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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Moral Values"”.
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An examination of the ethical and moral values of public relations practitioners.
This study examined the moral and ethical concerns of public relations practitioners and students. A questionnaire consisting of 50 Likert-type items was completed by public relations practitioners and public relations students at Baylor University and the University of North Texas. Through factor …
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Leadership and ethics : a comparative study of leader moral values and organizational culture
… of recent and highly visible scandals, the moral and ethical culture associated with contemporary organizational life is not often discussed in either the academic literature or in the popular managerial writings. The intent of this thesis is to examine the challenge I believe moral …
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Nietzsche and moral inquiry: posing the question of the value of our moral values
… continued presence and importance of Christian moral values in our daily lives, coupled with the fact that faith in Christianity is in continual decline, raises the question as to why having lost faith in Christianity, we have also not lost faith in our Christian moral values. This question is …
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Moral realism: an anti-projectionist account of moral values as aspects of the manifest image
… thesis will argue that a significant part of our moral experience can be explained by an analogy with the phenomenon of aspect perception discussed by Wittgenstein in his Philosophical Investigations. I will argue that projectivism cannot give a satisfactory account of moral perception. This …
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Through a glass darkly : an investigation of religious and moral values expressed in children's literature
The study investigates children's religious and moral reasoning in relation to situations in literature. Theoretical examination includes evaluation of both psychological and literary perspectives on morality and religion. Chapter 1 outlines and evaluates the cognitive-developmental approach to …
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Identity construction environments : the design of computational tools for exploring a sense of self and moral values
… and develop their most cherished personal and moral values. It also puts pressure on schools and society to help them do so. This thesis explores how new technologies can be used to create environments explicitly designed to help young people explore their inner worlds. I coined the term …
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Holy Books Or Pocket Books? Class And Values In American Politics
… recently as to the political effect that "moral values" have on Americans and much research has shown inconclusive results as far as the effect of class. This paper aims to study how class and values, including moral values and postmaterialist values, interact with politics in the United …
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The victim role: an exploration into descriptions and evaluations of victims
… indicates that individual differences in moral values, just world beliefs, and political values may influence reactions to victims. An individual’s moral values and political values may determine how they conceptualize the victim role. Individuals with strong just world beliefs are more …
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A computational model of moral learning for autonomous vehicles
… AI agent that makes decisions in line with human moral values has surfaced as a key challenge for Al researchers. While recent advances in deep learning in many domains of human intelligence suggests that deep learning models will also pave the way for moral learning and ethical decision making, …
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An investigation into the values necessary for the African Renaissance in South Africa with special reference to the learners in Empangeni District
… various strategies that address the decline in moral values in South Africa and also find solutions that shall enhance African Renaissance. A number of solutions will be explored to promote a positive sense of Africanism in different aspects of life. These will include morality, discipline, …
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Elections Have Consequences: Moral Value Foundations Ensure Gridlock through the Ballot Box
… gridlock in Washington, research in moral psychology has implicated reliance on differing moral value foundations between liberals and conservatives as a determinant of partisan divides. While Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) research has highlighted the effect of moral values on a …
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A Critical Evaluation of the Ethical Elements in Managerial Training that Impact Ethical Intentions in Decision-making in the Chinese Automotive Industry
… internal altruistic motives, whilst prioritising moral values in complex situations. Managerial training has proven effective in the cultivation of ethical decision-making; yet in the CAI, ethical elements in training tend to be coercive and fragmented, with limited awareness of the concept of EI …
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Ethical Elitism: A Burkean Analysis of the Rhetorical Construction of a Moral Persona in the First Term of President George W. Bush
… did so because they believed that Bush was the “moral values” candidate. In this dissertation, I assess the moral persona that the President rhetorically constructed during his first term in office. To do so, I utilize Kenneth Burke‟s cluster and pentad tools to analyze Bush‟s statements on …
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The Effects of Financial Reporting Irregularity on University Major Choices
… analysis, I show that students who hold moral values—such as fairness and justice—in high regard are more likely to choose other disciplines. Further analysis reveals that financial fraud involving top management, such as the CEO or CFO, causes a more significant decline in accounting …
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Assessing the Independent Role of Moral Foundations In Attitudes Toward Various Justifications For Abortion
… reasons for having an abortion, and completed a moral reasoning measure, an assessment of religiosity and political affiliation, and a demographics form. At the bivariate level, results revealed that stronger deontological moral values, religiosity, and conservatism were associated with less …
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Perceptions From a Select Sample of Rural, East-Central Illinois, High School Social Studies Teachers on Their Role as Values Educators
… of the sample do not perceive their treatment of values to be different from that of other social studies educators. That is to say that, these social studies educators tend to utilize an open-ended approach, and they gravitate toward allowing their student clientele to freely choose and integrate …
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Moral Majorities: The Rhetoric of “Real” American Values in Contemporary Conservatism
… are perceived to hold a particular set of moral values and beliefs. I ultimately suggest that their rhetorical strategies primed the American public for anti-democratic rhetoric and led to the election of Donald Trump.
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Religious exemptions from employment discrimination laws: A moral and theological analysis
… explores the ongoing constitutional, legal, and moral debate concerning the availability of these religious exemptions, and provides a theological analysis of the central issues arising from the debate. The first part of the dissertation (Chapters 1-3) examines the constitutional debate. Both the …
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Conservative social attitudes in modern China : a study exemplified by cases in Shanghai, Tientsin, and Hong Kong, 1917-1932
… idea of running itself according to family and moral values. The stress on these values was reflected by the attitudes towards sex and law, which in turn affected the organization, stability and control of private and public lives. An analysis of some relevant cases, which are gathered from …
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Conservative social attitudes in modern China : a study exemplified by cases in Shanghai, Tientsin, and Hong Kong, 1917-1932
… idea of running itself according to family and moral values. The stress on these values was reflected by the attitudes towards sex and law, which in turn affected the organization, stability and control of private and public lives. An analysis of some relevant cases, which are gathered from …
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