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Social Entrepreneurship
This contributed volume features state-of-the-art research from ten different countries on implementation, institutionalization and the future prospects of social entrepreneurship. This volume aims at bringing together research that considers the context of economy, politics and cultural issues combining with the needs of social and human development. By conceptualizing the notion of social ent…
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- 978-3-319-01396-1
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- Sosial Ekonomi
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- 302
Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics
This work presents the first comprehensive and systematic treatment of all relevant issues and topics in contemporary global bioethics. Now that bioethics has entered into a novel global phase, a wider set of issues, problems and principles is emerging against the backdrop of globalization and in the context of global relations. This new stage in bioethics is furthermore promoted through the et…
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- 978-3-319-09483-0
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- Kedokteran
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- 617
Contemporary Bioethics
This book discusses the common principles of morality and ethics derived from divinely endowed intuitive reason through the creation of al-fitr' a (nature) and human intellect (al-‘aql). Biomedical topics are presented and ethical issues related to topics such as genetic testing, assisted reproduction and organ transplantation are discussed. Whereas these natural sources are God’s specia…
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- 978-3-319-18428-9
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- Kedokteran
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- 617
The Golden Rule in Sports
Elite level sport lends itself to a highly competitive environment that encourages players to seek a competitive advantage in order to win. Since competition is an inherent condition that is also considered desirable in this setting, it may at first glance seem as if cooperation does not have any room in elite level sports. Sustainable cooperation can be mutually advantageous for players, but i…
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- 978-3-658-07028-1
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- XVI, 189, 17 b/w illustrations
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The Ethics of Energy Sustainability
This book is an easy to use instructional aide. Explore sustainability issues in contemporary society through a transdisciplinary approach. Chapters include ethics, public resources, public policy, combustion, heat exchangers, nuclear, solar, water, and wind energy. A short summary is presented for each topic, followed by additional topics for research, assignments, and references. The complex …
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- 978-94-017-9701-6
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- XIII, 71, 10 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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The Ethics of Cultural Heritage
It is widely acknowledged that all archaeological research is embedded within cultural, political and economic contexts, and that all archaeological research falls under the heading ‘heritage’. Most archaeologists now work in museums and other cultural institutions, government agencies, non-government organisations and private sector companies, and this diversity ensures that debates contin…
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- 978-1-4939-1649-8
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- XVII, 219, 21 illustrations in colour
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- Ethical Archaeologies: The Politics of Social Justice
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Food Security and Food Safety for the Twenty-First Century
This book is a collection of selected papers that were presented at the First International Conference of the Asia-Pacific Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics (APSAFE 2013), which was held at Chulalongkorn University from November 28 – 30, 2013. The papers are interdisciplinary, containing insights into food security and food ethics from a variety of perspectives, including, but not limi…
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- 978-981-287-417-7
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- XI, 333 hlm.
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Legal Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Unite…
This book offers readers a comprehensive and in-depth legal analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining the theoretical foundations of corporate governance and its legal mechanism in the United States and South Korea. Moreover, it proposes legislative blueprint for establishing the legal frameworks that might serve to legitimize and effectively implement CSR in general. Refle…
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- 978-81-322-2386-3
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Labour Force Mobility in the Australian Resources Industry: Socio-Economic an…
This book addresses the socio-economic impacts of rapid economic development due to a global mining boom. It reviews the efforts taken by communities, governments and companies in Australia to deliver enduring benefits while minimising the negative consequences of rapid growth. In particular, the effects and tensions of new workforce arrangements, worker mobility and condensed mine life cycles …
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- 978-981-10-2018-6
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Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions: A Study of their Objectives and Ach…
This book is a study of the objectives of Islamic Finance in the modern banking space and offers insight into the effects of changes and developments occurring in Islamic banking products and services.
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- 978-1-137-51566-7
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