The Future in Mind: Aspirations and Forward-Looking Behaviour in the Short and Long Run in Rural Ethiopia

Medieval philosophers presented Gettier-type objections to the commonly accepted view of knowledge as firmly held true belief, and formulated additional conditions that meet the objections or analyzed knowledge in a way that is immune to the Gettier-type objections. The proposed conditions can be divided into two kinds: backward-looking conditions and forward-looking conditions. The former concern an inquirer’s current belief system and the way the inquirer acquired her beliefs, the latter refer to what the inquirer may come to learn in the future and how she can respond to objections. Some conditions of knowledge proposed in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century epistemology can be regarded as variants of the conditions put forward by medieval authors.

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Feminist multimodality—A retrospective account of an exhibition on speculative urbanism

Multimodality & Society ◽

10.1177/26349795211027693 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 263497952110276

Author(s):

Hemangini Gupta

Keyword(s):

Object Perception ◽

Central Place ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Research Project ◽

The Future ◽

Retrospective Account ◽

Forward Looking

This essay offers a retrospective account of a multimodal public exhibit at the end of a multi-year research project on speculative urbanism. While the registers of speculation are invariably forward-looking, our research presented us with the central place of memory as a frame through which urban residents in Bengaluru, India, negotiate their present and imagine the possibilities of the future. This essay examines four ways in which we created space for memory in our exhibit, understanding our approach as situating an archive-optic, drawing on approaches of critical fabulation, object perception, and submerged perspectives. I suggest that these forms of engagement are multimodal and that they offer feminist and decolonial ways to unmaster linear narratives and situate our research affectively.

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A Central Element of Europe’s Football Ecosystem: Competitive Intensity in the “Big Five”

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063097 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3097

Author(s):

Fabio Wagner ◽

Holger Preuss ◽

Thomas Könecke

Keyword(s):

Big Five ◽

Central Element ◽

Quantitative Approach ◽

Competitive Intensity ◽

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽

Long Run ◽

The Future ◽

European Football ◽

Over Time

This study perceives professional European football as one of the most relevant event-related entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) worldwide. It also identifies a healthy sporting competition in the five most popular European football leagues (Spain, England, Germany, Italy, and France), the “big five,” as a key pillar for the functioning of this ecosystem. By applying a quantitative approach, competitive intensity (CI) is measured for all big five leagues for 21 seasons (1998/99 to 2018/19). The chosen method does not only convey an overall indication of the competitive health of the entire league but also provides detailed information on the four important sub-competitions (championship race, qualification for Champions League or Europa League, and the fight against relegation). In all five leagues, seasonal CI tends to decrease over time, and especially over the last decade. The main reason is a decline in the intensity of the championship race while all other sub-competitions show relatively robust CI values. Overall, it can be concluded that the competitive health of the big five is intact, but the dwindling CI of the championship races can harm the EE of professional European football in the long run. Accordingly, it should be closely monitored in the future.

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The Difference Principle, Capitalism, and Property-Owning Democracy

Moral Philosophy and Politics ◽

10.1515/mopp-2017-0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 151-172

Author(s):

Andrew Lister

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Equal Opportunity ◽

Main Idea ◽

Political Influence ◽

Income Growth ◽

Difference Principle ◽

State Capitalism ◽

Long Run ◽

The Future ◽

The Difference

Abstract Jason Brennan and John Tomasi have argued that if we focus on income alone, the Difference Principle supports welfare-state capitalism over property-owning democracy, because capitalism maximizes long run income growth for the worst off. If so, the defense of property-owning democracy rests on the priority of equal opportunity for political influence and social advancement over raising the income of the worst off, or on integrating workplace control into the Difference Principle’s index of advantage. The thesis of this paper is that even based on income alone, the Difference Principle is not as hostile to property-owning democracy as it may seem, because the Difference Principle should not be interpreted to require maximizing long run income growth. The main idea is that it is unfair to make the present worst off accept inequality that doesn’t benefit them, for the sake of benefitting the future worst off, if the future worst off will be better off than they are anyway.

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A Psycho-Educational Approach to Coping with Failure Amongst Pupils

School Psychology International ◽

10.1177/014303438200300407 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 231-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruth Engel

Keyword(s):

General Model ◽

Early Stage ◽

Educational Approach ◽

Long Run ◽

The Future ◽

Basic Objective ◽

The Individual

In this paper I hope to explain the reasons for developing a method to provide the individual with tools to cope with failure at an early stage of his life; additionally, the general principles of that method will be formulated. Obviously, the basic objective is ultimately aimed at conditioning the child's thinking towards development of different attitudes in relation to failure situations. Success of the method, in the long run, depends upon the repetition of similar techniques, at least during the first years of the child's schooling. Thus we tend to believe that if we ‘instil’ in the child the proposed way of relating, he will then be able to cope not only with failure in the future but also with pressures exerted by unskilled teachers in school, who may use failure as a threat. As an additional alternative there is proposed a general model of treating children who have not been trained at an earlier stage to deal with failure within the school framework.

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Corporate social responsibility on the example of L’Oréal Polska

Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.8111 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 199 (1) ◽

pp. 73-85

Author(s):

Magdalena Raftowicz ◽

Adriana Kryk ◽

Izabela Kurtyka-Marcak

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Literature Review ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

The Future ◽

On Line ◽

Line Survey ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Further Development ◽

Taking Responsibility ◽

Forward Looking

The article aims to assess the benefits of implementing the corporate social responsibility (CRS) concept in enterprises and attempts to examine its impact on society and the environment. The analysis of the effectiveness of investments related to CSR was carried out based on literature review and own research (on-line survey) on the example of L’Oréal Polska. The conclusions from the research confirm the existence of numerous profits related to the implementation of CSR initiatives undertaken by the company. Considering own actions in a forward-looking way and taking responsibility for them shows that CSR is a bridge between the present and the future of business. Therefore, the further development of this concept can be forecasted.

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Examination of the current and idel organisational culture and leadership elements at the municipalities of the North Great Plain region

Acta Agraria Debreceniensis ◽

10.34101/actaagrar/52/2110 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 117-125

Author(s):

Andrea Matkó

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Local Governments ◽

Middle Managers ◽

Performance Orientation ◽

The North ◽

Long Run ◽

The Future ◽

Future Vision ◽

Major Emphasis

The connection between organizational culture and leadership has been examined by several researchers (Schein, Schmircik, Bass) and it is proven that there is a link between them. The leader shapes the organizational culture and at the same time the organizational culture shapes the leader too. The middle managers of local governments place the major emphasis on the dimension of goal orientation for the future. From the leadership perspective they find charismatic, goal and team oriented leadership necessary for the future. The local governments have to answer the challenges of the rapidly changing environment. Quick responses and adjustments are only possible if the leader possesses a clear future vision and not only sets short-term goals but plans for the future and estimates the necessities on the long run. It is important to have a leadership with utmost dedication to the organization and to the objectives of the organization. The leaders must raise the interests of the employees, involve them in the process of setting goals and in finding ways to meet those goals, and that the employees should no longer strive to realize their own personal ambitions but focus on the common objectives. This brought transformational leadership to light. The leader establishes and shapes the organizational culture but the individuals and teams working for the organization have impact on the organizational culture as well. This becomes apparent in the organizational culture as middle managers would place the major emphasis on performance orientation. Performance orientation is a dominant motivation based on excellence, hard work, pre-calculated risk, fore planning, goal orientation and regular feedback, which shapes the leadership too, as the leader has to change as well, in order to run the organization. Scheins’ standpoint reflects the best the relationship between the organizational culture and the leadership. Schein claims that organizational culture and leadership are interwoven phenomena, as the leader shapes the culture but after a while the organizational culture itself shapes the leader too.

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