Academic literature on the topic 'Characters and characteristics. Mormons. Ethics'

This research aims to explore (1) the untruth friendship of Winnie-the-Pooh and (2) its advice for solving starvation of human being in Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. The research is a descriptive qualitative method with the support of semiotic approach. It uses smoke-fire concept in Pierce’s Index to look after Aristotle’s 8 characteristics of friendship. Those are explored through Winnie-the-Pooh novel as a primary data and Nicomachean Ethics, book of sociology, and dictionaries as a secondary data. The research discover the untruth is over 4 acts of characters. It keeps some friendship characteristics within. Therefore, those 4 acts directs a man to get a help of a friend.

This paper discusses akhlak concept and it`s conceptualization of Islamic primary school. In Islam akhlak occupy a very vital position because it involves horizontal and vertical relations. Likewise in Islamic primary school akhlak becomes a pillar on other pillars. Akhlak determination is very important in setting educational goals, teaching practices, methods, infrastructure, values that are instilled and all implementation. When akhlak and values of Islam are not contained in education, it is certain that the pillars of education are impossible to realize properly. The akhlak contribution in the conceptualization of Islamic primary school; first, help formulate educational goals. Second, help in formulating the characteristics and content of the curriculum. Third, help formulate the characteristics of professional teachers. Fourth, help formulate a code of ethics and school discipline. Fifth, make teaching and learning activities that produce students have noble character. Sixth, creating a clean, orderly, safe, peaceful, comfortable, and conducive learning environment. Realization of the concept can be started with further teaching followed by habituation education, exemplary, practice, coupled with examples, as well as explanations, coaching to finally become characters

The article examines Chinese folk art, which not only has pronounced national features, but also is a cultural treasure of the nation. Chinese folklore consists of myths, legends, fables, funny stories, fairy tales and tales about life, about animals, as well as works that describe famous historical figures, praise the love of the motherland. The texts clearly demonstrate the motives of admiration for the characters, give positive assessments of labor skills, analyze the characteristics of local traditions, customs and life. The folklore is an integral part of traditional Chinese culture. It educates, shapes the worldview, morals and ethics of the Chinese people. Folklore works become a kind of stage on which the life conflicts of non-heroic existence of an ordinary person with simple cultural interests (for example, communication, participation in rituals, hospitality, etc.) are played out.The article presents translations of original stories from Chinese into Russian, on the example of which it analyzes the cultural values of Chinese folklore works from the point of view of philosophy. The research is carried out using contextual, linguoculturological methods, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. The presented research has an interdisciplinary character, because it is performed at the intersection of cultural studies and linguoculturology, folklore studies and translation studies.

The Madurese are one of the ethnic groups in Indonesia who have a unique character, namely religious, hard-tempered, firm, brave, upholding self-esteem, and have high solidarity and brotherhood. From these characters then emerged and known one character that is quite amazing from the ethnic Madurese, which has a high work ethic. This can be seen for example from their perseverance in fighting for their socio-economic life. Even when Madura's natural conditions do not allow exploitation to improve their economic lives, migrating is one of the paths taken. Their strong work ethic can be genetically acquired, but it is also very likely to be influenced by the religion and socio-culture that develops in their environment. Especially for those who live in families who live in an environment known as tanean lanjhang. Growing culture and very close family ties in this environment have resulted in the transfer of religious values ​​and work ethics from parents to their juniors to be very effective. The characteristics and work ethics of Madurese, especially those who live and live in the Tanean Lanjhang environment, are ambitious and hard-working, have high solidarity, are responsible and work-oriented. If seen from the religious understanding adopted and believed by the Madurese people, that human actions have something to do with the provisions of God, but God gives the human potential to try and endeavor. This is what then makes Madurese so persistent in fighting for their socio-economic life even though natural conditions do not allow exploitation and maximum utilization. This understanding is inseparable from the teachings that are so deeply rooted in Muslim circles of Madura, they are Ahlu Sunnah Waljama'ah al-Nahdliyah.

Character education in Indonesia has become a necessity that can not be negotiable. Various cases of crime and moral deviations become evident that the character of most citizens already at alarming stage. Therefore, since the beginning, national education is not only aimed at generating human intelligent and skilled, but also of noble character. This is realized through the introduction of 18 characters excel in school (religious, honest, disciplined, tolerance, and so on). In the Islamic perspective character education paired with akhlak (Islamic ethics) education. Among the important characteristics are: it sourced from the Quran Hadith; Prophet Muhammad as a role model; priority-based methods of mental-spiritual (soul management, habituation, exemplary, and healthy environment); are simultaneous in which three education centers, namely schools, families, and communities should play a role in synergy. The government and the mass media also play a role in supporting the education of character. Pendidikan karakter di Indonesia telah menjadi kebutuhan yang tidak dapat ditawar. Berbagai kasus kejahatan moral dan penyimpangan menjadi jelas bahwa karakter sebagian besar warga sudah pada tahap mengkhawatirkan. Oleh karena itu, sejak awal, pendidikan nasional tidak hanya bertujuan menghasilkan manusia cerdas dan terampil, tetapi juga karakter yang mulia. Hal ini diwujudkan melalui pengenalan 18 karakter berprestasi di sekolah (agama, jujur, disiplin, tolerann, dan sebagainya). Dalam pendidikan karakter perspektif Islam dipasangkan dengan pendidikan akhlak (etika Islam). Di antara karakteristik penting adalah: itu bersumber dari al-Quran Hadis; Nabi Muhammad sebagai panutan; metode berbasis prioritas mental-spiritual (manajemen jiwa, pembiasaan, keteladanan, dan lingkungan yang sehat); yang simultan di mana tiga pusat pendidikan, yaitu sekolah, keluarga, dan masyarakat harus berperan dalam sinergi. Pemerintah dan media massa juga berperan dalam mendukung pendidikan karakter.

Values are those that are assimilated by the various healing processes that a person receives, which are instilled in the mind, which influence a person's behavior. Therefore, this study of the creation of ethical values in Isan literature for sustainable social development. It has three objectives were (1) to study ethical concepts in Isan literature, (2) to explore patterns of ethical value-building in Isan literature through Isan sermons and Mor Lam performances; and 3. To analyze the value of transmission of values through Isan sermons and the practice of Mor Lam to sustainable social development.The result of study found that. The concept of creating social values based on ethics in Isan literature from several sermons or Mor Lam performances caused by the desire to cultivate the values of the people in the Isan society, reflecting Isan society from the characteristics of the Isan people, creating applied literature and entertainment, inserting morality and doctrine, instilling in the knowledge of sin, merit, goodness and punishment, knowing the duties of a person. It is a concept that wants to create human values based on goodness with themes focusing on the role of the actors, communicating through characters. There is a summary of human actions and there are criteria for judging what is good? what is evil? what are the Dos and Don’ts? It is a model that emphasizes the creation of entertainment along with the socialization of behavior. The development of values-building model through many sermons or Mor Lam demonstrations towards sustainable social development. From analyzing the data from both documents and going into the area to store insights. It shows to see the strengths, weaknesses and points that need to be developed of creating ethical values in Isan literature for sustainable social development under the conclusion of sustainable development that "Do not get lost in the old things, not drunken new things, until getting the tool called "CCDE Model" which is a component of the model to create values through the sermons or the display of Mor Lam to sustainable social development, including conservation, continuation, development and extension.

The disconnect between climate activists and their skeptical audience is a multipart communication challenge of representing the unrepresentable. Even if we accept climate change as reality, enormous barriers stand between humans and effective action, the first being a crisis of imagination: climate change is too big for representation, scholars such as Morton (2013) and Marshall (2014) have argued. This paper examines games that have taken climate-related themes into account and analyzes them in search of resonant design elements that might work to communicate about climate change. Focusing particularly on two independent games that stand out as climate change fiction (cli-fi), Little Inferno and The Flame in the Flood, this paper highlights the narrative and representational capabilities of digital games to facilitate engaging, educational, emotional environmental experiences. Rather than focusing on doomsday, as cli-fi tends to do, there may be more effective ways to explore climate change solutions. Some of the video game design principles that could be manipulated to this end include: nonhuman avatars; dynamic game environments that impact player-characters; mechanics that reflect climate change characteristics; and reliance on player ethics. If game design can persuasively communicate about climate change and encourage players to innovate solutions, games may have the potential to turn play into activism.Resumen La desconexión entre los activistas climáticos y su audiencia escéptica es un reto multiparte de comunicación para representar lo irrepresentable. Incluso si aceptamos el cambio climático como una realidad, existen enormes barreras entre los humanos y la acción efectiva: la primera es una crisis de la imaginación ya que el cambio climático es demasiado grande para su representación, tal y como argumentan académicos como Morton (2013) y Marshall (2014). Este ensayo analiza juegos que han tenido en cuenta temas relacionados con el clima y los analiza en búsqueda de elementos de diseño resonantes que pudieran funcionar a la hora de comunicar sobre el cambio climático. Centrándose en particular en dos juegos independientes que destacan como ficción de cambio climático (cli-fi), Little Inferno y The Flame in the Flood, este trabajo recalca las capacidades narrativas y representacionales de los juegos digitales a la hora de facilitar experiencias cautivadoras, educativas, emotivas y medioambientales. En vez de centrarse en el día del juicio, como tiende a hacer la cli-fi, pueden existir formas más efectivas de explorar soluciones al cambio climático. Algunos de los principios del diseño de videojuegos que pueden manipularse para este fin incluyen: avatares no-humanos; entornos de juegp dinámicos que impactan en los personajes-jugadores; mecánicas que reflejan las características del cambio climático; y la dependencia en la ética del jugador. Si el diseño de juegos puede comunicar persuasivamente sobre el cambio climático y animar a los jugadores a innovar en cuanto a soluciones, los juegos pueden tener el potencial de convertir el juego en activismo.

Theoretical basis This case is focused on the allegations of corrupt practices within the strategic leadership at the board level of an international sports organization – the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The theoretical premise is that the practices and decisions of the AFC’s leadership will have a profound impact on the AFC’s performance. However, because the AFC is the continental governing body, the impact is theorized to be far larger, across an entire industry. In writing the case, the authors were guided by upper Echelons theory (UET) (Hambrick and Mason, 1984; Hambrick, 2007; Hambrick et al., 2015), which argues that an organization’s strategic direction is directly influenced by its leader’s values. The authors selected UET for the theoretical framework, as it considered a spectrum of factors from industry, leader characters (values), their choices and the results of their actions. Such a comprehensive theory aligned with the complexities of the AFC and its leadership. In constructing the case roadmap using UET, the authors first adopted an ethnographic methodology. This was motivated by the fact that one of the authors had been embedded for many years as part of the leadership team at the AFC. His career work notes based on direct interactions and observations of these leaders helped in two ways: to identify the complex set of personal characteristics of these leaders (i.e. background, their careers outside football and financial standing) as they originated from 47 different nationalities. UET refers to these as observable factors to better theorize the hidden intentions of their alleged corrupt behaviors. UET identifies this second set of non-observable factors as psychological factors. These two different sets of observations combined helped to theorize their drivers, intentions and strategic decisions (options). For the second methodology, the authors accessed archival, publicly available media news and reports to understand the consequences of their actions to the AFC and the Asian football industry. This completed the final parts of the UET framework (Yamak et al., 2014). Research methodology This case relied on information that was widely reported within international media, press announcements by various organizations, published decisions by tribunals and publicly available information on the AFC. All of the names and positions in this case are actual persons. Case overview/synopsis This case focuses on the role and influence of the AFC as the Asian football governing body. The AFC is a member of the world football governing body – FIFA. With a US$1bn budget, the AFC has a strong impact on the future of football among Asia’s three billion people. Unfortunately, the AFC has been unable to create the value in its sports events or properties that attracts fans and investors. Central to this problem is the issue of corruption and corruption allegations within the AFC, especially with regard to its leadership. This case, therefore, attempts to highlight the various issues, discusses the circumstances around these challenges and brings forth the complexities of leading a truly international organization across 47 countries. Such factors are then tied to the value of the organization’s products or services in the marketplace. Complexity academic level The case is written and designed for a graduate level (MBA) class or an upper level undergraduate class such as corporate strategy, leadership, international management, international marketing, contemporary issues in management, cross-cultural management, sports management and sports marketing. In general, the case will also be a good fit for courses that discuss leadership, organizational strategy, organizational structure, organizational ethics and organizational behavior.

Abstract Background With growth of genomics research in Africa, concern has arisen about comprehension and adequacy of informed consent given the highly technical terms used in this field. We therefore decided to study whether there are linguistic and cultural concepts used to communicate heritability of characters, traits and diseases in an indigenous African population. Methods We conducted Focus Group Discussions among 115 participants stratified by sex, age and socio-economic status and Key Informant Interviews among 25 stakeholders and Key Opinion Leaders among Yoruba living in Ibadan, Nigeria. We used Atlas-ti v.8.3.17 software to analyze the data, using thematic approach. Results The study participants identified several linguistic and cultural concepts including words, proverbs, and aphorisms that are used to describe heritable characters, traits and diseases in their local dialect. These included words that can be appropriated to describe dominant and recessive traits, variations in penetrance and dilution of strength of heritable characteristics by time and inter-marriage. They also suggested that these traits are transmitted by “blood”, and specific partner’s blood may be stronger than the other regardless of sex. Conclusions Indigenous Yoruba populations have words and linguistic concepts that describe the heritability of characters, traits and diseases which can be appropriated to improve comprehension and adequacy of informed consent in genomics research. Our methods are openly available and can be used by genomic researchers in other African communities.

The purpose of this research is to know the pattern of coaching the students' characters as well as supporting and inhibiting factors that are faced by the teacher of Islamic religious education in the state Elementary School 16 V Koto Timur District Padang Pariaman. In accordance with these objectives, this study uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. Research data sources include Islamic education teachers, school principals and classroom teachers, while in collecting researcher data using observations, interviews and documentation studies, data reduction data analysis techniques, data classification, data presentation and withdrawal conclusions. From the results of the research is known that first, the pattern of the character coaching students conducted by Islamic religious education teachers in elementary school 16 Koto Timur District Padang Pariaman is integrating character values in religious subjects and ethics, secondly, the supporting factors that make up character coaching through PAI are full-head support, the teacher collaboration with class teachers, the availability of school facilities, while the three inhibiting factors faced by PAI teachers are a lack of attention from parents , different learners' characteristics.

This qualitative collective case study explored how four female Latina teachers in the Central San Joaquin Valley acquired and developed the noncognitive trait of grit. Additionally, this study explored how the manifestation of this noncognitive trait of grit is demonstrated by these teachers with students in their classrooms. Through a series of interviews, and classroom observations with annotated field notes, I examined the life experiences and professional educational background of participants in order to highlight factors that are contributory and fundamental in the underpinnings of how grit developed in each of their lives. I examined and analyzed distinctive traits, specific influences, and behaviors. The theoretical framework developed by Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews and Kelly (2007) provided the background structure to help in understanding the noncognitive trait of grit. This exploration extended current scholarship on grit by exploring one specific cultural and gendered-subset of teachers to aid in the understanding of how grit emerges in teachers deemed exceptional. This qualitative case study addresses the following questions: 1. From the perspective of four female Latina teachers, what is grit? 2. From the perspectives of four female Latina teachers, in what ways has grit been acquired, developed and demonstrated? 3. From the perspective of four female Latina teachers, how has gender and race shaped their experiences in grit? 4. From the perspectives of four female Latina teachers, and as evidenced by student outcomes, how does the trait of grit impact teacher effectiveness?

This dissertation reconsiders the relationship between fiction and slavery in American literary culture. “Prisoners of Style” shows how writers from the middle of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth century, including Hannah Crafts, Mark Twain, Charles Chesnutt, and William Faulkner, wrestled with enslavement. They found it not only a subject to be written about, but also a problem of characterization. Slavery and the ontological sorcery through which it produced a new kind of individual—the individual who is also a thing—led these authors to rethink basic formal assumptions about realist fiction, especially about what constitutes a literary character. The writers I discuss did not set out to argue for the slave’s humanity or to render her interiority, but instead sought to represent the systematic unmaking of black personhood perpetrated by the laws and institutions that governed chattel slavery in the US. They set out to reveal the ideological violence perpetrated against enslaved blacks, and they did so by writing characters who embodied the categorical uncertainty of the slave, characters who were not allegories for real, full people. The tradition of writing I describe does not represent the fullness of enslaved “persons”; instead it renders something far more abstract: the epistemology that undergirded enslavement—those patterns of thought that preconditioned slavery itself. The authors I study understood fictionality as a thorny ethical, epistemological, and political problem. In my chapter on Crafts, for example, I look at The Bondwoman’s Narrative alongside a set of non-fiction texts about Jane Johnson, the slave who preceded her in John Hill Wheeler’s household. Reading the novel against legal documents, pamphlets, and histories about Johnson and her escape from Wheeler, the chapter explores what fiction could do that these other modes of writing could not. In moments of sleep, amnesia, and daydreaming, Crafts resists the normative logic of subjecthood and individual rights that underpins the representations of Johnson. In the second half of the project, I demonstrate the significance of fictionality to American literary realism’s evolution into modernism. The final chapter, on Faulkner, places two of his Yoknapatawpha novels within the context of his interest in modernist painting and sculpture. Work by Picasso, Matisse, and other visual artists inspired his concern with surfaces and flatness, leading to a meditation on artifice that runs throughout his major novels. I argue that his flatness—his insistence on the non-referential quality of fiction—is crucial for understanding his characterization and philosophy of history history, in particular the history of Southern plantation slavery.