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Amorality
About: Amorality is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 150 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1449 citations. The topic is also known as: amoral & amoralism.
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TL;DR: The work in this paper analyzes the current state of the international law governing corporate human rights practices, concluding that core human rights norms apply to corporations as well as to states and individuals.
Abstract: This chapter begins with an overview of the human rights problems presented by multinational corporations, looking at modern human rights abuses as well as the Holocaust. It explains the regulatory challenge posed by transnational corporations, examining the historical development of the corporate structure and the disjuncture between modern multinational entities and the still largely independent domestic legal systems. The chapter analyzes the current state of the international law governing corporate human rights practices, concluding that core human rights norms apply to corporations as well as to states and individuals. It discusses the harsh reality that corporations often profit from abusive behavior. The chapter also discusses the international norms and coordinated enforcement mechanisms by examining the state's power to regulate transnational corporations. The task ahead is to find effective mechanisms to enforce those norms, to ensure that the amorality of profit does not permit corporate human rights abuses to fester for another fifty years.
98 citations
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the potential significance of the wildlife television documentary genre for science communication through a case study of the presentation of issues relating to evolution and found that the outcome is, typically, a text that does not challenge creationist accounts and may even implicitly endorse them.
Abstract: The wildlife television documentary is an important but problematic genre, located between education and entertainment. Noting that the genre has characteristics that may increase its impact on the audience, this paper reviews its potential significance for science communication through a case study of the presentation of issues relating to evolution. First, the continuing popular and political support for creationism is examined, and then the new movement in support of Intelligent Design Creationism outlined. Based on an extensive sample of internationally produced programs, the research findings discussed in the paper focus on two dominant sub-genres: “blue chip” and “presenter-led.” While the former has higher production values and asserts greater authority, the pressures for a strong narrative discourage explorations of the contingency and amorality of evolution. The outcome is, typically, a text that does not challenge creationist accounts and may even implicitly endorse them. Paradoxically, we argue...
81 citations
TL;DR: The PINTO gasoline tank decision has received a great deal of notoriety and repugnant examples of management amorality and immorality abound as discussed by the authors, and one is forced to ask a number of questions.
Abstract: Recent management behavior such as the PINTO gasoline tank decision has received a great deal of notoriety. In fact, repugnant examples of management amorality and immorality abound. One is forced to ask a number of questions. Does such behavior reflect a lack of a proper education in moral behavior? Can education result in moral behavior? If so, what kind of education might that be? Answers to these questions might point a way out of the moral shadows giant corporations have cast over much of the world. An attempt to answer these questions, then, might be a worthwhile venture.
67 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conclude that, unlike the indiscriminate violence that typically captures the imagination, authoritarian counterinsurgency relies heavily on coercion and mobilisation, creating narratives, and turning military advantage into political gain.
Abstract: Rather than win hearts and minds, authoritarian counterinsurgency is said to rely heavily on coercion. It has a reputation for effectiveness, if also for its amorality. Still, the research into authoritarian counterinsurgency is surprisingly lacking. By distilling common features from key cases, this article concludes that this approach goes beyond the indiscriminate violence that typically captures the imagination. Like their democratic counterparts but differently, authoritarian regimes also engage in mobilisation, create narratives, and turn military advantage into political gain. The analysis explains how these tasks are undertaken and, by contradistinction, sheds light on more liberal approaches as well.
63 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 |