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The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry : Self-governance, Service, the …
This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the Mittelstand”, it focuses on a characteristic aspect of governance within the German economy: The Chambers of commerce and industry. Important characteristics of the Chamber sy…
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- 9783030707996
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- XIII, 385p. ill.
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- Practical Wisdom for Sustainable Organizations
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- 381.060943 EBE t
Animals in our midst : the challenges of co-existing with animals in the anth…
This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offe…
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- 1
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- 9783030635237
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- xv, 579p.; ill.
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- The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics
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- 179.3 ANI b
Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future : An Ecosystem Perspective on the…
This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…
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- 9783030699789
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- 124 p
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance,
- Call Number
- 174.90063 STA
Beyond the code : a philosophical guide to engineering ethics
For over 80 years, the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) has been a leader in the promotion of ethical practice within the field of engineering. One of the Society’s greatest contributions is the formation and adoption of the NSPE Code of Ethics. But the code, with its six "Fundamental Canons," is only truly instructive if engineers can bridge the gap between principles and ac…
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- 9781315643816
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- xxx, 47 p
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- 174.962 FUR b
Energy Justice Across Borders
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. We must find new and innovative ways of conceptualizing transboundary energy issues, of embedding concerns of ethics or justice into energy policy, and of operationalizing response to them. This book stems from the emergent gap; the need for comparative approaches to energy justice, and for those that consider ethical traditions that go beyon…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783030240219
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- XIV, 305
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- 333.79 Ene
Studies in global animal law
This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to t…
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- 1
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- 9783662607565
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- -
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- 346.046954 ANN s
Philosophy of race : an introduction
Philosophy of Race: An Introduction provides plainly written access to a new subfield that has been in the background of philosophy since Plato and Aristotle. Part I provides an overview of ideas of race and ethnicity in the philosophical canon, egalitarian traditions, race in biology, and race in American and Continental Philosophy. Part II addresses race as it operates in life through colonia…
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- 9783319787299
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- XIX, 258 p
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- 305.8001 ZAC p
Kantianism for animals : a radical Kantian animal ethic
This open access book revises Kant’s ethical thought in one of its most notorious respects: its exclusion of animals from moral consideration. The book gives readers in animal ethics an accessible introduction to Kant’s views on our duties to others, and his view that we have only ‘indirect’ duties regarding animals. It then investigates how one would have to depart from Kant in order t…
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- 9783031019302
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- XXI, 245 P
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- -
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- 170.92 NIC k
Academic integrity in Canada : an enduring and essential challenge
This open access book presents original contributions and thought leadership on academic integrity from a variety of Canadian scholars. It showcases how our understanding and support for academic integrity have progressed, while pointing out areas urgently requiring more attention. Firmly grounded in the scholarly literature globally, it engages with the experience of local practicioners. It…
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- 9783030832551
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- xxv, 599p. : ill.
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- 378 ACA a
Ardea : a philosophical novella
What is soul? Can it be forfeited? Can it be traded away? If it can, what would ensue? What consequences would follow from loss of soul — for the individual, for society, for the earth? In the early nineteenth century, Goethe’s hero, Faust, became a defining archetype of modernity, a harbinger of the existential possibilities and moral complexities of the modern condition. But today the dir…
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- 9780615845562
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- x ; 70p. : ill.
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- 170 FRE a
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