Browsing by Subject "ethics"

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    Ethical issues for magistrates: manual for trainers
    (2014-09-15) Franco, Jane; Miller, Karen; University of Cape Town. Law, Race and Gender Research Unit
    The manual contains readings, worksheets and teaching materials. There are also notes for trainers. This training manual was a landmark in an ongoing programme to develop an understanding of judicial ethics and to help magistrates deal more easily with the many, complicated ethical issues that arise in their day-to-day work. Many magistrates had raised concerns about their limited understanding ofjudicial ethics, the absence of any real discussion of ethical issues amongst magistrates, and the need for thorough and ongoing training in ethics. The first stage of the programme involved comparative and local research. A series of discussions with magistrates and workshops at which newly developed training exercises were tried out comprised the second stage of the programme. The production of this manual marked the conclusion of the third stage. The manual is divided into six training modules, each of which includes a discussion of the subject at hand and a number of exercises which can be used in training. Most of the examples that are included were provided by the magistrates with whom we discussed the manual or who participated in the workshops.
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    Ethical reputation as an organisational choice indicator: effects of job seekers' gender, field of study and family income level.
    (2020) Phaaroe, Mokabai; van Vuuren, Louis Jansen; Goodman, Suki
    Recruiting and retaining top tier talent has increasingly become one of the few ways organisations can differentiate themselves from their competitors. In pursuit of the best talent for competitive advantage, an understanding of what job seekers want has become paramount to recruitment strategies. Given South Africa's heterogenous population make-up, the labour market consists of various groups of job seekers, each with unique characteristics that inform their organisational choices. To this end, the researcher sought to compare organisational choice decisions of different demographic groups of job seekers. Specifically, group comparisons in the consideration of ethical reputation as an organisational choice indicator, were made between job seekers of different genders, academic backgrounds and family income levels. Students registered at a metropolitan university in South Africa participated in a selfreport measurement instrument titled Organisational Choice Indicator (N = 330). Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a four-dimensional construct for organisational choices in South Africa. Independent t-tests showed that job seekers from higher family income levels consider ethical reputations of organisations when choosing employers, more than their counterparts from lower family income levels. However, the test also indicated no significant differences between male and female job seekers, in the consideration of this indicator. Analysis of variance with planned contrasts revealed that in their job search endeavors, individuals with Humanities backgrounds consider how ethically reputable an organisation is, more than those with Engineering and Commerce backgrounds. Implications of these findings are presented, as well as suggestions for future research.
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    Journalism curricula in the Arab region: a dilemma of content, context and contest
    (University of Cape Town, 2011-08) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This research attempts to address and evaluate the 2007 UNESCO Model Curricula after a regional consultation meeting on the possibilities of adaptation of the model in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Arab region at the University of Bahrain. The model was supposed to be a generic model that could be localised and adapted to match each country’s specific needs. The rapid strides in different mass media industries in the Arab region have opened up new opportunities for the field of journalism education and the profession itself as never before.This transformation of societies have urged global standards in educational components and curricula that address specialized skills and knowledge, and opened up new possibilities of launching education programmes in journalism at new universities located at various geographic locations of the region. As a result, both local regional and international agencies have come up with offers for undergraduate and post graduate/Masters programmes in Journalism or communication studies.
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    Media and National Development Policy (2)
    (2013) Saleh, Ibrahim
    This lecture material demonstrates the responsible use, ethics and safety issues in using electronic media. Part 2 of a series on the role of the media in national development. Click for Part 3.
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    Medicine and the Arts Week 1 - On heart transplants
    (2015-01-21) Brink, Johan
    In this video, Johan Brink, discusses how his perspective on heart transplantation is informed by his experience as a cardiac surgeon. He emphasises the centrality of the heart for being human: physically, as an organ which keeps our bodies alive and emotionally, as a symbol of our feelings of love. He also notes that that a heart transplant is a complex medical procedure that raises a number of ethical questions. This is the fourth video in Week 1 of the Medicine and the Arts Massive Open Online Course.
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    Probing Professionalism towards Positive Practice
    (2014-08-20) Mitchell, Veronica
    Medical students in South Africa are frequently confronted with mixed messages contributing to uncertainties and dilemmas in their clinical encounters when the gap between theoretical frameworks and the practical realities is illuminated. For instance, learning for and about health and human rights in a spiraling curriculum can be undermined by the recognition that violations can occur in the health system. This website aims to promote a transformative approach to professionalism in which learning can be facilitated by engaging with both the facilitating and hindering influences that characterize clinical practice in South Africa. Digital stories by positive role models offer a collection of reflective insights about Being a Doctor. Resources on probing professionalism can assist students in mediating possible challenging events in their clinical encounters as well as learning from South Africa’s past. The new Six Step Spiral for Critical Reflexivity (SSS4CR) is explained and made available for students and others to use and remix either off or online.
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    Researching transformation at a South African university - ethical dilemmas in the politics of representation
    (Taylor & Francis, 2011) Ismail, Salma
    This article focuses on the complexity of researching institutional culture and the ethical dilemmas posed in representing staff according to race and gender, drawing on three qualitative studies undertaken at a previously white South African university between 2000 and 2007. During the research process, issues of representation became a concern both for participants and the researcher; specifically, some participants contested how they were categorised in interview transcripts and draft articles. Based on the empirical data of the three studies and using critical social theory and constructionist, feminist and post-colonial critiques, this article asks whether researchers can describe the lives of others without violating their reality, and argues for ethical representation that allows for advocacy and empowerment.
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    TEDI 4 Week 4 - Ethics of Care-Giving and Receiving
    (2019-06-01) McKenzie, Judith
    In this video, Judith McKenzie discusses the importance of listening to the voices of caregivers and how their experiences can influence our understanding of disability and vulnerability. She discusses how care giving and vulnerability are universal experiences for all people. She discusses how family-based care and professional caregivers share certain experiences which can be understood through an approach of Ethics of Care. She talks about the criticality of care as a function of human society; defines care in terms of its functions and roles, and stresses the societal role and importance of care as a valued process.