Ideas about water use and ethics have been linked for many thousands of years. In this millennium, water resources remain a primary area of concern throughout the world, including such issues as shortages, supply, flooding, quality, restoration, allocation and regulation. Today, electronic environmental news and specialty websites contain a breadth of information on current water resources conflicts and issues throughout the world. In many parts of the world, water quantity is decreasing and water quality is worsening, lack of access to improved water supplies is decreasing, as is access to basic sanitation. Water challenges relating to water quantity and water quality are increasingly common in Canada and the United States due to water resources being under increasing pressure from population growth, economic activity and intensifying competition for the water among users. Faced with these challenges, humans are confronted with momentous decisions. Before making more decisions that will have an influence over water resources, and in response to repeated calls for a water ethic, this research takes the perspective that it is necessary to explore the ethical intentions of decision-makers with respect to water resources legislation and policy in Canada. The ultimate goal is to define a set of principles for a proposed water ethic that could and should be implemented at the municipal level of government in Canada. A review of academic and professional literature and a mixed methods research approach comparing two case study areas was used to gain a baseline understanding of the potential influences of underlying ethical frameworks on policy makers in Calgary, Alberta and Guelph, Ontario. A proposed water ethic, containing a set of principles compiled from ethical considerations for water use in academic and professional literature, was also developed and presented to case study participants. Participants provided feedback on their strength of agreement with each principle, thoughts on modifications, improvements and/or deletions of any principle, and implementation considerations of the proposed water ethic at the municipal level of government. The results indicate that case study participants in both areas apply a variety of ethical frameworks when making professional decisions about water resources management, and when preparing water legislation and policy. A review of relevant legislation, policies, documents and strategies in the case study areas supports this conclusion. In particular, components of the Consequentialist ethical framework (a perspective that can be associated with sustainable development and sustainability) are most often acknowledged in the statements of intent of the participants and water resource legislation and policies. Respondents also indicated that value positions associated with the Intrinsic Value ethical framework influenced policy preparation and decision-making; however, the ethical considerations associated with this framework are not as obvious in the language and intent of relevant legislation, plans, documents, and strategies. The case study participants in both areas supported all six proposed principles of the proposed water ethic and offered only minor modifications to the presented wording and intent. The endorsed principles of the proposed water ethic are: (1) allocate sufficient water to maintain and enhance ecosystem integrity; (2) establish conservation and efficiency measures as a priority over new supply initiatives in water resources planning; (3) meet basic human needs and enhance equity; (4)establish open and participative decision-making processes; (5) identify and seek to obtain multiple sustainability benefits from water-centered initiatives; and, (6) explicitly acknowledge system complexity and emphasize precaution. The feedback from the participants about the proposed water ethic, in association with the results of the ethical frameworks, informed the eight implementation recommendations, including: (1) entrench a water ethic vision in Provincial and municipal legislation; (2) work from within existing governance structures and institutional arrangements; (3) use an incremental model of decision-making; (4) provide specific policy examples for each principle within a water ethic; (5) include realistic and measurable targets within the policies; (6) accept that all six water ethic principles are unlikely to be accepted at once; (7) ensure the overall vision of the water ethic, principles, associated examples, and measureable targets, are defensible; and, (8)acknowledge the importance of strategy. The recommendations acknowledge that while the proposed water ethic is presented as a package and each principle is valuable, conflict and trade-offs may occur during the implementation process. The recommendations are therefore pragmatic and take into account the current governance structures and institutional arrangements. There is a growing recognition that understanding the underlying ethical perspectives that influence decision-makers may contribute to more effective water resources management legislation and policy. This research adds to this body of knowledge by showing that it is possible to identify ethical frameworks, extract the defining characteristics associated with each framework, and use case studies to suggest which ethical frameworks assert varying degrees of influence. This link between theory and practice may help organizations recognize what ethical considerations influence decision-making and identify the strengths and limitations of these ethical approaches to managing water resources. In addition, prior to this study, research had only been conducted into the identification of principles for the ethical use of water and not into the potential for implementation of a realistic and desirable water ethic that reflects sustainability and lasting well-being at the municipal level of government in Canada. Several opportunities exist to build on this research. They include (1) investigate if the ethical intent of legislation and policy related to water resources management is put into practice, (2) identify other ethical frameworks that may apply to decision-making, (3) focus on political decision-makers and their claims and intentions about water use, (4) test the implementation of the water ethic proposed in this study, and (5) investigate how to integrate ethical considerations about water into checklists and protocols related to land use development, professional codes of conduct and standards, institutional and organizational training programs, performance measures for official plans, and as standard components for municipal council reports and ministerial presentations. This exploratory research concludes that policy makers are willing to become more aware of their underlying ethical underpinnings and to learn how ethical considerations embedded in legislation and policy have the potential to exert significant influence over the behaviour of current and future water users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Business and Public Administration and Dept. of Economics. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007. / "A dissertation in public affairs and administration and economics." Advisor: Robyne Turner. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Jan. 2, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 239-249). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2004. / Typescript (photocopy) Bibliography : leaves 455-500. Includes appendices.

Tez (Yüksek Lisans) - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İşletme Anabilim Dalı, 2007. / Bibliyografya var.

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-296).

Thesis (doctoral)--Åbo akademi, 1994. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-331).

Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves

Feminist criminologists have a long history of arguing against the use of imprisonment and other formal justice system processes for criminalized women. Often feminist analyses of the formal criminal justice system end with a call for community alternatives. There has not, however, been a corresponding analysis of community programs. Critical criminologists have examined informal justice and have shown the variety of ways that seemingly alternative programs reproduce and support the formal criminal justice system. This dissertation draws from both of these criminological literatures and examines alternative justice programs for criminalized women. Based on interviews with staff at community justice programs in Winnipeg MB, I argue that these programs are neither the complete alternatives called for by feminists nor spaces which simply reproduce dominant justice system norms as found by critical criminologists. Rather, they are complex spaces of governance of criminalized women. The community programs exhibit both informal and formal characteristics. These programs engage in a variety of informal justice practices. The programs also offer informal care, advocacy, and culture services. Alongside these informal aspects of the programs, staff also engage in highly formal criminal justice work of supervision and case processing. I account for the presence of both informal and formal practices using governmentality theorists’ concepts of government-at-a-distance and responsibilization of the community. This makes them spaces in which dominant discourses and practices are reproduced. However, a close examination of the ways in which the programs construct the subject of governance, the Criminalized Woman, shows the influence of feminist discourses and reveals these spaces to be spaces of resistance as well. The specific ways that the programs respond to criminalized women and the mentalities embedded in them also reflect a tension between neoliberal and social justice approaches. Both a neoliberal mentality of proper self-governance and an ethic of care are present in the work the programs do. I argue that the presence of the multiple types of work, the alternative subjectivities offered to criminalized women, and ethic of care and practices of self-care all make the alternative justice programs spaces of resistance to dominant neoliberal strategies of governance. / February 2016

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-17T15:02:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 773845 bytes, checksum: fc3460bd25149e8680817d3f88ba087f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The Paul Ricoeur‟s hermeneutics aims the comprehension of man through the language as from his own historical context, his own tradition, in other words, the knowledge of this man as a wight that constitutes himself and the sense of his own existence. From Ricoeur‟s hermeneutics it will draw a possible dialogue with this subject that, possessor of his liberty, is responsible about his own actions, whether good, whether bad. Ricoeur presents an internalized language of confession of the penitent as been a word that, repeatedly and continuously, will induce a search for a badly philosophical and ontological interpretation. We will reflect about primary bad signs, put differently, the macula, the sin and the guiltiness. Avoid the evil practice is an exhaustive theme present in the French philosopher‟s works, being this an attempt of avoid a big ethic challenge to the subject. / A hermenêutica de Paul Ricoeur busca a compreensão do homem através da linguagem a partir do seu contexto histórico, de sua tradição, ou seja, o conhecimento desse homem como ser que se constitui e o sentido da sua própria existência. Da hermenêutica ricoeuriana se traçará um possível diálogo com esse sujeito que, possuidor da sua liberdade, é responsável pelas suas próprias ações, sejam elas boas, sejam elas más. Ricoeur nos apresenta a linguagem interiorizada da confissão do penitente como sendo a palavra que, repetida e continuamente, provocará a busca por uma interpretação filosófico-ontológica do mal. Refletiremos sobre os símbolos primários do mal, ou seja, a mácula, o pecado e a culpabilidade. Evitar a prática do mal é um tema exaustivamente presente nas obras do filósofo francês, sendo esta tentativa de evitar um grande desafio ético para o sujeito.

La problématique de mes recherches porte sur le langage – plus particulièrement, la communication humaine dans la perspective interdisciplinaire. Ainsi mes recherches puisent dans la philosophie (la philosophie du langage, l’éthique), la sociologie (Goffman, Mead), la psychologie (Piaget, Kohlberg, Watzlawick), la sociolinguistique, la linguistique (Jakobson, Buhler), la communication (Craig, McQuail) la neuroéthique (Patricia Churchland, Martha J. Farah). Cette « mosaïque » disciplinaire a pour objectif d’étudier la complexité de la communication interpersonnelle sous plusieurs points de vue afin de bien déterminer ses éléments « techniquement » constitutifs. Ceci permettra d’établir un groupe des facteurs qui jouent un rôle important dans la constitution de l’éthique de la communication. / The problematic of my research concerns language - in particular, human communication in the interdisciplinary perspective. My research is based on philosophy (philosophy of language, ethics), sociology (Goffman, Mead), psychology (Piaget, Kohlberg, Watzlawick), sociolinguistics, linguistics (Jakobson, Buhler) Craig, McQuail) neuroethics (Patricia Churchland, Martha J. Farah). This disciplinary "mosaic" aims to study the complexity of interpersonal communication from several points of view in order to determine its "technically" constitutive elements. This will help establish a group of factors that play an important role in shaping the ethics of communication.