Suchergebnisse

A rationale for partnership working -- The changing context for partnership working -- Who are the partners? Part 1 : social care partnerships -- Who are the partners? Part 2 : partnerships with other agencies -- Building and supporting a partnership -- Partnership working in practice -- Effective partnership working -- The future of partnership working

Abstract
Three separate observer missions operated in Nigeria during the country's 1967–1970 war against Biafran secession, charged with investigating allegations that Nigeria was engaged in genocide against Biafrans. Operating alongside UN and OAU missions, the four-country international observer group was best positioned to respond authoritatively to those allegations, but problems with the composition of the group and its failure to extend the geographical scope of its operations beyond Nigerian-held territory rendered its findings of limited value. This paper argues that the observer missions offer useful windows on several aspects of the war and almost certainly delivered some benefits to Biafrans, but also effectively abdicated their responsibility to Biafrans and the international community by allowing procedural politics to come before commitment to the spirit of the Genocide Convention.

Learning from experience -- Our challenge : doing ethics in a pluralistic society -- Reasoning together : making sense of our experience -- Rule of law : the ethics of justice -- Creating an ethical presumption -- Duty : doing what is right -- Character : being a good person -- Relationships : caring and letting go -- Human rights : autonomy and human dignity -- Overcoming an ethical presumption -- Possible consequences : utilitarian and cost-benefit arguments -- Making decisions : HIV/AIDS -- Applying the approach -- Public morality : seeking the common good -- Health care : life and death -- Sex : consent plus what? -- War against terrorism : justice and freedom -- Economic justice : fair and caring? -- Our natural world : living ecologically.

In characterising the Japanese way of business, Professor Okumura has made one of the most significant contributions to the study of economics. Following his study of the conversion of prewar zaibatsu to postwar groups of enterprises, he worked on the roll of comprehensive trading companies in these groups, the main banking system and the permanent employment system. However, he is very critical of this way of business, whereas those influenced by him are enthusiastic in its appreciation. This is the first English translation of his work.