46 research outputs found
The role of universities in development of the Circular Economy
No full textThis chapter is devoted to the role of universities in sustainable development from all perspectives. The review will consider both the policies and programs implemented and the assessment and report tools. Indeed, the main purpose of this chapter is to collect, organise, and describe a set of initiatives carried out by different universities and communicated to their stakeholders through various documents and media. In particular, after an introductory literature review about sustainability strategies in higher education institutions (HEIs) and an overview of the most significant international best practices, the attention will be drawn to the experiences of the Italian and Polish universities. With regard to the methodological aspects, data will be analysed with a qualitative approach on the basis of pre-established coding criteria. This analysis will allow us to present some selected case studies and to compare different realities with regards to the commitment to the Circular Economy and related communication to the main stakeholders
Is it Worth to be Homo Pecuniosus?
No full textThe author refers to the defi nition of homo pecuniosus set by prof. Janina Filek and analyzes the scope of it in the context of business ethics. As a practitioner, he gives several examples taken from the real life of derivatives trading with different consequences of ethical or non-ethical behaviour. The final conclusion is that not only so called financiers, but all of us are homo pecuniosus and it may be a valuable concept when treated in a long-term sense
Considerations around the Inequalities
No full textThe objective of considerations is both to reach the understanding of inequality according to A.K. Sen and to pose a new query analogous to a heuristic question asked by this Indian author in his Inequality Reexamined: “quality of what?” By posing the question inequality of what?”, the author of this article attempts to demonstrate the importance of such a query for social policy, as well as its complementarity with Sen’s question “equality of what?”, pointing at the same time to specific examples of practical complexity of a process expected to eliminate social inequalities
From Experience of Hunger to Nobel Prize
No full textIt seems that some of the facts of the rich and interesting but also very instructive bio graphy of Amarty Kumar Sen, a modern economist of Indian origin, allow to understand better not only his selection of issues from a wide range of the latest economic problems, which differs from many other economists and to which he has devoted his research works, but also to understand a system of values adopted by him. Het article is therefore an attempt to reach the source of thinking of one of the most interesting contemporary economists. Th e author tries to show the deep roots of his economic and social thoughts, mainly derived from the Hindu philosophy but fi ltered through the Western way of thinking, with many interesting references to the European philosophy. The author also attempts to outline a surprisingly rich area of his interests and to draw attention to a social rank of problems undertaken by him
The dispute over the responsibility: between responsibility of the individual and the responsibility of the community
No full textW związku z tym, że w filozofii współczesnej fenomen odpowiedzialności nabiera coraz istotniejszego znaczenia, autorka postanowiła przyjrzeć się jego rozumieniu w kontekście myśli liberalnej i komunitariańskiej. Artykuł jest zatem próbą porównania fenomenu odpowiedzialności w ujęciu liberałów oraz komunitarian. Zawarte w tekście rozważania prowadzą autorkę do wniosku, iż oba te stanowiska odmiennie postrzegają fenomen odpowiedzialności; liberalizm, koncentrując się nieomal wyłącznie na jego jednostkowym rozumieniu, podczas kiedy w ramach myśli komunitariańskiej otwiera się przestrzeń do jego rozumienia w ujęciu wspólnotowym.Due to the fact that in contemporary philosophy phenomenon of responsibility is becoming more significant meaning the author decided to look at its meaning in the context of liberal thought and comunitarin. The article is thus an attempt to compare the phenomenon of responsibility in terms of the liberals and communitarians. Included in the text the author considerations lead to the conclusion that both these positions differently perceive the phenomenon of responsibility, liberalism focusing almost exclusively about his understanding of the individual, while in the framework of comunitarian’s thought opens up space for its understanding in terms of the community
The Concept of Aid
No full textThe author analyzes aid as it is perceived nowadays. I argue that, as a result of many factors, there has been an overflow of meanings of aid and thus not everything that is commonly regarded as aid is, in fact, aid in its essential meaning. I distinguish between aid activities and apparent aid activities and indicate that, at the same time, aid elements determine that a given action becomes aid. The distinction between real aid and an apparent aid activity is important due to the fact that granting aid is a constitutive element of human nature
Kłopot z wartościami
No full textArtykuł jest próbą pokazania niektórych trudności związanych zarówno z poznaniem wartości, jak i z ich urzeczywistnianiem w życiu społecznym, przy jednoczesnym przekonaniu o ich niezwykłej roli tak w kontekście rozwoju jednostkowego, jak też w kontekście poszukiwania dobrego (w znaczeniu dobrze funkcjonującego) społeczeństwa.The paper is an attempt to show some of the difficulties associated with both knowing values and applying them in social life. It also acknowledges their extraordinary role both in the context of development of an individual, and in the context of the search for a good (i.e. well-functioning) society
Freedom and Responsibility in the World of Big Corporations. Reflection on the Question: Do We Still Believe in the Free Market?
No full textBezpośrednią inspiracją do napisania tego tekstu było pytanie zadane uczestnikom międzynarodowej konferencji zorganizowanej przez EBEN Polska w 2014 r., a brzmiące: Czy wierzymy jeszcze w wolny rynek? Refleksja nad pytaniem o aktualną wolność rynku doprowadziła autorkę do ponownego przeanalizowania charakteru wolności ekonomicznej, szczególnie w porównaniu z jej rozumieniem filozoficznym. Wynik tej analizy w skrócie można oddać w postaci tezy: oderwanie rozumienia wolności ekonomicznej od jej filozoficznych źródeł oraz nadużywanie tej idei w przestrzeni gospodarczej za pomocą indywidualizmu ekonomicznego doprowadziło do paradoksalnej sytuacji, w ramach której rynek staje się – głównie w wydaniu korporacyjnym – coraz mniej wolny, a rozwój gospodarki oparty na wzroście siły korporacyjnej zagraża wolności człowieka zarówno jako pracownika, klienta, jak i obywatela.A direct inspiration to write this text was a question asked to participants of the International Conference organized by EBEN Poland in 2014: do we still believe in the free market? Reflection on the question of the current market freedom has made the author re-examine the nature of economic freedom, particularly compared with its philosophical understanding. The result of this analysis could be shortly presented in the form of a following thesis: separation of economic freedom understanding from its philosophical roots, and over-use of this idea in the economic space by means of economic individualism, has led to a paradoxical situation in which the market becomes – mainly in the corporate environment – less and less free, while development of economy based on the growth of corporate power threatens the freedom of man as an employee, customer and citizen alike
Is a Financier a (Moral) Human Being?
No full textThe title of the article could suggest the author’s assumption that a fi nancier is a human being, and the essence of the question pertains solely to whether he / she is a moral being or not. Actually, however, the text is also an attempt to answer a much more iconoclastic question: Can a model financier be considered a human being with the use of ideas and characteristics of philosophical anthropology?
While taking trouble to answer both questions, the author comes to a conclusion that from a perspective of anthropological concepts it is quite difficult to regard a model homo pecuniosus as homo sapiens. Moreover, certain concepts of ethics question considering homo pecuniosus as moral human being. The main reasons of those doubts include essential features of a model homo pecuniosus, such as: uncontrollable inclination to counting, unlimited greed to possess, strong desire of power, a radical technocratic rationalism attitude, uttermost individualism, incapability of emotions, lack of sense of community feeling, moral indifferentism, and excessive inclination to risk
Dwufazowy przepływ powietrza i wody w pionowych wyrobiskach górniczych
No full textTyt. z nagłówka.Pozostali autorzy artykułu: Krzysztof Filek, Bernard Nowak, Bogusław Ptaszyński.Bibliografia s. [22].Dostępny również w formie drukowanej.ABSTRACT: The article describes examples of two-phase flows in mining excavations and its impact on ventilation systems. Author discusses some of flows features, parameters and its theoretical models. The article presents computational model of two-phase flows in vertical expiratory shaft, using Euler-Lagrange's method. Numerical simulations were performed with the discrete phase model implemented using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software- Fluent. Calculations results presented in the form of graphs are enclosed. KEYWORDS: two-phase flow, flow in ventilating shaft, numerical simulations the two-phase flows, model of discrete phase. STRESZCZENIE: W artykule opisano przykłady występowania przepływów dwufazowych w wyrobiskach górniczych i ich możliwy wpływ na przewietrzanie. Określono niektóre cechy takich przepływów, ich parametry oraz modele ich teoretycznego opisu. Przedstawiono wyniki badań numerycznych w pionowym szybie wydechowym, przyjmując metodykę opisu Eulera-Lagrange'a. Posługując się modelem fazy rozproszonej (the discrete phase model), zaimplementowanym w oprogramowaniu Fluent wykorzystującym wspomnianą metodykę, wykonano pierwsze próby numerycznych obliczeń. Wyniki zamieszczono w postaci wykresów. SŁOWA KLUCZOWE: przepływy dwufazowe, przepływ w szybie wentylacyjnym, symulacje numeryczne przepływów dwufazowych, model fazy dyskretnej
