South Africa urgently needs ethical leaders. With the recent Cabinet reshuffle, South Africa appears to be reaching a state of crisis, at the heart of which is the shortage of good leaders — in particular, ethical leaders — who place service to the nation ahead of power and self-enrichment. Nothing less than ethical leadership is expected ... Background: The ethical concerns associated with HIV prevention and treatment research have been widely explored in South Africa over the past 3 decades. 187-202. 23-41. South Africa urgently needs ethical leaders. a municipality to be trusted For and accountable to by the public, it needs to implement an effective governance process. While many South African organisations have begun to embrace the potential of AI, more work remains. In more detail this paper aims: 1. apartheid South Africa. PO Box 77 000, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 6034. JOURNAL OF CRITICAL REVIEWS ISSN- 2394-5125 VOL 7, ISSUE 13, 2020 1642 LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM ZamokuhleMbandlwa1, Nirmala Dorasamy2, Omololu Fagbadebo3 1Department of Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. Mental disorders account for an enormous global burden of disease that is largely underestimated and underappreciated. Clinical Ethical Challenges in the Covid-19 Crisis in South Africa Kevin G. Behrens iD Director and Head of Discipline of Bioethics, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa It is critically important to conduct research on stigmatized conditions, to include marginalized groups that experience stigma, and to develop interventions to reduce stigma. PDF. Of interest for this study is the identification of the unique ethical challenges facing the WIL student as a social media practitioner. Please give more details of a particular situation you found ethically challenging. PDF | Local governments in South Africa have experienced leadership challenges in the democratic South Africa. The context of this study is WIL as a prerequisite for a National Diploma in Public Relations and Communication at a major city based university in Gauteng, South Africa. However, the absence of the municipal sector corporate governance implementation framework poses a major sector challenge for municipalities. Increasing South -South trade, ‘rising powers’ (BRICS) & globalizing middle classes Changing LSM 7-10 group in South Africa Rise of . • WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Researching, Documenting and Monitoring Sexual Violence in Emergencies (2007). The challenges and ambiguities of South Africa’s foreign policy Jean-Paul Marthoz NOREF Report September 2012 In 1994, after theAfrican National Congress’s electoral victory, the Republic of South Africa emergedasapromising#regionalforeignpolicy actor. Several challenges have plagued the South African mining industry in particular over the past few years—a key driver of the country’s economy. (John McCann) LEADERSHIP. Common mental disorders among those attending primary health clinics and traditional healers in urban Tanzania. This Ethical and Safety Guidelines for Research on Gender-Based Violence was produced for Partners for Prevention by Emma Fulu and James Lang, both with Partners for Prevention in Thailand, with input from Claudia Garcia-Moreno of the World Health Organization in Switzerland and Rachel Jewkes of the Medical Research Council in South Africa. ... crime rates in South Africa which disproportionately affects the previously disadvantaged populations. Ethics in Occupational Health: Challenges for South African Health Professionals 6 However, the modern ethical codes only begin to appear on the latter half of this century. Over two decades after the transition from apartheid to democracy, vast inequalities across race, class, gender and socio-economic status persist in South Africa, with the majority of the African people being the most affected. • Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women (2001). It includes a Bill of Rights that forms the cornerstone of democracy in South Africa, which enshrines the rights of E-mail: Elroy.Smith@nmmu.ac.za Abstract This article sets out to investigate perceptions regarding ethical leadership in selected organisations within the Nelson Mandela Bay region of South Africa. First, it has guidelines, which are binding for the public hospital sector.77 77 South Africa National Department of Health, op. In so doing, the author also uncovered some interesting aspects of entrepreneurial life in South Africa. 2007b; 10:33–36. Public Sector Transformation and Ethics: A View from South Africa Johan van der Westhuizen This article describes the change processes the Government of National Unity adopted after the 1994 elections in order to transform the South African public service. The following revised Code of Ethics is a response to changes in society at both national and international levels, to The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), established in 2017, is curating real time information, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). Using the Critical Management Studies Tenet of Denaturalisation as a Vehicle to Decolonise the Management Discourse in South Africa. Other countries fail to do so, at times contributing to the recurrence of conflict. 42-61. (PDF) Ethical challenges in assessment centres in South Africa This study was conducted to investigate the extent of ethical leadership practices in African public utilities, given the relatively high corruption reported in its institutions, with consequences of seriously constrained development of the national economy and significant hindrance to good governance. This book was released on 01 June 2021 with total page 269 pages. Impact of Accountability and Ethics on Public Service Delivery: A South African Perspective Learn how South Africa’s Constitution of 1996, by requiring all government departments to observe particular codes of conduct, is attempting to improve accountability and ethics in public service delivery— specifically at … Here, we highlight ethical challenges in FASD research and practice, drawing on our experience in working among a number of culturally diverse groups living in low-resource settings within the global north (e.g., Canada and the United States) and global south (e.g., Ghana and South Africa). The South African financial market development is ranked 12th in the world, market size 29th, business sophistication 33rd and innovation 38th (South Africa Info 2015:Internet; World Economic Forum 2016:Internet). Moreko, A.F. THE SOUTH AFRICAN CASE It’s quite pertinent to use South Africa as a case study in this long essay going by their huge economic, socio-cultural and political landmarks though not far-fetched with that of Nigeria. A discourse analysis of 102 newspaper articles 1996-99 Author: ... the treatise challenges the assumed tensions that exist between nation-building and ... groups are so different that a more fundamental debate on normative ethics is needed.1. Two forensic genetics research studies using tissue collected from a forensic post-mortem were recently initiated at our institution and were the first of their kind to be conducted in Cape Town, South Africa. In Kenya for instance, The new South Africa's confrontation of this dilemma is Martin J. Murray's subject in Commemorating and Forgetting. Keywords: Children’s rights, educational research, ethics, social justice, vulnerable Besides declining commodity prices, labour union rivalry escalated labour issues, resulting in one of the more prolonged and violent strikes in … The Human Development Index (HDI) for South Africa is also low, 0,674, ranking the country 121st out of 177 countries with data. The field of learning analytics has the potential to enable higher education institutions to increase their understanding of their students’ learning needs and to use that understanding to positively influence student learning and progression. Risk and Asymmetry in Development Ethics. For example, the 1976 American Occupational Medicine Association (AOMA) code was note 39. WIL is M.Com.Assessment Centers (ACs) are a commonly used method for selection and development of employees in South Africa (SA) and elsewhere. Ethical leadership. other countries, South Africans are concerned that AI will eliminate their jobs and even worsen income inequality. More broadly, this book explores how collective memory works-how framing events, persons, and places worthy of recognition and honor entails a selective appropriation of the past, not a mastery of history. Jairam Reddy. The backwardness and lack of good governance can be perpetuated by lack of ethical conduct and corporate governance. Professional and Ethical Conduct in the Public Sector Thozamile Richard MLE Abstract ne of the basic values and principles governing public administration enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Chapter 10) is that “a high standard of professional ethics … South African National Health Insurance (NHI) Policy: Prospects and Challenges for its Efficient Implementation PR Sekhejane1 In 2011 South Africa’s National Department of Health (NDoH) launched the Green Paper on the National Health Insurance scheme. Though superficial reference is frequently made to these widely acknowledged challenges, few publications have focused on ethical issues in research on … 82 The state provides dialysis for all patients with AKI but rations dialysis for ESKD. The editors also thank Archbishop Tutu for his foreword. Stakeholder Perspectives on Ethical Challenges in Hiv Vaccine Trials in South Africa 3. A reflection on the development and functioning of this committee highlighted critical elements. PRACTICE IN A SOUTH AFRICAN METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY: PROFESSIONAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES Tobius Thobile Poswa A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Topics debated included ethical lawyering in a constitutional democracy, ethics in the pursuit of transformation as well as legal ethics education. The evolution of research methods, specific measures and thorough ethical reflections have contributed to the establishment of violence as a global issue, although many challenges remain in the measurement of its scope and nature. This means of healthcare service provision involves patients, doctors and machines working together, with few constraints imposed by geography, or national or institutional boundaries. KPMG, a Big Four accounting firm, South Africa branch came under fire in 2017 after becoming entangled in a corruption scandal surrounding the country’s most powerful families, the Gupta’s. The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA), in conjunction with the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, held a summit on professional legal ethics in Durban at the end of February. cit. Read the original article in full on AAS Open Research: Ethical challenges in community engagement practices in research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa women in South Africa continue to experience extremely high rates of violence. The British Journal of Psychiatry. This person is not on ResearchGate, or hasn't claimed this research yet. Local governments in South Africa have experienced leadership challenges in the democratic South Africa. Poor leadership ethics have badly contributed in the leadership challenges in the South African local government system. 607 responses from 54 countries were received via an online survey, additional interviews and local surveys. The editors also want to thank the Fogarty funded training programmes for training analysed the South African economy, as well as several other countries around the world, and found that AI has the potential to add up to an entire percentage point to annual economic growth rates in the South Africa by 2035. South Africa is a middle-income country and has a two-tiered health system in which dialysis is freely available to the 16% of the population who have private insurance; the remaining 84% are dependent on the state for health care and dialysis. ethical considerations in the South African public service. The supreme law of South Africa is the Constitution (Act No.108 of 1996). consumerism Sustainability & ethics: environmental and social issues (labour, support for small business) Ethical pioneers (e.g. Supervisors: South Africa’s population is relatively young, with about 30% aged 15 years or younger. of citizens are often overlooked. Geoff Goldman. Professionalism in South African education: the challenges of developing teacher professional knowledge, practice, identity and voice Francine de Clercq Abstract To change and improve teacher knowledge, practice, behaviour and mindset remains a difficult challenge in South African school education. Briefly describe some of the ethical challenges you are facing/have faced during the Covid-19 outbreak. The South African economy boasts a world-class financial sector – and the empirical study was conducted in this sector. The workshop was hosted by the Wits-INDEPTH partnership, AWI-Gen, as part of the H3Africa Consortium. The South African Schools Act (Republic of South Africa, 1996a) (hereafter The Schools Act) added another dimension to the problem for rural schools by decentralising education to communities. Fair Cape Eco - fresh Milk) & mainstreaming ethics 3, pp. To examine public procurement integrity, cor-ruption and ethical conduct. Several challenges have plagued the South African mining industry in particular over the past few years – a key driver of the country’s economy. 2. This raises one of many ethical dilemmas for a teacher education provider in Australia contemplating a practicum in South Africa, while supposedly committed to This was a phenomenological study, based on interviews with seven entrepreneurs in established service-oriented ventures. Despite this, little is known regarding ethical challenges in ACs in SA. For the period 1996 to 2006, there has actually been a slight rise in inequality in South Africa as a whole. The rise of a generation formed in one of the most epic global political struggles, its The findings identify several ethical principles that should be considered within a South African perspective and which have specific implications for educational researchers. This article parallels a debate similar to the one in Canada and elsewhere where researchers whose work involves humans now operate under a single ethics policy, with a strong biomedical emphasis. Life expectancy in South Africa has increased dramatically (9.6 years) over a relatively short In 2002 the brief of the committee was amended to include the quality control of research proposals, which led to the name being changed to the Research Proposals and Keywords: Trias politica, separation of powers, good governance, ethical leadership, South Africa Introduction The discourses on ethics and leadership have become critical issues of modern societal and scholarship debates. Research literature on ethical leadership in the financial sector within In January 1960 Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, then secretary-general of the United Nations, toured 24 countries in Africa and met ‘most of the national African leaders. PDF. The aim of the present study was to determine whether more rigorous application of ethical consent has altered the provenance of the cadavers in the School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. South African public sector (see also Mle & Maclean, 2011; Manyaka & Sebola, 2013). Hence, a South Africa's Criminal Justice System: Policy and Priorities by Eric Pelser & Janine Rauch Paper presented at the South African Sociological Association (SASA) Annual Congress, Globalisation, Inequality and Identity, 1-4 July 2001. Challenges include unemployment, poverty, crime and inequality. These ethics management practices pose opportunities, but also challenges, to businesspeople and companies who wish to enter the South African … ethical. In fulfilling this purpose, research was conducted of relevant ethical and to a lesser extent, legal aspects pertaining to the psychology Several challenges have plagued the South African mining industry in particular over the past few years—a key driver of the country’s economy. Besides declining commodity prices, labor union rivalry escalated labor issues, resulting in one of the more prolonged and violent strikes in the country’s history. First the way in which Business Ethics is defined will be examined. Corruption is the results of poor ethics in leadership which results in poor public service delivery. Download or read book entitled Ethical and Environmental Challenges to Engineering written by Michael E. Gorman and published by Pearson College Division online. In 2017, one of the biggest challenges in the South African water sector is the ongoing drought, the worst in recorded history. In general, Africa lags behind in digitalization but is no stranger to technology [2]. This raises human security concerns for women particularly and for the country at large. South Africa appears to provide a national context where such consensus about the decision approach exists, to some degree, in the public sector. 3.5.1 Discussion of the definition of ethics 56 3.6 Summary 57 Chapter 4 Factors impacting on ethical behaviour in organisations 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.2 Discussion of models 61 4.2.1 Bartel’s model for ethics in marketing 61 Ethics and Standards Committee 2011 Page 1 PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS The South African Speech, Language, Hearing Association (SASLHA) recognizes its responsibility to promote ethical conduct amongst its members. Journal of Social Sciences: Vol. (2016). (ECORYS 2008:35). What I have learned has come from assessing children, adolescents, and adults in Africa (and primarily in South Africa); dialoguing with colleagues, This would also mean that South Africa could potentially double its economy’s size five years earlier with AI PDF. However, such research is ethically challenging. Julian Jonker. South Africa has developed an advanced framework of law, strategy and institutions with a mandate to combat corruption4. ethical issues related to psychological testing that I have experienced (so far) as a psychologist living and working in Africa. 2. Southern Africa Research Ethics Committee (REC) chairpersons and the development of a review textbook for African REC members (SAREN-Southern African Research Ethics Network)”, CB.2010.41302.010. Ethical challenges were described as: situations that give you cause for professional concern, or when it Makinde, T. ( 1996) ‘ Professionalism and Ethical Conduct in the Nigerian Public Service: Past, Present and Future ’, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), Durban, South Africa, 30 June–5 July. ethical dilemmas on an international practicum graham.parr@monash.edu Joint AARE APERA International Conference, Sydney 2012 Page 4 of 19 living expenses while overseas. African countries have demonstrated resilience and are catching up in the global effort to building a digital planet. South Sudan falls into the second category of … The Gupta family, also called the South Africa’s “shadow government” by members of the South African Trade Union, is a very powerful family, with close ties to South African President Zuma. This article investigates how macro There has been no published empirical enquiry in Africa Challenges faced by South African Human Resource Practitioners in Multinational Corporations: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9806-2.ch007: This chapter focuses on the challenges faced by human resource (HR) practitioners in multinational corporations (MNCs) in different sectors operating in South The conduct of genomic research in South Africa (SA) raises a number of ethical challenges that need to be addressed in its design and execution. » Corticosteroids in critical COVID-19: Are all corticosteroids equal? Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The institution of research ethics committees for humanities and social sciences in South Africa are relatively recent, posing unique challenges to researchers and academicians. Six key themes relating to social workers’ ethical challenges and responses were identified: 1. world. While the few previous studies have been largely quantitative, respondents in this study had the opportunity to spontaneously identify the issues that they perceived to be of priority concern in the South African context. Bok (1990) highlighted that before the Second World War, strengthening and building the character of students through moral education was considered an important aspect in one's intellectual life, but the idea had faded in public administration in a society that increasingly encouraged tolerance rather than commitment to a single set of moral guidelines. In Africa and at the School of Anatomical Sciences in South Africa, dependence on unclaimed bodies has been prevalent. This article discusses some of the ethical challenges that were encountered in these research projects. Besides declining commodity prices, labor union rivalry escalated labor issues, resulting in one of the more prolonged and … contributes to the perceived concerns that South Africa’s rural areas are marginalised and under-resourced (African National Congress [ANC], 1995). The development of ethical guidelines for telemedicine in South Africa Telemedicine has the potential to assist in the provision of healthcare in South Africa (SA). The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 sets the tone by prescribing the basic principles that should serve as guiding tools for public functionaries in executing their duties. Get This Book. Ethical Challenges in Climate Change Impact Mitigation in South Africa. research activities in South Africa. In this paper we argued that in order to end corruption in South Africa government, the issue of leadership ethics must first be prioritized. 2Department of Public Management and Economics, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. This study explored the ethical challenges identified by various stakeholders, through an open‐ended, in‐depth approach. In order to explore convergent ethical issues in HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria vaccine trials in Africa, the Ethics, Law and Human Rights Collaborating Centre of the WHO/UNAIDS African AIDS Vaccine Programme hosted a consultation on the Convergent Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Vaccine Trials in Africa in Durban, South Africa on the 10-11 February 2009. strengthened for achieving ethical leadership and good governance within the South African government. Popular Articles » South Africa should be using all the COVID-19 vaccines available to it – urgently » Hard choices: Ethical challenges in phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa » Could human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines be justified in South Africa? A South African case study P Pillay School of Public Leadership Stellenbosch University ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between the public sociology of ethics, public administration and corruption. eHealth or “digital health”, according to the World Health Organization’s Euro-pean Office, “involves … ABSTRACT This purpose of the research was to examine how entrepreneurs experience and deal with ethical dilemmas. The key factor is that an election was held in April 2009, resulting in the presidency of the country being assumed by Mr. Jacob Zuma. 1. Main body. This report looks at South Africa’s readiness to compete in an AI-driven world and offers recommendations to all stakeholders Tel: +27 41 5042033. In a given year, about 30% of the population worldwide is affected by a mental disorder and over two thirds of those affected do not receive the care they need (Chisholm et al., 2007; Kessler et al., 2005b; Wittchen, Jonsson, & Olesen, 2005). Statistics South Africa reports that the average fertility rate was 2.3 births per woman in 2013. Reflections on Ethical Dilemmas in the Implementation of a New Performance Appraisal system (Pas) in the Public service, the Kenyan Case Dr. Margaret Kobia, Director, Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA) Reflections on Ethical Dilemmas: A South African Perspective Professor Solly Mollo, Director General, PALAMA, South Africa orientated local government. It shows To review the literature reflecting public pro-curement and the legislative framework regulat-ing public procurement in South Africa. The South African Constitution mandates public officials to refrain from the abuse of public trust and conduct themselves in an ethical and respectable manner. Research on business ethics in South Africa is highlighted, as well as the ethics management practices that are typically found in South African enterprises. These ethics management practices pose opportunities, but also challenges, to businesspeople and companies who wish to enter the South African market. In this paper an assessment will be made of the state of Business Ethics as an academic discipline as well as on the extent to which theory on Business Ethics has been translated into practice within the South African society. Eric Pelser is a Senior Researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme at the Institute for Security Studies. Clinical Ethical Challenges in the Covid-19 Crisis in South Africa Kevin G. Behrens iD Director and Head of Discipline of Bioethics, Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa This brief discusses the positive aspects and challenges of the scheme. However, HIV cure research is relatively new to the region and significant ethical and social challenges are anticipated. 4 May 2017. Johannesburg, 2017. 3 Therefore, the process of research on violence still raises specific methodological and ethical challenges. It also begs the question of why VAW persists in South Africa, and what needs to be done to address it. Abstract. These include, for example, considerations of consent, community engagement, stigmatisation, feedback of findings and ensuring that genomic research is of benefit to patients and researchers in SA. In addition to this, South Africans generally identify service delivery as a top priority. Some countries succeed in addressing those challenges, are able to reform their security sector gradually, and achieve peace and stability for their people as a consequence. Ndetei D, Mutiso V, Khasakhala L, Kokonya D. The challenges of human resources in mental health in Kenya. 48, No. Ethical decision-making in forensic psychology1 M. Swanepoel Department of Jurisprudence Unisa PRETORIA E-mail: swanem@unisa.ac.za ... related to the psychology profession in South Africa. South African Psychiatric Review. Google Scholar. with them as well as the social, legal and ethical challenges they might pose, what we also see in the process are the expectations and promises projected onto them. of South Africa, appointed four Special Envoys to mobilize international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic fallout of COVID-19. The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the largest open distance e-learning (ODeL) university in the continent of Africa, with a student headcount more than 300,000. This paper seeks to assess how public officials can create an ethical work environment at local level in South African… Though the South African government has made significant gains with regards to creating a more equal society, divides and challenges are still rife. Research on business ethics in South Africa is highlighted, as well as the ethics management practices that are typically found in South African enterprises. South African Public Service TP Thebe Northwest University, South Africa Abstract: The history of a country can be marked by its lack of the capacity of good governance and generally it can be viewed as backwards. Gauteng province, South Africa. With the recent Cabinet reshuffle, South Africa appears to … ISBN 13 : STANFORD:36105028643273. • The WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women (2003). Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa are at the forefront of the digital evolution in Africa. [Google Scholar] Ngoma MC, Prince M, Mann A. Ethical leadership challenges in South Africa led to corruption in various government departments. This report summarises the findings of an international study of the ethical challenges faced by social workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, undertaken during 6th-18th May 2020. This is a report on a workshop titled ‘Ethics for genomic research across five African countries: Guidelines, experiences and challenges’, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 and 11 December 2012.
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