Sustainable Human Security
Tavanti, Marco & Stachowicz-Stanusch, Agata (Eds). 2014. Sustainable Human Security: Corruption Issues and Anti-corruption Solutions. Common Grounds Publishing – Sustainability Book Collection.
Sustainable Human Security addresses the systemic and inter-generational capacity for the protection and promotion of human survival (freedom from fear), human development (freedom from want), human dignity (freedom from shame), and human sustainability (freedom from vulnerability). This volume explores sustainable solutions and systemic issues in relation to human security and corruption. The selected articles from the International Journal of Sustainable Human Security (IJSHS) offer relevant theoretical and valuable practical insights into the complex relations of these topics at the international level. Authors present Latin American, European, American, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern perspectives on corruption issues and anti-corruption solutions. The notion of sustainable human security is illustrated in its historical evolution and relevance to international development, human rights, private companies, good governance, and accountability systems.
Human Security Accounts from Marco Tavanti’s family
On April 19, 1944, in the locality of Manciano, Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo, Italy) the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) accidentally bombed a civilian house near a railroad bridge. In that house 9 members of the Mancini family were killed, including Francesco Mancini, Marco Tavanti’s paternal great-grandfather. The town of Manciano-Misericordia is also the birthplace of actor Roberto Benigni who won an Oscar for the 1997 movie Life is Beautiful (La Vita e' Bella), which was filmed in the surrounding towns. The cover image of the book Sustainable Human Security (photo by Liz Wilp) features ‘Gildo’ a family friend going away from the ruins of the house after his testimony on the accounts of the bombing (December 2012). He was just a little boy but he remembers the facts like it was yesterday. He was crying thinking about how people were using their bare hands to rescue people from the debris of the destroyed house. Another of Marco Tavanti’s family members was killed during these horrific times by the Nazi soldiers who were occupying Italy. His maternal great-grandfather, Ottavio Fabianelli, was killed on the 29 June 1944 massacre in Civitella della Chiana (Arezzo, Italy). On this day, 244 civilians, including women and children, were massacred in a retaliation operation against Italian partisans who had previously killed two German soldiers.
Sustainable Human Security addresses the systemic and inter-generational capacity for the protection and promotion of human survival (freedom from fear), human development (freedom from want), human dignity (freedom from shame), and human sustainability (freedom from vulnerability). This volume explores sustainable solutions and systemic issues in relation to human security and corruption. The selected articles from the International Journal of Sustainable Human Security (IJSHS) offer relevant theoretical and valuable practical insights into the complex relations of these topics at the international level. Authors present Latin American, European, American, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern perspectives on corruption issues and anti-corruption solutions. The notion of sustainable human security is illustrated in its historical evolution and relevance to international development, human rights, private companies, good governance, and accountability systems.
Human Security Accounts from Marco Tavanti’s family
On April 19, 1944, in the locality of Manciano, Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo, Italy) the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) accidentally bombed a civilian house near a railroad bridge. In that house 9 members of the Mancini family were killed, including Francesco Mancini, Marco Tavanti’s paternal great-grandfather. The town of Manciano-Misericordia is also the birthplace of actor Roberto Benigni who won an Oscar for the 1997 movie Life is Beautiful (La Vita e' Bella), which was filmed in the surrounding towns. The cover image of the book Sustainable Human Security (photo by Liz Wilp) features ‘Gildo’ a family friend going away from the ruins of the house after his testimony on the accounts of the bombing (December 2012). He was just a little boy but he remembers the facts like it was yesterday. He was crying thinking about how people were using their bare hands to rescue people from the debris of the destroyed house. Another of Marco Tavanti’s family members was killed during these horrific times by the Nazi soldiers who were occupying Italy. His maternal great-grandfather, Ottavio Fabianelli, was killed on the 29 June 1944 massacre in Civitella della Chiana (Arezzo, Italy). On this day, 244 civilians, including women and children, were massacred in a retaliation operation against Italian partisans who had previously killed two German soldiers.
Scholarship Production Repository
Dr. Tavanti's scholarship production is in the international development and ethical leadership. Its publications provides integrative notions for systemic changes and institutional capacity development. The purpose of the publications is provide practical solutions to improve the lives of people living in impoverished and marginalized communities worldwide. In his professional and academic experience, Dr. Tavanti works to make this possible by educating and developing capacity in socially responsible and globally engaged leaders. He uses an interdisciplinary, collaborative and participatory model to accomplish this goal. Unfortunately, academia is often a system that rewards personal accomplishments instead of valuing true social benefits and service to the community. Dr. Tavanti believes in the academic production as a service to society by inspiring others, building capacity in communities and helping to promote sustainable, socially responsible and inclusive systems. Dr. Tavanti's scholarship relates to three areas: indigenous rights, socially responsible leadership, and international sustainable development.
Via Sapientiae at DePaul University
The following is a selection of links to Dr. Tavanti's publications. BEPRESS http://works.bepress.com/marcotavanti/. More recent publications reported in the Curriculum Vitae may be requested directly to the author. Please see selected works and publication selections at Berkley Electronic Press or Via Sapientiae at DePaul University include also some of unpublished papers and presentations. Dr. Tavanti is happy to share these works with you but please cite the source properly in your academic production. Click on the links below to access his works.
International Development
Human Rights-based Sustainable Development Practical and Theoretical Reflection on the Strategic Centrality of Human Rights in Pursuing Sustainable International Development, Sustainability Conference - University of British Columbia (2012) As sustainability is linked to social responsibility, sustainable development is inherently linked to human rights....
Acteal: An Open Wound on Indigenous Human Rights, Dialogo (2010) The December 22, 1997 massacre of indigenous Maya people in town of Acteal in the...
Teaching Sustainable Development through International Public Service : lessons from the Sustainable Chiapas Program, 33rd Annual National Teaching Public Administration Conference (TPAC) (2010) The presentation includes a SWOT analysis of an international public service program learning sustainable development...
Sustainability Curriculum at DePaul University a strategic value analysis for a Catholic, Vincentian and urban institution, Global Catholicism Conference 2010 Integrity of Creation: Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education (2010) DePaul University as institution and community is investing in sustainable values aligned with its mission....
Before microfinance: The social value of microsavings in Vincentian poverty reduction, Business Ethics (2010) The purpose of this article is to present and discuss the values and limits of...
The Sustainable Food Movement: The Local, Slow and Justice Food Solutions to the Global Food Crisis, ISTR's 9th International Conference Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-10, 2010 (2010) Food is more than a commodity. The economic aspect of food needs to be integrated...
Communities of Universities and NGOs for Sustainable Development and the Creation of Peace: The Case of Chiapas, United Nations, Department of Public Information, Nongovernmental orgnizations (UNDPI/NGO) (2009) Within the context of the United Nations's mission to promote peace, development and human rights,...
At a snail's pace: Slow Food's measured move from Tuscany to Chicago (with Hillery Midkiff and Felicia Byrne), Mindful Metropolis (2009) The Slow Food Movement offers new and promising insights for sustainable food and healthy lifestyles....
Global Sustainable Values – video Interviews to selected global leaders, You Tube Channel (2009) Dr. Tavanti's interviews to selected global leaders exemplifying teaching values on sustainability, human rights, international...
Chiapas civil society organizations: cultural resistance and economic alternatives through fair trade cooperatives and international networks, Sociedad civil y desarrollo local (2007) Since the 1994 rebellion organized by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), Chiapas, Mexico...
Chiapas cross-cultural focus groups: doing research in dangerous and culturally diverse contexts, Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale (2005) Doing research in dangerous and post-conflict areas require specific methodologies and techniques. This article explores...
Las Abejas: Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas (2003) Las Abejas came to be known by the international community as the civil counterpart to...
Acteal: An Open Wound on Indigenous Human Rights, Dialogo (2010) The December 22, 1997 massacre of indigenous Maya people in town of Acteal in the...
Teaching Sustainable Development through International Public Service : lessons from the Sustainable Chiapas Program, 33rd Annual National Teaching Public Administration Conference (TPAC) (2010) The presentation includes a SWOT analysis of an international public service program learning sustainable development...
Sustainability Curriculum at DePaul University a strategic value analysis for a Catholic, Vincentian and urban institution, Global Catholicism Conference 2010 Integrity of Creation: Sustainability and Catholic Higher Education (2010) DePaul University as institution and community is investing in sustainable values aligned with its mission....
Before microfinance: The social value of microsavings in Vincentian poverty reduction, Business Ethics (2010) The purpose of this article is to present and discuss the values and limits of...
The Sustainable Food Movement: The Local, Slow and Justice Food Solutions to the Global Food Crisis, ISTR's 9th International Conference Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-10, 2010 (2010) Food is more than a commodity. The economic aspect of food needs to be integrated...
Communities of Universities and NGOs for Sustainable Development and the Creation of Peace: The Case of Chiapas, United Nations, Department of Public Information, Nongovernmental orgnizations (UNDPI/NGO) (2009) Within the context of the United Nations's mission to promote peace, development and human rights,...
At a snail's pace: Slow Food's measured move from Tuscany to Chicago (with Hillery Midkiff and Felicia Byrne), Mindful Metropolis (2009) The Slow Food Movement offers new and promising insights for sustainable food and healthy lifestyles....
Global Sustainable Values – video Interviews to selected global leaders, You Tube Channel (2009) Dr. Tavanti's interviews to selected global leaders exemplifying teaching values on sustainability, human rights, international...
Chiapas civil society organizations: cultural resistance and economic alternatives through fair trade cooperatives and international networks, Sociedad civil y desarrollo local (2007) Since the 1994 rebellion organized by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), Chiapas, Mexico...
Chiapas cross-cultural focus groups: doing research in dangerous and culturally diverse contexts, Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale (2005) Doing research in dangerous and post-conflict areas require specific methodologies and techniques. This article explores...
Las Abejas: Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas (2003) Las Abejas came to be known by the international community as the civil counterpart to...
Ethical Leadership
The cultural dimensions of Italian leadership: Power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity from an American perspective, Leadership (2012) This article provides a cultural analysis of Italian leadership from a cross-cultural perspective. Americans view...
Integrity for the Common Good: The Missing Link Between Neo-Liberalists and the ‘Occupy’ Discontents, Integrity in organizations: Building the Foundations for Humanistic Management. (2012) This study analyzes the differences between the neoliberalist and the Keynesian perspectives used in the...
Responsible Management Education in Practice: The Principles and Processes for Educating Socially Responsible and World Engaged Leaders, Handbook of Research on Teaching Ethics in Business and Management Education (2012) The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) offer a platform for institutional commitment and leadership...
International Service Learning as Academic Social Responsibility: An analysis of value-assets and engagement-needs of DePaul University’s international service learning practices (with Marisol Morales), National, Faith, Justice and Civic Learning Conference (2011) Academic institutions have a social responsibility toward local and international communities. International service learning is...
Managing Toxic Leaders: Dysfunctional Patterns in Organizational Leadership and How to Deal with Them, Human Resource Management (HRM) (2011) This study reviews different typologies of toxic leaders in organizations-from bullies to narcissistic leaders. Unfortunately,...
Academic Civic Engagement for Capacity Building: The Role of Universities in Building Sustainable Philanthropy Through Multi-Sector Partnerships in the Middle East (2011) The paper explores academic civic engagement for capacity building and the development of sustainable philanthropy...
Charity translated as Social Entreprenuership, Leading in the Legacy of St. Vincent de Paul: Reflections on Vincentian Leadership Today (2010) Fr. Afiliano Fajardo, CM (AKA: Fr. Nonong) exemplify Vincent de Paul in its innovation toward...
Sustainable Value Management: Leading organizations for an integrated triple bottom line, Journal of Management - Silesian University of Technology (2010) An organization without an integrated bottom line approach is not designed to last. Value management...
United Against Corruption: The United Nations Global Compact’s Principles and Strategies Against Local and Global Corruption., Organizational Immunity to Corruption: Building Theoretical and Research Foundations (2010) This chapter considers the practices and strategies behind the United Nations Global Compact’s tenth principle...
Have no Little Perspectives: A Bird’s eye View on Daniel H. Burnham’s Value Leadership, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development (2009) Daniel H. Burnham provided the connection between Chicago and Manila by working on both the...
Poverty Reduction and Vincentian Higher Education Institutions (with Craig Mousin), DePaul University's Office of Mission and Values (2009) Dr. Marco Tavanti and Craig Mousin discuss with Dr. Scott Kelly the university's responsibility for...
Developing Leaders While Sustaining Values: Learning from International University Partnerships, Handbook of blended shore education adult program development and delivery (2009) How can international exposure contribute to develop effective and value-centered leaders? This best-practice analysis illustrates...
Vincentian University Partnerships for Urban Poverty Reduction (with Merlinda A. Palencia and Margaret Guzzaldo), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) The Adamson University and DePaul University collaboration is to support the work of the Vincentian...
What Would Vincent do Today to Overcome Poverty? (with Reverend Craig B. Mousin), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) PDF
What Would Vincent Study Abroad? Option for the Poor and Systemic Change for the Development of Socially Responsible Leaders (with Heather Evans M.S.), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) Chiapas is a microcosm of diversity dynamics visible in Chicago and other global cities. The...
Pedagogia Intercultural, AZ Magazine (2008) American and international students participating in the DePaul educational programs in Chiapas, Mexico learn to...
Transactional Leadership, Leadership: the key concepts (2008) Transactional leadership in a continuum with transformational leadership. This chapter offers an overview and introduction...
What Would Vincent Do? Vincentian Higher Education and Poverty Reduction (with Craig Mousin) (2008) The worldwide Vincentian major higher education institutions have best practices and pedagogical innovative strategies for...
Ethics 101: a common ethics language for dialogue (with Ethics Across the Curricula Committee at DePaul University) (2007) Chaired by Patricia Werhane, Director, Institute for Business & Professional Ethics, DePaul University. A subcommittee...
Engaged Vincentian Leadership: The Values and Competencies That Inspire Leaders to Serve in the Footsteps of St. Vincent De Paul, Journal of College and Character (2006) What are the values and competencies behind engaged leadership practices? This article presents the competencies...
African sustainable leadership development: a culturally intelligent leadership model for service oriented leaders and organizations, Proceedings of the Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa 2006 Conference (2006) As a new generation of African leaders is emerging, so is the need to create...
Continuing the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul: Insights on Vincentian Leadership Practices at DePaul University, The William and Mary Pat Gannon Hay - Vincent de Paul Leadership Project (2006) The mission of St. Vincent de Paul was one that was absolutely clear and absolutely...
Cross-Cultural Vincentian Leadership: The Challenge of Developing Culturally Intelligent Leaders, Vincentian Heritage Journal (2005)
Integrity for the Common Good: The Missing Link Between Neo-Liberalists and the ‘Occupy’ Discontents, Integrity in organizations: Building the Foundations for Humanistic Management. (2012) This study analyzes the differences between the neoliberalist and the Keynesian perspectives used in the...
Responsible Management Education in Practice: The Principles and Processes for Educating Socially Responsible and World Engaged Leaders, Handbook of Research on Teaching Ethics in Business and Management Education (2012) The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) offer a platform for institutional commitment and leadership...
International Service Learning as Academic Social Responsibility: An analysis of value-assets and engagement-needs of DePaul University’s international service learning practices (with Marisol Morales), National, Faith, Justice and Civic Learning Conference (2011) Academic institutions have a social responsibility toward local and international communities. International service learning is...
Managing Toxic Leaders: Dysfunctional Patterns in Organizational Leadership and How to Deal with Them, Human Resource Management (HRM) (2011) This study reviews different typologies of toxic leaders in organizations-from bullies to narcissistic leaders. Unfortunately,...
Academic Civic Engagement for Capacity Building: The Role of Universities in Building Sustainable Philanthropy Through Multi-Sector Partnerships in the Middle East (2011) The paper explores academic civic engagement for capacity building and the development of sustainable philanthropy...
Charity translated as Social Entreprenuership, Leading in the Legacy of St. Vincent de Paul: Reflections on Vincentian Leadership Today (2010) Fr. Afiliano Fajardo, CM (AKA: Fr. Nonong) exemplify Vincent de Paul in its innovation toward...
Sustainable Value Management: Leading organizations for an integrated triple bottom line, Journal of Management - Silesian University of Technology (2010) An organization without an integrated bottom line approach is not designed to last. Value management...
United Against Corruption: The United Nations Global Compact’s Principles and Strategies Against Local and Global Corruption., Organizational Immunity to Corruption: Building Theoretical and Research Foundations (2010) This chapter considers the practices and strategies behind the United Nations Global Compact’s tenth principle...
Have no Little Perspectives: A Bird’s eye View on Daniel H. Burnham’s Value Leadership, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development (2009) Daniel H. Burnham provided the connection between Chicago and Manila by working on both the...
Poverty Reduction and Vincentian Higher Education Institutions (with Craig Mousin), DePaul University's Office of Mission and Values (2009) Dr. Marco Tavanti and Craig Mousin discuss with Dr. Scott Kelly the university's responsibility for...
Developing Leaders While Sustaining Values: Learning from International University Partnerships, Handbook of blended shore education adult program development and delivery (2009) How can international exposure contribute to develop effective and value-centered leaders? This best-practice analysis illustrates...
Vincentian University Partnerships for Urban Poverty Reduction (with Merlinda A. Palencia and Margaret Guzzaldo), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) The Adamson University and DePaul University collaboration is to support the work of the Vincentian...
What Would Vincent do Today to Overcome Poverty? (with Reverend Craig B. Mousin), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) PDF
What Would Vincent Study Abroad? Option for the Poor and Systemic Change for the Development of Socially Responsible Leaders (with Heather Evans M.S.), Vincentian Heritage Journal (2008) Chiapas is a microcosm of diversity dynamics visible in Chicago and other global cities. The...
Pedagogia Intercultural, AZ Magazine (2008) American and international students participating in the DePaul educational programs in Chiapas, Mexico learn to...
Transactional Leadership, Leadership: the key concepts (2008) Transactional leadership in a continuum with transformational leadership. This chapter offers an overview and introduction...
What Would Vincent Do? Vincentian Higher Education and Poverty Reduction (with Craig Mousin) (2008) The worldwide Vincentian major higher education institutions have best practices and pedagogical innovative strategies for...
Ethics 101: a common ethics language for dialogue (with Ethics Across the Curricula Committee at DePaul University) (2007) Chaired by Patricia Werhane, Director, Institute for Business & Professional Ethics, DePaul University. A subcommittee...
Engaged Vincentian Leadership: The Values and Competencies That Inspire Leaders to Serve in the Footsteps of St. Vincent De Paul, Journal of College and Character (2006) What are the values and competencies behind engaged leadership practices? This article presents the competencies...
African sustainable leadership development: a culturally intelligent leadership model for service oriented leaders and organizations, Proceedings of the Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa 2006 Conference (2006) As a new generation of African leaders is emerging, so is the need to create...
Continuing the Mission of St. Vincent de Paul: Insights on Vincentian Leadership Practices at DePaul University, The William and Mary Pat Gannon Hay - Vincent de Paul Leadership Project (2006) The mission of St. Vincent de Paul was one that was absolutely clear and absolutely...
Cross-Cultural Vincentian Leadership: The Challenge of Developing Culturally Intelligent Leaders, Vincentian Heritage Journal (2005)