{"id":2064,"date":"2018-11-27T14:34:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=2064"},"modified":"2018-11-28T16:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:03:09","slug":"bzonn-ta-aktar-nies-ta-fibra","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/bzonn-ta-aktar-nies-ta-fibra\/","title":{"rendered":"Need for more people with a backbone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of\u00a0youths are graduating from University after years\u00a0of\u00a0study, hard work and sacrifice\u00a0to\u00a0find\u00a0themselves\u00a0on the job market. These young workers are now entering a new phase in their lives where they need to\u00a0contribute to society\u00a0and be productive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new graduates\u00a0may, at one time or another,\u00a0be faced with situations where they need to make decisions based on their conscience and integrity. More than ever, in this country, we need honest people with integrity who can distinguish right from wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is no wonder that\u00a0Auxiliary Bishop Joe\u00a0Galea\u00a0Curmi, in his homily\u00a0during the mass for new graduates, spoke about the values of integrity and respect and the need to work for a better society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The alleged\u00a0corruption\u00a0cases\u00a0that\u00a0were\u00a0brought to light by\u00a0the media in the last few months and\u00a0days\u00a0can lead one to\u00a0choose to\u00a0go with the current. People today need to be more just in their actions even when those around them have a different outlook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The University can be instrumental in the fight against corruption.\u00a0 One way it can fight corruption is internally, by ensuring that teaching resources are acquired through the right competitive channels, by opposing nepotism in the pay rises given to lecturers and by preventing fraudulent academic results for personal gain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0social function of the University is to teach and equip students with the tools and experiences they\u00a0will\u00a0need to become successful professionals and honest citizens.\u00a0This requires\u00a0that the tertiary institution be committed to the teaching of professional ethics in all its faculties. Ethics in education helps lessen egoistic behaviour among students and counterbalance their inclination to cheat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, Voice of the Workers hopes that the new graduates will use their talents wisely and will not fall into the trap of trying to make money fast even if it means that they have to resort to illegal practices that will corrupt them. On the contrary, they should be the catalysts of\u00a0change\u00a0for the better so that we can have more credible institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Hundreds of\u00a0youths are graduating from University after years\u00a0of\u00a0study, hard work and sacrifice\u00a0to\u00a0find\u00a0themselves\u00a0on the job market. These young workers are now entering a new phase in their lives where they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2068,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[87],"issuem_issue_categories":[7],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2064"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2080,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2064\/revisions\/2080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}