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New items in the Latin American ethics and theology collections
The Latin American ethics and theology collections have been enriched with
more than 10,000 new items harvested from LA Referencia, the Federated
Network of Institutional Repositories of Scientific Publications. This
network represents about 3 million scholarly open access (OA) publications
from more than a hundred universities and research institutions across
Latin America,...
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Book of the month: Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights
Author:KALTENBORN, Markus, KUHN, Heike and KRAJEWSKI,
MarkusISBN:978-3-030-30469-0Publisher:Springer, 2020. [Accessed 9 September
2021Online copy:Download it for freeAbstract:This open access book analyses
the interplay of sustainable development and human rights from different
perspectives including fight against poverty, health, gender equality,
working conditions, climate change...
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Collection: Environmental Ethics
Global heating, wildlife extinction and pollution are among the most
important ecological matter, they call for our urgent attention and deserve
prominent documentation.The Globethics.net environmental ethics collection
aims at gathering all most important sources on this matter. The content in
the library is available in multiple languages and is mainly harvested from
a wide variety...
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New Journal: International Journal of Sino-Western Studies
International Journal of Sino-Western Studies (IJS) is a Chinese-English
bilingual academic journal, which is published twice a year in June and
December in Finland by Nordic Forum of Sino-Western Studies. It is
published simultaneously in printed and electronic online versions.
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Book of the month: Towards Consistency and Transparency in Academic Integrity
This book is an outcome of the 4th International Conference «Plagiarism
across Europe and Beyond» organized by Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University,
Mendel University in Brno, and the European Network for Academic Integrity.
The conference is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships
Programme of the European Union. It aims to be a forum for sharing best
practices and experiences...
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Book of the month: The New Common
This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts
on how they believe the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society,
and how it will continue to do so in the years to come. Using the concept
of a "common" (in the sense of common values, common places, common goods,
and common sense), they elaborate on the transition from an Old Common to a
New...
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New WCC content in online collection hosted by Globethics.net
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For many years, the Globethics.net Library has hosted a variety of
collections on behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The WCC has a
longstanding partnership with Globethics.net, and is an active member of
the Globethics.net Consortium on Ethics in Higher Education, as well as
co-founder of what used to be called the "Global Digital Library on
Theology and Ecumenism...
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New Collection: Peace-Building and Conflict Resolution
The ethics of peace are not limited to UN Security Council Resolutions,
which delineate the authorization for the "maintenance of international
peace and security" since 1946. The question of international intervention
as "ius ad interventionem" should be distinguished from a broad framework
of efforts made by non-governmental organizations to manage and transform
...
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Book of the month: New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention
This book explores the discourse on conflict prevention and peacebuilding
by bringing together researchers from China and Switzerland over a series
policy dialogues. The Charter of the United Nations, adopted in the
immediate aftermath of World War II, is clear about the fundamental
necessity for the international community to act in partnership to prevent
violent conflict. Given...
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World Book and Copyright Day: Book Recommendations
On the 23 April 2021, the world will celebrate UNESCO's World Book and
Copyright Day. In a challenging year living through restriction measures
and confinement, books have offered us escapism, and proved to be powerful
tools to combat isolation and reinforce ties between people. At
Globethics.net, we strongly advocate for equal access to knowledge
resources, and all of our books...
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