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The European Union supports social and civil competencies as being a core element to develop sustainability of organizations, people and regions. These competencies are fundamental for the well-being of the community because they include interpersonal, intrapersonal as well as their civil, active and democratic participation in organizations. The combination of these competencies reveals the organizational socio-emotional maturity and allows relevant levels of performance. It also allows the development of various capitals, namely, human, structural, relational and social, with direct influence on performance. But along this path, the emotional aspect has not been valued as a capital, given that contemporary society is based on knowledge capital and is flooded with information viewed as a capital. The present study, based on the importance of these socio-emotional capitals, aims to show that the competencies of cooperation, interpersonal understanding, empathy, kindness, ability to listen, and tolerance, to mention a few, are strategic in consolidating knowledge within organizations. This implies that the humanizing processes, both inside and outside the organizations, are revitalized. The question is how to go about doing this and its implementation; as well as, where to begin and which guidelines to take on. These are the foci that guide the present study, bearing in mind the directions of the knowledge economy.

No contexto da governança corporativa, também se encontram as fundações de apoio às universidades e seu respectivo conselho curador, suposto responsável pelas práticas desse conceito. Com isso, a presente pesquisa buscou analisar as boas práticas de governança corporativa nessa organização do terceiro setor, na visão dos conselheiros, seguindo as principais normas do Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa. Para este estudo, montou-se uma revisão bibliográfica e análise do caso numa Fundação de Serviços Hospitalares brasileira, realizado no segundo semestre do ano de 2012. O método utilizado consistiu na aplicação de questionários ao Conselho Curador da fundação, envolvendo itens de governança corporativa. Os resultados revelaram uma associação dos princípios de boa governança com as práticas do conselho curador, demonstrando que, na maioria dos aspectos analisados e de forma parcial, esse cumpre com a sua função de disseminador da governança corporativa em um setor ainda pouco estudado pela sociedade.

This essay is a contribution to the tribute given to David-Maria Sassoli, highlighting the human values that characterized his presidency of the European Union, namely democracy and freedom, peace, solidarity, which are the fundamental pillars for the construction of the future Europe based on the cultural diversity of each member state.

The present book investigates the social and religious history of the Portuguese-Jewish community of Hamburg during what may have been the most important period of its history - the second half of the seventeenth century. The political and economic rise of this small but influential community of New Christian bankers and merchants is analysed against the backdrop of its institutional dynamics, in an overall perspective never before conceived. The political, religious, economic, legal, charitable and disciplinary history of the community is thus explored through the analysis of the protocol books of the Portuguese Nation of Hamburg, written between 1652 and 1682. This is the intimate and fascinating journey of their everyday lives, hopes and challenges, as brought to us by their leaders.