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The human right to adequate food vs. corporate social responsibility and voluntary codes of conduct from the perspective of ethics

Beschreibung

Background. This project considers how ethics shapes science and policy related to food and nutrition security. Specifically, students will participate in research to assess contemporary questions about the similarities and differences of human rights based approaches vs. 'multi-stakeholder' or ‘public-private partnership’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Among other questions, the two approaches will be assessed in terms of classical ethical questions of whether the approaches promote “the good life” or respect for the well-being, autonomy and/or justice for individuals and groups. The project will unfold in the context of the masters-level course, Ethics of Food and Nutrition Security and the 430B research project, “Gender, Nutrition and the Right to Adequate Food.

Student responsibility. Participating Humboldt Reloaded students will work in English to: a) conduct literature review; b) help to frame this debate more clearly; c) interview leaders engaged in the human right to adequate food and of food and nutrition security; d) prepare written reports; e) prepare an oral presentation to the Ethics of Food and Nutrition class.

Projektzeitraum

Wintersemester 2012/13

Bewerbungszeitraum

22. Oktober bis 7. November 2012

semesterbegleitend

Details zu Projektzeitraum und Durchführung

offen für diese Studienfächer:

Agrarbiologie
Agrarwissenschaften
Ernährungsmanagement und Diätetik
Lebensmittelwissenschaft und Biotechnologie
Nachwachsende Rohstoffe und Bioenergie
Wirtschaftswiss. mit agrarökonom. Profil
Wirtschaftswiss. mit sozialökonom. Profil

Betreuer

Maria Daniela Nunez Burbano de Lara

Institut

Institut für Sozialwissenschaften des Agrarbereichs

Sprache

englisch

Teilnehmerzahl

min. 1, max. 3

Arbeitsaufwand

ca. 60 Stunden pro Teilnehmer | 2 ECTS-Punkte

Arbeitsaufwand (Stunden und ggf. ECTS) sind ungefähre Angaben. Die tatsächlich vergebenen ECTS-Punkte ergeben sich aus der tatsächlich geleisteten Arbeit.

 

Für dieses Projekt ist kein Motivationsschreiben des Studierenden erforderlich

Projektart

theoretisch/nicht experimentell

Lernziele

Die Teilnehmer/innen lernen in diesem Projekt:

- Knowledge about how ethics shapes scientific decisions and social policy
- A (very) short introduction to Western metaethics and experience in ethical argumentation
- Knowledge about the emerging Right to Adequate Food Approach
- Knowledge about the field of corporate social responsibility
- Experience in literature research and organization
- Experience in literature review writing
- Familiarly with the work of a civil society organizations engaged in the related topic

Anmerkungen für Studierende

English skills
Motivation and curiosity
Writing skills
Participation in the Ethics of Food and Nutrition Security (EFNS) class (see the FRESH website) is a plus, but not required. EFNS is a masters course with limited and selective enrollment that bachelor students may apply (per guidelines on FRESH website) to participate in on an exceptions-only basis.

Schlagworte

public-private partnerships, corporate social responsibility, human right to adequate food, ethics