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Ten practical advantages of a human rights approach to environmental advocacy

Kerns, Tom - In: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 3 (2013) 4, pp. 416-420

In order to draw any conclusion about what actions should be done, practical arguments require both a first premise which makes factual claims about the world and a second premise which asserts a value claim. This paper argues that among the second premise value claims available in environmental...

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Ethics Without Borders

eSocialSciences; Plos medicine Editors - 2009

The authors shows the problems that can arise when research is done in the context of humanitarian relief work and also notes that ethical oversight of such research needs to be rigorous, but also pragmatic. It discusses particularly the role of journals when papers arising from such research...

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Gender and human development : a feminist perspective

Truong, Truong, T-D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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Integrity, respect for others, and ethics – three essential leadership qualities

Ojo, Marianne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Ethics, respect for others and integrity (embracing respect for the law), should definitely be pre requisites for … of issues which include the need to respect the rights of others, the need for leadership qualities such as ethics and … reflects „evidence and considerations of how the research can benefit ethics within businesses and other organisations.“ …

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Precarious Residents: Migration Control, Membership and the Rights of Non-Citizens

Gibney, Matthew - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009

This paper examines the situation of a subgroup of non-citizens found in virtually all contemporary states, what I call “precarious residents”. Precarious residents can be defined as non-citizens living in the state that possess few social, political or economic rights, are highly vulnerable...

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