Newsletter No 5/2022 - Learning to Live Together: Ethics Education for Promoting Cultural Diversity
Author: Amélé Ekué
A celebratory disruption and an invitation to action for living peacefully together across cultures. This could serve as a brief summary of the Cultural Diversity Day the United Nations celebrated worldwide on 21 May.
It is in relation to the higher purpose of education – to unveil the genuine destiny of humankind – that cultural diversity becomes meaningful... as a unique opportunity to discover oneself in the other, without erasing the distinctiveness of the cultural features and the ensuing identities.
Cultural diversity would become in this educational perspective a fertile ground for building various alliances, for example, to advance social and ecological justice, or to champion the idea of global citizenship, with responsibility for all humanity and the earth at the heart of shared values, in full recognition and respect of different cultural systems wherefrom they emerge.
Blogs
Reading Against the Grain and Learning about Embedded Values – An educational reflection
Author: Dr J. Dorcas Gordon
Excellence in education is also about what is not there, what is left unstated or unwritten. It’s about the students’ experiences of those unspoken yet embedded values such as trust, respect, inclusion, and fairness.
Common good before self-interest
Author: Rita Astfalck
Outgoing Board member Rita Astfalck gave a thoughtful and hopeful opening message at the Globethics.net Board of Foundation meeting on 29 April 2022.
In the Spotlight: Meera Baindur
Globethics.net Academy Instructor & Course Developer
Meera tells us about the importance of the interfaith movement, explains why the Interreligious Cooperation for Peace course is so impactful, and reveals what and who inspires her.
The need for media ethics: on press freedom in 2022
Author: Josephine Hough
Faced with the worst global press freedom score since the Cold War, how can we protect journalists and society and promote ethical media practices?
Academy
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Globethics.net Academy is delighted to be celebrating its second institutional accreditation award conferred by the British Accreditation Council - a major milestone and a marker of our insistence on quality as the utmost driver of growth.
We are equally pleased to announce that registration is now open for five Autumn Semester 2022 courses. Learn more about our quality course programme and register now!
Responsible Leadership
Starts 19 Sep 2022
Cyber Ethics
Starts 19 Sep 2022
Ethics in Higher Education for Teaching Professionals
Starts 10 Oct 2022
Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Starts 10 Oct 2022
Interreligious Cooperation for Peace: Religious Studies
Starts 10 Oct 2022
Library
Book of the Month:
Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education
New collection in the Library: Vietnam Ethics
3 reasons why you should register in the Globethics.net Library
Publications
Vietnam in Transition: Education, Culture and Ethics
Repenser l’éducation et la pédagogie dans une perspective africaine
Les enfants de personne
50 Years of Publishing: Bibliography 1972-2022
Events
Shaping Knowledge Societies through Higher Education
When: 15-16 Jun 2022, 09:30-12:30 CEST
Where: Online
What: Conference
Promoting Ethical Societies through Higher Education
When: 07-08 Jul 2022, 13:00-16:00 CEST
Where: Online
What: Conference
Comienzo hoy por mi metro cuadrado
When: 08 Jun 2022, 14:00-17:00 CEST
Language Spanish
Where: Online
What: Conference
Book Launch: 50 Years of Publishing by Christoph Stückelberger
When: 14 Jun 2022, 12:00-13:30 CEST
Where: Onsite/Online
What: Tray Lunch/Webinar
Keynote by Amélé Ekué at Universität Bonn's MESt 15th Anniversary
When: 07 Jul 2022, 18:00 CEST
Where: Online
What: Conference
Pre-Conference Story Competition from 26 to 30 September 2022
Invitation to submit contributions towards the establishment of virtual story-bytes gallery around the topic of “Global Faces of Quality Ethics Education – Shaping the Future of Our World”.
News
Farewells, celebrations and new horizons
Members of the Globethics.net Board of Foundation were reunited in April 2022 for the first in-person meeting since 2019. As well as tackling a weighty agenda, the board found time to celebrate, meet our global team and appreciate time spent together.
Strengthening our presence in Indonesia
Globethics.net is delighted to announce Dr Dicky Sofjan, professor at the ICRS and Globethics.net Board Member as the new Globethics.net Indonesia Director.
50 years of speaking up for human rights: celebrating the ISHR
We may have come far in terms of peace and human rights, but in many ways we are in the same place we were half a century ago, said Obiora Ike at the 50th anniversary of the International Society for Human Rights last month.
Inspection Time, Learning Time
Globethics.net on the way towards its second institutional accreditation award: a full onsite inspection with the British Accreditation Council (BAC) offered a unique learning opportunity for the entire Globethics.net team.
Nurturing Spaces of Ethical Conversation
The Globethics.net Academy Blue Table Webinar Series 2022 focuses on What it means to be human. Learn about the dynamic exchanges of the first three sessions and save the dates for next semester's events.
Thinking Ethics and Building Values-driven Knowledge Alliances
The Academy holds the second Global Pool of Ethics Roundtable, welcoming new member, Globethics.net Publications Manager Ignace Haaz.
