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The article presents the topic of kibbutz (Israeli socialist, agrarian community). The author presents its evolution from a small, highly collectivistic commune into a modern organization. The emphasis is put into a reform, which was implemented in order to save kibbutz from bankruptcy and flee of their member. The author presented her own research, conducted in a kibbutz in the Northern Israel. However,...
In this article, we will discuss the issue of current military conflicts and their reasoning based on declared values. We will assess these value preferences in terms of human rights, as well as of just wars’ criteria. We will examine up to what extent an ethical point is being brought up in order to justify and assess the conflicts. We will point out that the main causes are value confrontation of...
This article refers to ethics in legal profession, perceiving it as a profession of public trust. The author shows various legal branches which workers are commonly called lawyers and describes the principles contained in a few ethical codes: solicitor, bailiff, prosecutor and advocate. The article shows also issues related to ethical behavior in private life in order to be a good lawyer. The author...
The authors suggest to realize the specific research objectives in the area of sociology of public life, in the research of particular dimensions of Polish public sphere or in the functioning of various institutions of a civil society with the help of consistent triangulation research procedure. The presented examples of applications of mixed methodology concemed triangulation approach to the methods,...
In this article the author focuses on the biotechnological interference (its accompanying tendencies) to the human naturę, specifically human sexuality in the view of bioethics. The author outlines, analyses and evaluates practical and possible ethical problems, which are caused in this field by our selected biotechnologies.
In this article the author discusses the role of the dialogue in the human ecology of the new encyclical of Pope Francis “On Care for Our Common Home”. The dialogue on different levels can help us work against the destruction of the planet we inhabit and achieve the full development of humanity.
In the paper the problem of user authentication participating in strategy meetings conducted in blended type (VM and F2F) is addresses. In the first part of the paper the strategy meetings are briefly characterized, with reference to real organization from IT industry. The second part of the paper is devoted to authentication methods and the basics related to evaluation of its performance. The third...
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