M. Lopez

As part of the European Be better informed about Fertility project (B2-InF), we carried out a normative analysis of the information provided online by assisted reproduction clinics to the European public. This analysis aimed to determine the degree to which this information complies with regulations of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) and commercial information, and the main ethical implications related to the duty of information. Information was gathered from the websites of 33 clinics across 8 European countries (Albania, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland). Nearly 2000 pages of information were reviewed and checked for compliance with relevant frameworks of national and international law. The assessment revealed significant inconsistencies in how clinics present information online, with particular concerns regarding transparency about success rates, associated risks, add-on techniques and the legal and ethical issues that may arise during the use of these techniques. The results of our analysis indicate an urgent need for enhanced regulatory oversight and standardized information requirements for assisted reproduction clinics across Europe. These findings suggest the necessity for harmonized legal frameworks that mandate comprehensive disclosure standards and establish effective enforcement mechanisms to ensure transparent and accurate information provision to potential patients.

Este trabajo intenta abordar la teoría de los modelos mentales desde Non-Axiomatic Logic (Lógica No Axiomática). La teoría de los modelos mentales describe procesos inferenciales naturales de las personas y tiene un fuerte apoyo empírico. Non-Axiomatic Logic permite construir un sistema computacional basado en ella. Por tanto, si la teoría de los modelos mentales es correcta y Non-Axiomatic Logic puede representar la teoría, es posible elaborar un sistema computacional basado en esta última lógica que llegue a conclusiones como las de la capacidad inferencial natural humana. Intento mostrar que, con varios elementos de Non-Axiomatic Logic, esta lógica puede recoger procesos inferenciales básicos que la teoría de los modelos mentales propone.

We used several cue–target SOAs and three different degrees of cue predictability , to investigate the role of awareness of cue–target predictability on cueing effects. A group of participants received instructions about the informative value of the cue, while another group did not receive such instructions. Participants were able to extract the predictive value of a spatially peripheral cue and use it to orient attention, whether or not specific instructions about the predictive value of the cue were given, and no matter their ability to correctly report it in a post-test questionnaire. In the non-predictive block, bad estimators who received no instructions showed regular cueing effects, while good estimators exhibited smaller and non-significant facilitatory effects at the short SOA and an absence of significant IOR at longer SOAs. However, for the instructions group, the pattern of results reversed

Socio-ecological conflicts about land use in Latin America are complex: they involve various actors and flare up due to the dynamics of colonization, spatial appropriation, and the commodification of land. This volume of the Handbook »The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis« focuses on land use in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions touch upon numerous aspects, from the transformations of material to the social practices, their political and legal regulations as well as the imaginaries of virgin territories. Consequently, far from limiting themselves to a static cartography of land use, the contributors investigate the appropriations of borders and historic transformations in land use.

This paper examines four aspects of the cognitive biology of Octopus vulgaris which, considered together, point to a model of neural organization radically different from that of vertebrates: the peripheral distribution of most of its nervous system, the presence of functional photoreceptors in the skin, the existence of active sleep states analogous to mammalian REM, and the behaviors commonly described as 'play.' The paper proposes the term 'confederal' for this organization, in contrast to the 'centralist' model of vertebrates. While vertebrate cortex controls the periphery in a hierarchical top-down manner, approximately two thirds of the octopus's 500 million neurons reside in the arm ganglia, which operate with genuine functional autonomy: they execute complex behaviors without central brain instruction and continue functioning after amputation. The central brain acts as a strategic authority, not as an execution manager. Cutaneous photoreception discovered by Ramirez and Oakley (2015) and extended by Maselli et al. (2025) reinforces the confederal model: octopus skin contains functional opsins and responds to light by expanding chromatophores without brain mediation. Camouflage can operate, at least partially, autonomously. Active sleep states documented by Medeiros and Ribeiro (2021) and confirmed electrophysiologically by Pophale et al. (2023) constitute a case of functional convergence with mammalian REM across lineages separated 530 million years ago, suggesting this type of sleep may be a necessary condition beyond a certain threshold of cognitive complexity. Regarding 'play,' the paper proposes a conceptual dissolution. Mather and Anderson's (1999) experiment does not document play but rather the functional use of water jets in a laboratory environment whose geometry produces effects not attributable to the animal. Kuba et al.'s (2006) experiment does describe a relevant phenomenon, but one interpretable as autonomous tactile exploration by individual ganglia lacking episodic memory: each contact with the object is, for the ganglion, functionally the first. The label 'play' introduces assumptions about central coordination and motivational states that have not been verified in cephalopods. The paper additionally formulates two theoretical proposals. First: an objection to the claimed universality of Tononi's Integrated Information Theory (IIT). Tononi constructs phi upon an implicitly chordate-centric model that assumes central integration as the sole path to functional complexity. The concept of Alt-phi, proposed here, describes an alternative pathway: functional complexity achieved not through organic integration — within a single organ — but through organismic multiplicity — within an organism composed of autonomous units. The data support the hypothesis that functionality and central integration are dissociable. Second: the absence of culture in an intelligent animal is explained as a structural consequence of confederal architecture. Culture requires sociality (Whiten et al., 1999), and sociality demands a centralized self-representation — a unified self — from which to project selfhood onto the other. Without such projection, the category 'other like me' does not exist; without it, there is no 'we'; and without 'we,' there is no social transmission of learning. The octopus can individualize objects in its environment, but individualization is not recognition of subjectivity.

El presente trabajo examina cuatro aspectos de la biología cognitiva de Octopus vulgaris que, considerados conjuntamente, apuntan a un modelo de organización neuronal radicalmente distinto al de los vertebrados: la distribución periférica de la mayor parte de su sistema nervioso, la presencia de fotorreceptores funcionales en la piel, la existencia de estados de sueño activo análogos al REM mamífero, y los comportamientos descritos habitualmente como «juego». El artículo propone denominar «confederal» a esta organización, en contraste con el modelo «centralista» de los vertebrados. Mientras que en estos el córtex controla la periferia de forma jerárquica y descendente, en el pulpo aproximadamente dos tercios de las 500 millones de neuronas residen en los ganglios de los brazos, que operan con autonomía funcional real: ejecutan comportamientos complejos sin instrucción del cerebro central y continúan funcionando tras la amputación. El cerebro central actúa como instancia estratégica, no como gestor de la ejecución. La fotorrecepción cutánea descubierta por Ramirez y Oakley (2015) y extendida por Maselli et al. (2025) refuerza el modelo confederal: la piel del pulpo contiene opsinas funcionales y responde a la luz expandiendo los cromatóforos sin mediación del cerebro. El camuflaje puede operar, al menos parcialmente, de forma autónoma. Los estados de sueño activo documentados por Medeiros y Ribeiro (2021) y confirmados electrofisiológicamente por Pophale et al. (2023) constituyen un caso de convergencia funcional con el REM mamífero en linajes separados hace 530 millones de años, lo que sugiere que este tipo de sueño puede ser una condición necesaria a partir de cierta complejidad cognitiva. Respecto al «juego», el artículo propone una disolución conceptual. El experimento de Mather y Anderson (1999) no documenta juego sino uso funcional del chorro de agua en un entorno de laboratorio cuya geometría produce efectos no atribuibles al animal. El de Kuba et al. (2006) sí describe un fenómeno relevante, pero interpretable como exploración táctil autónoma de ganglios individuales que carecen de memoria episódica: cada contacto con el objeto es, para el ganglio, funcionalmente el primero. La etiqueta «juego» introduce supuestos sobre coordinación central y estados motivacionales no verificados en cefalópodos. El artículo formula además dos propuestas teóricas. Primera: una objeción a la pretensión de universalidad de la teoría de la información integrada (IIT) de Tononi. Tononi construye phi sobre un modelo implícitamente cordadocéntrico que asume la integración central como única vía hacia la complejidad funcional. El concepto de Alt-phi, aquí propuesto, describe una vía alternativa: complejidad funcional alcanzada no por integración orgánica —en un órgano— sino por multiplicidad organísmica —en un organismo compuesto de unidades autónomas—. Los datos hacen plausible la hipótesis de que funcionalidad e integración central son disociables. Segunda: la ausencia de cultura en un animal inteligente se explica como consecuencia estructural de la arquitectura confederal. La cultura requiere socialidad (Whiten et al., 1999), y la socialidad exige una autorrepresentación centralizada —un yo unificado— desde la cual proyectar yoidad sobre el otro. Sin esa proyección no existe la categoría «otro como yo», sin ella no hay «nosotros», y sin «nosotros» no hay transmisión social del aprendizaje. El pulpo individualiza objetos en su entorno, pero individualizar no es reconocer subjetividad.

Uma vez que o condicional material pode ser verdadeiro em três situações diferentes, um dado empírico pode confirmar diferentes condicionais. De fato, o mesmo dado pode confirmar até condicionais que parecem estar em contradição entre eles. Por meio de um exemplo apresentado por Khemlani, Byrne e Johnson-Laird, esta questão é considerada mais abaixo. Para isso, o presente artigo recorre ao conceito de sentença de redução oferecido por Carnap. As conclusões remetem à ideia de que, se este último conceito for assumido, os problemas da confirmação do condicional parecem desaparecer. Isso é, pelo menos, no que diz respeito ao exemplo tratado aqui.

Global warming, mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions, presents an emergency in which green energies are expected to play a significant role. While renewable technologies such as wind, solar, and hydropower dominate green energy generation, geothermal energy is gaining attention as a viable and reliable alternative. When combined with heat pumps, geothermal systems offer a consistent heat supply unaffected by weather variability, making them particularly suitable for replacing fossil fuels in applications like air conditioning and domestic hot water in residential and commercial buildings. Geothermal energy’s growing prominence highlights its potential as a critical component in addressing the global climate crisis. This study examines the application of Deep Learning (DL) models to forecast the temperature of the input collector in a heat pump fed by a geothermal installation in a bioclimatic residential building, aiming to optimize energy management and minimize environmental impacts. In addition to a statistical baseline model, ARIMAX (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Exogenous Variables), five different DL model architectures were developed, tuned, and evaluated: Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM), Transformers, LSTM-Transformer, and a hybrid approach that combines LSTM and Convolutional Neural Network. Among the experiments, the GRU model performed better, achieving a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of $2.19^\circ C$, with the LSTM-Transformer model following closely with an RMSE of $2.23^\circ C$. These results highlight both the GRU’s efficiency and the hybrid approach’s potential in balancing forecasting capability and effectiveness. These findings emphasize the critical role of predictive analytics in optimizing energy systems in bioclimatic contexts.

This article investigates the meaning of “The Origin of Truth” (Merleau-Ponty) with the aim of addressing the post-truth phenomenon that prevails today. It begins by examining the phenomenological connection between truth and evidence to understand Merleau-Pontian perceptual “faith” and its relationship with the Urdoxa (Husserl). The study analyzes its development thanks to language as well as its instrumentalization in the post-truth era. In contrast, it describes the influence of expression on the Merleau-Pontian notion of “institution”, applied to truth. Its comparison with the “foundation” (Arendt) and the “fundierung” (Husserl) it will allow us to explore the interrelationship between truths of fact and truths of reason in order to describe the critical rationality required by truth. Both act against post-truth and the substitution of philosophy for technology and ontological truth for verification and efficiency.

This paper proposes a radical reconfiguration of medical ethics by placing suffering—not as a clinical symptom or ancillary datum, but as an ontological category—at the center of ethical deliberation. In the face of a fragmented and technified clinical practice, we argue that suffering is the only truly universal human experience, irreducible to cultural, linguistic, or ideological variations. As such, it offers a potent, immanent foundation for a non-relative ethics in medicine. Drawing on the philosophical contributions of Heidegger, Levinas, Jonas, Jaspers, Butler, and Schopenhauer, we develop a model of medical ethics rooted in the shared and asymmetrical vulnerability that suffering reveals. Rather than abstract principles or procedural deontology, this model emphasizes narrative, responsibility, and hospitality as structural dimensions of the clinical act. We contend that medicine must move from being a problem-solving technique to becoming a space of presence, attention, and recognition—where suffering is not erased but welcomed. The clinical encounter is thus reimagined as a site of ontological unveiling, where the physician’s role is not merely to diagnose or intervene, but to bear witness, to accompany, and to share in the exposure of the other. This ethics of suffering entails epistemological shifts (through narrative and phenomenology), spatial transformations (via architecture of care), and institutional reforms (integrating patients’ voices and lived experience). Ultimately, we propose suffering not as a failure of health, but as the ethical ground from which a truly human medicine must begin.

This research offers an innovative perspective on the study of Law 7/2024 on Cultural Heritage of Castilla y León by integrating a social inclusion and cultural rights, approach, assessing its alignment with international frameworks. Through a qualitative methodology based on critical analysis of legal discourse, it examines aspects such as universal accessibility, citizen participation, heritage education, and the recognition of intangible cultural heritage. The results reveal significant progress towards an inclusive heritage model, although remain in practical implementation and in addressing territorial and social diversity. The study highlights the need for more intersectional policies and effective mechanisms to ensure that all people can access heritage, participate actively, and pass on their cultural legacy.

Organ Donation after Medical Aid in Dying (OD-MAiD) is currently practised in four countries: Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, and Spain. While OD-MAiD shares some similarities with MAiD (absent the possibility of organ donation) and with standard organ donation protocols, the combination of OD and MAiD involves unique circumstances that present novel ethical challenges. These challenges revolve around donors' consent and protection, the dead donor rule, and organ allocation. This paper explores these moral challenges and proposes strategies to ensure ethical safeguards in the context of OD-MAiD. An underlying question is whether OD-MAiD, if permitted, should follow the ethical guidelines of living donation or deceased donation, as these two practices commonly operate under distinct moral paradigms. While the living donation paradigm is centred on the protection of donors' interests and emphasises individual choice by allowing donors to decide who receives their organs, the deceased donation framework places more emphasis on enabling recipients to benefit from transplant, and organ allocation is typically based on impartiality. OD-MAiD also raises ethical concerns about how the possibility of donation could influence a patient's decision to seek euthanasia and/or interfere with optimal end-of-life care. Proposing organ donation to individuals considering MAiD could conceivably create pressure to proceed with euthanasia, either to realise a social good or to satisfy the needs of loved ones (if a family member requires an organ). This may undermine the patient's autonomy or well-being at the end of life.

O paradoxo dos corvos negros proposto por Carl Hempel é um problema se for analisado a partir da lógica padrão. Isto é assim porque as equivalências nessa lógica pode levar a pensar que os indivíduos devem realizar determinadas ações que eles não costumam fazer. Neste artigo, vou mostrar que, se ignorarmos a lógica padrão e assumirmos outros sistemas, o problema desaparece, uma vez que essas mesmas ações não são esperadas. Em particular, eu uso como exemplos duas abordagens: a da lógica estoica e a da teoria dos modelos mentais.

This research aims to present a literature review regarding developments in financial performance in the latest research in the electricity industry. This research uses a qualitative analysis approach with the Connected Paper application. The keywords used are financial performance and the electricity industry. The study found that financial performance was used in research by linking it to various aspects of corporate organization, including technological activities, innovation exploitation and exploration, alliances and performance, the importance of geographic location in exploration and exploitation, as well as environmentally friendly innovation and its driving factors. These findings also show that social, economic and environmental factors have a significant influence on environmentally friendly innovation in the long term. The originality of this research lies in the comprehensive approach taken in reviewing various related literature sources so that this research can provide important insights for readers, open up new opportunities for further research, and enrich understanding of the topic of company financial performance.

Socially responsible human resource management (SR‐HRM) is becoming increasingly important for academics and managers. The interface between HRM and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the subject of analysis in this article. It adopts a contextual perspective to analyze whether the institutional context influences the implementation of socially responsible HRM (SR‐HRM). Considering the differences in the national institutional contexts across Europe, this study explores the different models of SR‐HRM in that region. The research is focused on a sample of 153 companies headquartered in Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The findings evidence the influence exerted by the national institutional context on the implementation of SR‐HRM. Differences among country clusters suggest the existence of different models of SR‐HRM in Europe. However, these models do not correspond to the blocks on HRM or on CSR identified by the literature but instead provide a novel categorization.

Lo studio ripercorre l’insegnamento universitario del teologo domenicano spagnolo Domingo de Soto (1495-1560), considerando le fonti relative ai suoi commenti universitari ai primi due articoli (Utrum Deum esse sit per se notum e Utrum Deum esse sit demonstrabile) della questione II (An Deus sit) della Summa Theologiae di Tommaso d’Aquino. Dopo un censimento dello stato attuale delle fonti a disposizione, si forniscono la trascrizione del Manoscritto 231 (ff. 17r - 19v) della Biblioteca Storica Marqués de Valdecilla dell’Università Complutense di Madrid, ed alcune indicazioni di apparato utili per il relativo studio. L’ultima parte dell’articolo prospetta alcune brevi considerazioni contenutistiche, emergenti dall’analisi del testo, utili in particolare per lo studio dell’autore e della sua prospettiva teologica e filosofica.

Lo studio prosegue quanto già proposto in un precedente lavoro pubblicato sul n. 2 di questa Rivista del 2008 alle pp. 267-298 che aveva ripercorso l’insegnamento universitario del teologo domenicano spagnolo Pedro de Ledesma (1544-1616) considerando le fonti relative ai suoi commenti universitari alla questione II (An Deus sit) della Summa Theologiae di Tommaso d’Aquino e censendo lo stato attuale delle fonti relative all’autore che abbiamo a disposizione. Questo nuovo articolo fornisce la trascrizione – fino ad ora inedita – del Manoscritto 6 (ff. 61r–64v) della Biblioteca di Palencia (Spagna) relativo alle lezioni universitarie di Pedro de Ledesma tenute ad Ávila nel 1589 dedicate al problema teoretico specifico dell’art. II, Utrum Deum esse sit per se notum. Il contributo fornisce anche alcune indicazioni di apparato utili per lo studio, e nella sua seconda parte e nella conclusione prospetta alcune brevi considerazioni contenutistiche, emergenti dall’analisi del testo, utili in particolare per lo studio dell’autore e della sua prospettiva teologica e filosofica.

Lo studio prosegue quanto già proposto in due precedenti lavori pubblicati su questa Rivista, che avevano ripercorso l’insegnamento universitario del teologo domenicano spagnolo Pedro de Ledesma (1544-1616) considerando le fonti relative ai suoi commenti universitari alla questione II (An Deus sit) della Summa Theologiae di Tommaso d’Aquino, censendo lo stato attuale delle fonti relative all’autore che abbiamo a disposizione, e fornendo le trascrizioni – fino ad allora inedite – del Manoscritto 6 della Biblioteca di Palencia (Spagna) relative alle lezioni universitarie di Pedro de Ledesma tenute ad Ávila nel 1589 dedicate al problema teoretico specifico dell’art. I, Utrum Deum esse sit per se notum e dell’art. III, Utrum Deus sit. Questo contributo analizza invece il commento all’art. II, Utrum Deum esse sit demonstrabile, e fornisce anche alcune indicazioni di apparato utili per lo studio. Nella sua seconda parte e nella conclusione prospetta alcune brevi considerazioni contenutistiche, emergenti dall’analisi del testo, utili in particolare per lo studio dell’autore e della sua prospettiva teologica e filosofica.

This article aims to study the moral evolution of Albert Camus’s thought, shifting from an individual and absurd dimension to a collective and supportive one. The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus explore the absurd at the individual level, proposing rebellion as the only way out of it. From The Misunderstanding onward, Camus’s thought embraces a defense of solidarity, which will be expressed most clearly in The Plague and will become the moral value that justifies rebellion. In summary, our article addresses this opening in Camus’s thought, highlighting his concern for human suffering and solidarity as a central value in his moral position.

This article aims to extend and review our knowledge about the liturgical and artistictransfers that occurred between Avignon and Rome in the decades following the end ofthe Schism and that were decisive in the ritual and cultural configuration of the PapalCuria and its entourage in the first half of the 15 th century. To that purpose, I examine amanuscript ignored to date: the BCT 56-23, both from a material and a textual point ofview –it contains a pontifical followed by several additions (the Descriptio basilicaeVaticanae by Mallius Petrus, the Indulgentie ecclesiarum urbis Rome and some notesfor a crusading project against the Ottoman Empire in 1458)–. By doing so, and throughits comparison with other similar manuscripts, it has been possible to determine, firstly,that this codex can be fully related to the so-called forme remaniée (M. Andrieu) of theDurandus pontifical; and, secondly, that it was made in Basel around the 1430’scommissioned by a clergyman belonging to the papal entourage but also closelyconnected to the French southeast. Following the path of this manuscript, my studyconcludes that the process of exchanges and transfers between Avignon and Rome afterthe Schism was not unidirectional or unique, but took the form of a network of complexcontacts, prolonged in time and space, in which foreign influences –even from theNetherlands– also played a decisive role. But it will only be possible to reconstruct thisprocess in its entirety from the analysis of manuscripts that have survive to date.

Escrito cuyo horizonte es analizar cómo el vitalismo, entendido como una corriente filosófica que resalta la importancia de la vida y la experiencia subjetiva, ha servido históricamente como crítica a diferentes concepciones y estructuras sociales que alejan al ser humano de su vitalidad esencial. Se muestra cómo este enfoque ha cuestionado, en distintos momentos, al mecanicismo, el racionalismo, el capitalismo, la modernidad y a las instituciones sociales, proponiendo una visión centrada en la vida, la individualidad y la experiencia. El método utilizado fue de carácter histórico-filosófico y hermenéutico, se recurrió a fuentes clásicas y contemporáneas, donde se examinan debates y confrontaciones entre el vitalismo y otras corrientes, destacando el contraste entre explicaciones mecanicistas y vitalistas sobre los fenómenos naturales y sociales. Entre los resultados, se identifica que el vitalismo ha permitido una crítica profunda a los sistemas que privilegian la razón, la objetividad y la linealidad; resaltando en cambio, la importancia de la subjetividad, la incertidumbre y la vitalidad. Además de su influencia en la filosofía, la ciencia, la sociología, la literatura y otras áreas; se concluye que, el vitalismo sigue siendo relevante para comprender y cuestionar las dinámicas sociales actuales, especialmente aquellas que subordinan la vida a la lógica del consumo, la producción y el control institucional, por lo cual se propone recuperar la perspectiva vitalista para centrar el pasado, presente y futuro en la vida misma, promoviendo la reflexión sobre el ser y su entorno.

In recent years, research applying a gender perspective has proliferated and has contributed to reversing the androcentric view that has traditionally prevailed in the study of ancient societies. However, these important advances remain insufficient, especially with regard to the representation of diversity or of the participation of women in tasks outside the household context. In addition, these initiatives have rarely crossed the borders between specialized academic fields. In this situation, the Arsmaya Research Group believes that an effective way to spread this new knowledge in society is through the creation of images that depict the role of women in ancient societies.As a result of our expertise in the fields of archaeology, architecture, ethnography, and the study of images, here we present two visual reconstructions of the past made by our group and the collaboration of artist Érika Meijide Jansen: one from the Maya Culture, depicting a room in the Royal Palace of K’anpat (Chilonché, Guatemala), and the other from the Iberian Culture, a recreation of an imaginary pottery workshop of the city of Edeta (modern-day Llíria, Valencia, Spain) in which women appear engaged in artistic activities. Both representations are based on verifiable and fairly accurate historical data. The repertoire of objects, materials and techniques reproduced in both pictures is supported by the archaeological evidence, architectural studies, critical reviews of the discourses, and ethnographic studies carried out by the authors.

Context: Cognitive studies seem to show that two kinds of tasks are controversial. Both have a quantified premise, a quantified conclusion, and a disjunction in the premise. The difference is that the quantifier (both in the premise and in the conclusion) is existential in one of them, and universal in the other one. In both cases, the conclusion is one of the disjuncts. To infer its disjuncts from a disjunction is not correct in First-Order Predicate Calculus. However, people tend to accept the conclusion when the quantifier is existential and reject it when the quantifier is universal. I try to argue that a non-axiomatic logic with truth-values with two numbers can come to those results too.Methodology: I review the two types of tasks from the resources of that non-axiomatic logic. The main components I consider are the inheritance and instance copulas, and the value of frequency of a statement. The latter value is calculated from all the pieces of evidence the system has and the amount of those pieces supporting the statement.Conclusions: considering components such as those ones, it is possible to check that the non-axiomatic logic can come to the conclusions reported in the literature for the two kinds of tasks analyzed.

In contrast to the dominant paradigm of liberal feminist democracy, which operates from a top-down approach and emphasises individual empowerment, this article explores the alternative framework of radical feminist democracy. This alternative model is grounded in collective action from grassroots movements and aims to centre the voices of subaltern women who have often been marginalised in mainstream discourse that focuses on the role of women in democracy. The primary objective of this article is to contribute to the development of a concept of decolonial feminist democracy that is rooted in specific contexts and experiences, particularly those of subaltern women. It seeks to understand how decolonial democratic values are transmitted intergenerationally, particularly through the relationships between mothers and children. To achieve this, we analyse a significant social protest event in Ecuador: the June 2022 Strike led by the Indigenous movement. Through in-depth interviews with adult and young Indigenous women leaders who played key roles in this mobilisation, the article explores various aspects including gender roles, democratic practices within the Indigenous movement and perspectives on feminism. The findings highlight a form of community democracy and the interconnected struggle against neoliberalism, colonialism, patriarchy and extractivism, which Indigenous women actively engage in both on the streets and within their communities. Furthermore, the research uncovers evidence of the intergenerational transmission of democratic values, particularly the ethos of resistance.

Socially responsible human resource management (SR‐HRM) is becoming increasingly important for academics and managers. The interface between HRM and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the subject of analysis in this article. It adopts a contextual perspective to analyze whether the institutional context influences the implementation of socially responsible HRM (SR‐HRM). Considering the differences in the national institutional contexts across Europe, this study explores the different models of SR‐HRM in that region. The research is focused on a sample of 153 companies headquartered in Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The findings evidence the influence exerted by the national institutional context on the implementation of SR‐HRM. Differences among country clusters suggest the existence of different models of SR‐HRM in Europe. However, these models do not correspond to the blocks on HRM or on CSR identified by the literature but instead provide a novel categorization.

Corporate philanthropy strategy integrated into the core business constitutes a novel vision and a little‐explored field of study with regard to corporate social commitment. The goal of this study is to analyse how the diverse ways of managing and assuring philanthropy can be considered signals of a firm's social commitment and consequently affect its market value. In addition, the analysis considers whether the business sector moderates those relationships. We aim to provide a comprehensive vision of corporate philanthropy and its effect on market value. From a sample of 965 firm‐years, of 193 firms from 2011 to 2015, we found that the market responds positively to the professional, independent management of philanthropy via a foundation, in preference to donations, and welcomes external assurance of corporate philanthropy as a set of actions that improve the perceived reliability of philanthropic activities. In addition, we observe a moderating effect of the business sector on the relationships among corporate philanthropy, assurance and the company's market value. The main contribution of this study is the provision of new evidence of how corporate philanthropy and its assurance are effective signals that reduce the information asymmetries between firms and investors, affecting company market value positively.