Search results for "values."

“Crossing the borders of own culture, stepping on frontiers”: Textbooks and intercultural communication

2021

Artykuł przedstawia wyniki analizy polskich i szwedzkich podręczników w kontekście ich wymiaru międzykulturowego. Podręczniki zostały pod-dane analizie treści przeprowadzonej za pomocą narzędzia stworzonego specjalnie na potrzeby tego badania i dostarczającego zarówno danych jakościowych, jak i ilościowych. Wyniki świadczą o istotnych różnicach między podręcznikami używanymi w obu krajach, wskazując sposoby, w jakie szwedzkie podręczniki promują kwestie związane z perspektywą międzykulturową oraz słabe strony polskiej próby w tym aspekcie. Porównawczy charakter analizy pozwala na refleksję nad rolą podręczników w przekraczaniu granic międzykulturowych, nauczaniu wartości w różnych konteksta…

Ethical Versus Conventional Banking: A Case Study

2018

The 2008 financial crisis has changed the structure of banking, generating public distrust in the conventional financial system. An alternative has emerged as a result of this lack of confidence. This alternative is known as ethical banking. A growing number of investors, asset managers, and financial intermediaries have incorporated sustainability considerations into their business practices. This paper discusses the origins of ethical banking and describes its primary characteristics. The goal is to determine whether ethical banking can be as profitable as conventional banking despite only investing in projects based on social values. A comparative analysis is performed to identify differ…

Building a professional learning community in a conflict and post-conflict environment : a case-study of a high school in Liberia

2014

Environmental values and customer-perceived value in industrial supplier relationships

2017

This study addresses a gap in the research on supply channel management by integrating environmental values and value creation in the context of buyer-supplier relationships. This study has two objectives: (i) to explore the environmental values structure of industrial customers, and (ii) to test the effect of environmental values on overall value perceptions. The effect of customer's environmental values on the supplier's environmental image and customer-perceived value is tested with structural equation modeling using the PLS method. The empirical analysis is based on a global sample of industrial companies that have a high impact on the environment (n = 121). Key findings of this study a…

Finnish dairy farmers’ perceptions of justice in the transition to carbon-neutral farming

2022

Highlights • Finnish dairy farmers' perceptions of issues with carbon neutrality were examined. • Concerns include farming profitability, farmer blaming, and use of peatlands. • Public policy guidance is needed for carbon-neutral, sustainable agriculture. Environmental and political debate concerning the role of agriculture in sustainability has long been on the agenda. However, owing to climate change, an analysis of the transition to a low-carbon society must also be considered from the perspective of justice. Dairy farming, in particular, faces pressure in this context, when contemplating changing consumer behaviors and reduction in the carbon footprint of dairy products. Accordingly, ma…

$PT$-symmetric graphene under a magnetic field

2016

We propose a $PT$-symmetrically deformed version of the graphene tight-binding model under a magnetic field. We analyze the structure of the spectra and the eigenvectors of the Hamiltonians around the $K$ and $K'$ points, both in the $PT$-symmetric and $PT$-broken regions. In particular we show that the presence of the deformation parameter $V$ produces several interesting consequences, including the asymmetry of the zero-energy states of the Hamiltonians and the breakdown of the completeness of the eigenvector sets. We also discuss the biorthogonality of the eigenvectors, which {turns out to be} different in the $PT$-symmetric and $PT$-broken regions.

Enhanced Lipid Peroxidation and Platelet Activation in the Early Phase of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

2003

Background— To investigate early events possibly related to the development of diabetic angiopathy, we examined whether 8-iso-prostaglandin F 2α (8-iso-PGF 2α ) formation, a marker of in vivo oxidant stress, is altered in different stages of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and whether it correlates with the rate of thromboxane (TX) A 2 biosynthesis, a marker of in vivo platelet activation. We also investigated the relationship between inflammatory markers and F 2 -isoprostane formation in this setting. Methods and Results— A cross-sectional study was performed in 23 insulin-treated patients aged <18 years with new-onset T1DM (≤6 weeks, group A), matched for age and gender with 23 patients with s…

Dialog w wychowaniu do wartości w szkole

2021

Problematyka dialogu w pedagogice ma swoje źródła w rozwijającej się w XX wieku filozofii dialogu i filozofii spotkania. Analiza ogólnych znaczeń dialogu wskazuje na jego niezbędność w życiu człowieka. Ujmowanie dialogu w perspektywie pedagogicznej pozwala widzieć jego podmioty we właściwych relacjach, opartych na pełnym poszanowaniu i zrozumieniu. W artykule przedstawiono rolę dialogu w kształtowaniu świata wartości uczniów. Podkreślono istotę współdziałania, które we współczesnym świecie stanowi optymalny model interakcji nauczyciela z uczniami

Predictors of credibility of online media in the spanish polarized media system

2019

Credibility of online news media is facing important challenges: the levelling effect of the digital environment, the changing habits of consumption, polarization of discourses… This scenario makes it relevant to address what features of news brands and news content shape the credibility of contemporary journalism. This article tests a set of items, including journalistic standards, reputation and citizen participation, in order to build predictors involved in credibility judgments. The authors carried on a quantitative survey (n=416), representative of the Spanish online population. Results identified currency of information, inclusion of analysis and context, citation of sources and inclu…

Unboxing co-creation of value: Users' hedonic and utilitarian drivers

2019

Value co-creation through involving users in service processes via resource integration is a focal service research interest. However, studies often take a firm-centric or generic approach and overlook value co-creation from the point view of an individual user. We address this gap by adopting a qualitative research approach and laddering interviews (n = 113) to examine users’ hedonic and utilitarian drivers for value co-creation behavior in five service system contexts. We argue that underlying differences exist among all service systems and contribute with a novel approach by depicting the differences in value-based motivations for users to co-create value. As practical implications, our …