VOLUME 3(2) • 2011
ON THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING CHANGE WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, I focus on employees’ attitudes towards change, individuals’ emotional predispositions towards change, the existence of knowledge hiding in organizations, the contribution of stakeholder interactions as an engine for the outcomes of change, and the role of managers in..
MEDIA KNOWLEDGE AND JOURNALISM’S MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC POLITY
ABSTRACT. The aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate global monopolization in media industries, the continually changing world of media technology, journalism ethics in a global age, and the effectiveness of new media technologies. This study is grounded in the considerable body of scho..
THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS THAT UNDERLIE THE CRIME OF TAX EVASION IN EUROPE
ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of the mechanisms that lead to tax aversion, the measurement of tax morale, Switzerland’s refusal to cooperate in countering tax evasion, and the moral wrongfulness of tax evasion. The results of the current study converge with prior resea..
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON CRIME CONTROL
ABSTRACT. Scholarly research reveals strong correlations between the perpetrator’s criminal conduct, generic criminal laws, the proper role of penal law in public policy, and the critical analysis of penal law. The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the suppression of organiz..
THE ART OF CONTRAST: AESTHETIC EXPERIENCES
ABSTRACT. Our paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence on the temporal order of music, the unique significance of music, the ubiquity of music in human culture, and music’s proximity to language and its nonrepresentational nature. The paper generates insights about the process of mu..
BUREAUCRATIC VALUES AND MODES OF GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study is to examine the interaction of political direction and bureaucratic creativity in policy development, the multiplicity of principals attempting to influence bureaucracies, modeling control of bureaucratic policy making, and the role of bureaucrats’ specialized k..
RECONSIDERING THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS: JUDICIAL NETWORKING AND INSTITUTIONAL BALANCE IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
ABSTRACT. In this article I try to apply the concept of “networking” to the instruments and institutions of judicial cooperation in Europe, within the framework of Council of Europe activities and EU policies aimed at the creation of an Area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ). pp. 159–180Keywor..
ISLAMIC AND SECULAR FEMINISMS: TWO DISCOURSES MOBILIZED FOR GENDER JUSTICE
ABSTRACT. The role of women in Islam is invested with diverse meanings and discourses. The state, religious authorities, traditional Islamists and reformist intellectuals all claim the right to define the role of women in the Islamic society. This contestation over the meanings attached to women mak..
PERPETUAL SELF CONFLICT: SELF AWARENESS AS A KEY TO OUR ETHICAL DRIVE, PERSONAL MASTERY, AND PERCEPTION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
ABSTRACT. This paper considers the nexus between the environment, self and reality, and the influence upon ethics, entrepreneurial opportunity, and sustainability. It is postulated that perception and interpretation by individuals creates meaning and that this is regulated by self identity and corre..
BETWEEN DISCOVERY AND CHOICE: THE GENERAL WILL IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
ABSTRACT. In his Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Rawls tells us that “a normalization of interests attributed to the parties” is “common to social contract doctrines.” In the first part of this paper I argue that this “normalization contract” faces a dilemma. If the normalization the..
RULES VS. DISCRETION: THE JUDICIAL ALTERNATIVE
ABSTRACT. This paper studies the use of judicial decisions in the balance between rules and discretion in financial matters. The starting point of this paper is the idea expressed by John Taylor that established rules are preferable to administrative discretion as a way to avoid financial, and other..
ESOTERIC AND OPEN PEDAGOGIES
ABSTRACT. The developments of new technologies and open resources within society have fostered the new creation of different pedagogies including what we call Open Learning Systems (OLS). This article examines the shift from esoteric to open pedagogy and the consequent changes for education and know..