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As more women become primary earners, traditional gender roles are being reshaped, revealing both progress in gender equality and persistent social norms around masculinity and caregiving. The article examines how female breadwinners often experience guilt and shame due to cultural expectations, upbringing, marital dynamics, and workplace pressures, and explores how these emotions affect their personal lives and family relationships.

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The rapid shift to remote and flexible work following the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced significant ethical questions that are often overshadowed by narratives of efficiency and technological progress, particularly for marginalized and faith-based identities. Situating remote work within theories of organizational change, this perspective emphasizes trust as the structural and moral foundation of sustainable remote work. By centering the lived experiences of Muslim women and drawing on Islamic ethical principles of trust, justice, and balance, it reframes remote work as a moral reconfiguration of organizational life rather than a purely technical adjustment.

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Numeracy extends beyond basic mathematical skills, influencing financial management, decision-making, health, and social participation. In South Africa, educational inequalities contribute to weak numeracy, with significant economic and social impacts. Strengthening numeracy at all learning stages is crucial, not only for education but also for fostering a healthier, more productive, and inclusive society.

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Work within organizations has rapidly shifted from occasional remote practices to a central norm, accelerated by COVID-19 as a disruptive external shock. This sudden transition required rapid adaptation under uncertainty, representing discontinuous change for many organizations. As the immediate crisis recedes, the focus is now on moving from reactive responses to deliberate, planned change, balancing organizational needs with employee experience and the realities of remote and virtual work.

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Trust is a key driver of organizational performance, influencing collaboration, engagement, and commitment, and serving as a competitive advantage through higher morale, productivity, and retention. The shift to remote and virtual work, accelerated by COVID-19, has transformed how trust is built, requiring intentional structures, behaviors, and leadership practices. Effective trust in digital workplaces depends on foundational, organizational, and individual factors that support sustained collaboration in virtual environments.

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Doctoral study provides a space to critically reflect on both the content and process of research. Drawing on research training, consulting experience, and academic supervision, this reflection explores the practices and assumptions shaping qualitative inquiry. It offers insights aimed at bridging rigorous scholarship with practical relevance, guiding researchers to produce work that is methodologically sound and meaningful for organizations and practitioners.

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Recent health and safety crises, amplified by COVID-19, have challenged the mining industry to reconsider its responsibilities to workers, communities, and society. Traditional compliance frameworks have proven insufficient, exposing deeper ethical issues around organizational power, risk, and accountability. This perspective calls for a shift toward a values-driven, human-rights-based approach to health and safety that goes beyond regulatory minimums.

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Mining has long caused significant environmental, social, and economic impacts, often deepening inequality and marginalizing affected communities. Traditional consultation and corporate social responsibility efforts have proven limited, especially as automation and technology threaten inclusion. Applying the Islamic principle of Shūrā (consultation) offers an ethical framework emphasizing equality, collective deliberation, representation, and shared responsibility, providing guidance for more inclusive, fair, and sustainable community participation in the mining sector.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly transformed work, highlighting organizational culture as a vital asset that influences leadership, decision-making, and trust. Drawing on insights from senior leaders, this article explores practical ways to cultivate an ethical culture during crises, ensuring that values like integrity, transparency, and compassion guide organizational actions.

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Crises force leaders to make swift, high-stakes decisions under uncertainty, increasing the ethical importance of every choice. This article emphasizes the need for ethical decision-making during such times and presents the “three P’s” framework—Purpose, Principles, and Priorities—to guide leaders in making principled, transparent, and values-aligned decisions.

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I recount my decision to join the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led mission to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The article documents the urgency of the journey, the dangers at sea, and the flotilla’s interception in international waters, followed by detention and deportation. It is a first-hand account of bearing witness to injustice and acting on conscience in the face of fear.

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