn Henne
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The World ◽  
World Anti Doping Agency ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Creation ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the institutional mechanisms for combating doping in high-level sport, including the trend toward using legalistic frameworks, and how they contribute to notions of deviance. Design/methodology/approach A historical approach informed by recent criminological adaptations of genealogy was utilized, using primary and secondary sources. Findings Three time periods involving distinct frameworks for combating doping were identified, each with their own advantages and limitations: pre-1967, post-1967 up until the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999, and post-1999. Originality/value This study contextualizes the recent legalistic turn toward combating doping in sport, bringing greater understanding to the limitations of present anti-doping practices.

Five steps to transforming innovation processes: continually adjusting to new environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Lichtenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Market Launch ◽  
Initial Idea ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Innovation Processes ◽  
Over Time

Purpose This paper aims to suggest a procedure for successfully transforming a firm’s innovation processes in a systematic way. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper, which draws on prior academic and practitioner papers. Findings Changes in a firm’s environment, such as new technological trends or customer needs, regularly call for the dynamic renewal of a firm’s innovation processes. Nonetheless, most firms proceed in a surprisingly unsystematic way if they transform their innovation processes. This approach contrasts with the systematic innovation processes that many firms have established to manage their product development from initial idea to final market launch. Originality/value To overcome this discrepancy, this paper distinguishes reconfiguration and realignment challenges in the transformation of a firm’s innovation processes. These different activities are illustrated with the example of transforming firms’ innovation processes towards open innovation. Furthermore, a five-step procedure is suggested to ease implementation. On this basis, implications for managers are discussed with respect to proficiently adapting their firms’ innovation processes over time.

The nature of memorisation for embodiment

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Hardaker ◽  
Aishah Sabki
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Anthropological Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insights on the interconnectedness of the Muslim community, madrasah and memorisation in realising the process of embodiment. Design/methodology/approach Our anthropological study was conducted in 2011 at a prominent madrasah for higher education in England. The madrasah has approximately 400 adult learners that are studying Islamic studies programme. For our anthropological study, the notion of Islamic teaching and embodiment was integral to each other and was illustrative of a long educational tradition of the pedagogy of Islam. For this research, we follow a sensory narrative style in expressing our descriptions. Findings The findings provide an insight into the nature of memorisation for embodiment. The research suggests that the madrasah was teaching memorisation with a purpose to support the process of personal embodiment. Moreover, what we also see when considering madrasah life is that the notion of the “walking Qur’an” endures, and it transcends in the form of locally flavoured articulations of embodiment. To reiterate, the Islamic approach to memorisation for embodiment was found to be a practice relevant to all of us, as individuals, communities and institutions, reflexively engaging in the world around us. For the British madrasah, this was seen to be pivotal to the Islamic pedagogy shaped by the interplay between orality, facilitating memorisation and the didactic approach towards the sacred. From our observations, embodiment has a physical and spiritual dimension where prophecy is retained and is inherent to existence and daily madrasah practice. Originality/value Our narrative experiences bring a spiritual order to the pedagogical matters of memorisation represented by the inseparable nature of knowledge and the sacred. The interweaving of experiential narrative with a theoretical perspective brings forth our understanding towards the nature of memorisation for embodiment.

scholarly journals The experiences of children in custody: a story of survival

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Day
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Young Offender ◽  
Hostile Environment ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Children’S Behaviour ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This paper aims to explore children’s experiences during their time in custody in England and Wales. Design/methodology/approach A total of 48 children were interviewed, as part of a wider study on children’s pathways into, through and out of custody. The focus of this paper is on children’s experiences in young offender institutions. Findings The findings from this study suggest that children’s behaviour during incarceration can be understood largely as strategies for surviving the hostile environment in which they find themselves. Practical implications This paper seeks to make a series of recommendations for practitioner and policymakers, based on the findings of this study. Originality/value The findings from this study suggest that children’s behaviour during incarceration can be understood largely as strategies for surviving the hostile environment in which they find themselves. This paper seeks to highlight specific elements of this environment and offers an insight into how they may impact upon a child's sense of self and place in the world.

scholarly journals The formation of networks in the diaspora

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1136-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil S. Epstein ◽  
Odelia Heizler (Cohen)
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Policy Maker ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those immigrants and the locals in different countries. The authors present the model by considering different possible interactions between immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase international trade between the different countries, depending on the types of networks formed. The authors present possible applications of network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. The authors find that when the size of the diaspora is sufficiently large, the natives in the different countries will be willing to bear the linking cost with the immigrants because the possible benefits increase with increasing size of the diaspora. Design/methodology/approach Developing a theoretical approach for the formation of networks in the diaspora. Findings Those that immigrated first determine the outcome. Policy maker can affect the type of network formed by allocating resources to the first immigrants. They can approve subsidies and tax reductions for international trade. The type of network formed (assimilation, integration, separation or marginalization) affects the level of, and benefits from international trade worldwide, as well as the composition of the imported products. The authors show how leadership is established and how leadership increases over time. More immigrants from the same origin become established all over the world, and new linkages are created with the first immigrant, increasing the possibilities for global trade. Originality/value The research in this paper is original.

scholarly journals Exploring “gothic tourism”: a new form of urban tourism?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-236
Author(s):  
Duncan Light ◽  
Steven Richards ◽  
Preslava Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Dark Tourism ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Literary Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Tourism Attractions

Purpose The concept of “Gothic tourism” has recently been proposed within the discipline of English Literature. Such tourism is claimed to be a distinct form of special interest tourism grounded in familiarity with the Gothic, distinctive aesthetics, and experiences of frights and scares. It is increasingly common in towns and cities around the world. This paper aims to examine and critique the concept of Gothic tourism, and consider its similarities with existing forms of urban tourism. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper and no empirical data are presented. Findings Gothic tourism is not as clearly differentiated from other forms of tourism as has been claimed. In particular, Gothic tourism can be conceptualised as a particular form of “lighter” dark tourism, but it can also be considered as a form of literary tourism. A conceptual model is presented which places Gothic tourism at the nexus of dark and literary tourism. Research limitations/implications This study is a conceptual exploration of Gothic tourism. Further empirical research is required to test the ideas presented in this paper at established Gothic tourism attractions. Originality/value This study examines the recently proposed (but little-researched) concept of Gothic tourism and considers its relationships with other forms of special interest tourism. It also illustrates the broader issue of how typologies of special interest tourism do not necessarily correspond with the motives and experiences of tourists themselves, or of the providers of tourist experiences.

Creative tourism – providing the answers to a more inclusive society

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-751
Author(s):  
Caroline Couret
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
Inclusive Society ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of the short-term impact of COVID19 on the new tourism paradigm worldwide, as well imagining how it could influence society’s inclusion. The purpose is thus to share some insight into this unprecedented situation. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a practical and empirical approach, based on readings and conversations with international stakeholders, and contrasted with the Creative Tourism Network’s background. Findings This paper explores the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the tourism industry, human values and intangibles and new opportunities for societal inclusion, together with examples of good practices. Practical implications The viewpoint is based on observation, analysis and conversations with stakeholders around the world. It also draws on examples and practical cases from the destinations’ members of the Creative Tourism Network. Originality/value This paper draws on observation and reflections about the evolution of societal inclusion through new forms of creative and niche tourism, accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Fetishism and the problem of disavowal

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 766-780
Author(s):  
Tereza Kuldova
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
False Belief ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Belief Structure ◽  
Know How ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose Fetishism has been often linked to misrecognition and false belief, to one being “ideologically duped” so to speak. But could we think that fetishism may be precisely the very opposite? The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of this at first sight counterintuitive notion. It locates the problem of fetishism at the crux of the problem of disavowal and argues that one needs to distinguish between a disavowal – marked by cynical knowledge – and fetishistic disavowal, which can be understood as a subcategory of the same belief structure of ideology. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is based on literature review and utilizes examples from the author’s ethnographic fieldworks in India (2008-2013) and central Europe (2015-2019). Findings The paper provides a new insight into the structure of fetishism, relying on the psychoanalytic structure of disavowal, where all disavowal is ideological, but not all disavowal is fetishistic, thereby positing a crucial, often unacknowledged distinction. Where disavowal follows the structure “I know quite well how things are, but still […],” fetishistic disavowal follows the formula: “I don’t only know how things are, but also how they appear to me, and nonetheless […].” Originality/value The paper develops an original conceptualization of fetishism by distinguishing ideological disavowal from fetishistic disavowal.

The National Library of Singapore experience: harnessing technology to deliver content and broaden access

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmini Chellapandi ◽  
Chow Wun Han ◽  
Tay Chiew Boon
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
National Library ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Digital Collection ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThis paper seeks to focus on the efforts of the National Library of Singapore (NLS) to make accessible resources to users who may not come to the library physically or resources that the library may not hold or own, and to discuss some of the initiatives launched by the NLS in the past five years, including the encyclopedic Singapore Infopedia, the landmark collaborative project between the NLS and Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) that initiated NewspaperSG, and the Singapore Memory Project, a nationwide initiative to build a national digital collection of materials about Singapore.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes a descriptive approach.FindingsWith libraries the world over facing the challenge of meeting the needs of users in improving access, the National Library of Singapore (NLS) has, in the past decade, sought to explore ways in which remote reference services can be improved and access to its collections in the online space enhanced.Originality/valueThe paper gives an insight into the latest developments at the National Library aimed at servicing its remote users.

Governance myths: a typology

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-223
Author(s):  
Aaron Wachhaus
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Gaining Insight

PurposeMyths matter. They are one of the ways by which we seek to make sense of the world; understanding myths helps us understand not only the world around us but ourselves as well. Governance myths – myths that we tell about the state and our relationship to it or about the structures and figures making up our government and our relationships to them – can serve as a valuable means of gaining insight into civil society and for illuminating the goals and values of good governance. Categorizing governance myths can aid in that process. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachThis paper develops a typology of governance myths, and then explores mythic types and their implications for governance.FindingsA typology of myths facilitates systematic examination of fundamental stories told to explain and illustrate governance. Characteristics of myths at each level of governance may be used to better understand implicit expectations and assumptions about particular aspects of governance.Originality/valueThis typology can be used by scholars and practitioners to deconstruct stories told about governance and more effectively respond to citizens’ perceptions of the public sector.

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