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Franz Giuseppe F. Cortez

Professor IV
AB (CKMS), MA (CKMS), PhD (UST)
ffcortez@ust.edu.ph


research

INTERESTS
• Philosophy of Paulo Freire
• Critical Pedagogy
• Critical Business Ethics
• Social and Political Philosophy
• Philosophy of Education
• Translation Studies


professional affiliations

Professor IV, Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas
Professor, Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
Fellow, Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities, University of Santo Tomas
Translator, Sentro sa Salin at Araling Salin, University of Santo Tomas
Trainer for Etika, Commission on Higher Education, Republic of the Philippines
Country Co-Investigator, Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE 2020), Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada)
Associate, National Research Council of the Philippines  
Library Coordinator, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas
Franchisee, The Generics Pharmacy (TGP)
Member of the following organizations:
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP)
National Book Development Board (NBDB)
Philippine National Philosophical Research Society (PNPRS)
Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao (PHAVISMINDA)
Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon (PANL)
Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP)
Societas Ethica Philosophica, Inc. (SEPI)

recognitions received

GRANTS
  • World Health Organization.  Translation of "WHO Quality Rights E-Training Modules."  Published: October 2019.  (team member)
  • Philippine Commission on Higher Education.   "Special Intensive Courses for Philosophy Educators."  2018-2020.  Published:  2021.  (Lead Researcher)
  • Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), London, UK.  "Economy of Giving in Simbahayan Community Development Program." 2014-2015.  Completed in 2015. (team member)


AWARDS
  • Bronze Award.  2020 TGP Founder's Cup.  The Generics Pharmacy.  April 2021.
  • Certificate of Excellence in Cross-Cultural Research (2021), Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE 2020), Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business (Vancouver, Canada).  April 2021.
  • International Publication Award (2019-2020), Office of the Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Santo Tomas.  October 2021.
  • International Publication Award (2016-2017), Office of the Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Santo Tomas, March 2018.
  • International Publication Award (2014-2016), Office of the Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Santo Tomas, March 2018.
  • Silver Series Award (2014-2016), Office of the Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, University of Santo Tomas, March 2018.

educational background

Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Philosophy (cum laude)
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (2013)
Dissertation: Towards a Freirean Liberating Pedagogy in the Philippines: Prospects in Three Filipino Intellectuals

Master of Arts, Major in Philosophy (cum laude)
Christ the King Mission Seminary, E. Rod. Ave., Quezon City (2006)
Thesis: Paulo Freire’s Notion of Oppression, Conscientization and Revolution             
2003: Theology (academic units), Divine Word Mission Seminary, Tagaytay City

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy (cum laude)
Christ the King Mission Seminary, E. Rod. Ave., Quezon City (1994)
Thesis: Frantz Fanon on the Justification of Violence for Social Transformation

publications

BOOKS
  • Etika: Pag-isipan at Pag-usapan. UST Sentro sa Salin at Araling Salin (under review)
  • Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. Vibal Publishing House, 2019 (revised edition)
  • Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. Vibal Publishing House, 2016

BOOK CHAPTERS
  • "The Main Elements of Paulo Freire's Liberating Pedagogy." Sed Contra. UST Philosophy Department, UST Publishing House (forthcoming)

JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • "Prospects of Freirean Liberating Pedagogy in the Thoughts of Renato Constantino." Educational Philosophy and Theory - Taylor and Francis (under review)
  • "Pananahimik, Pamumuná, Pagtutol at Pag-asa: Isang Pagdalumat sa Praktis ng Sci-Hub."  Kritike (forthcoming, 2022)
  • "Ang Papel ng Pagsasalin sa Pagtuturo ng Pilosopiya."  DALIASAT Journal (forthcoming, 2022)
  • "Philosophy of Education in a New Key: A Collective Writing Project on the State of Filipino Philosophy of Education." Educational Philosophy and Theory - Taylor and Francis, February 3, 2022.  (co-author)
  • "A Report on Teaching and Doing Philosophy in the Philippines: Critique and Intervention."  SURI Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, October 2021.  (co-author)
  • "Thou Shall Not Steal?" St. Antoninus Journal, Special Issue, August 2020.
  • "Ang SMisasyon ng Lipunang Pinoy." Kritike, vol. 12, no. 3 (April 2019): 113-139.
  • "Employee Profit-Sharing: A Moral Duty or a Moral Option?" Kritike, vol. 11, no. 2 (Dec. 2017): 257-277.
  • "Economy of Giving in SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Program" International Journal of Social Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, Nov. 2016.  (co-author)
  • "Executive Summary: Economy of Giving in SIMBAHAYAN Community Development Program."  Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 2017. (co-author)
  • "The Overcoming of Violence: Freire on the Use of Violence for Social Transformation"  Kritike, vol. 10, no. 2 (Dec. 2016): 68-83.
  • "Critical Rethinking of Critical Thinking: A Contribution of Critical Pedagogy in Facing the Challenges of K+12 in the Philippines."  Kritike, vol. 10, no. 1 (June 2016): 315-330.
  • "The Linguistic Turn as a Political Act."  Kritike, vol. 8, no. 1 (June 2014): 45-77.
  • "The Prospect of Liberating Pedagogy in the Thoughts of Amable Tuibeo."  MABINI Review (January 2013): 16-69.
  • "The Philippine Engagement with Paulo Freire."  Kritike, vol. 7, no. 2 (Dec. 2013): 50-70.

COMMENTARIES
  • "When is a company's CSR program authentic or just window dressing?" Rappler, April 17, 2020
  • "The Ethics of Stealing during the Coronavirus Pandemic" Rappler, April 5, 2020
  • "Public Good and Public Rights." Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 4, 2020
  • "Generosity in our Hearts." Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 29, 2019
  • "H&M and Good Will" Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jan. 23, 2018
  • "A Season of Truths." Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 23, 2016
  • "Education 102." Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 15, 2016
  • "Whatever Works." Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2016
  • "Practical Wisdom and Philippine Elections." Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2016
  • "Philippine Politics and Argumentum ad Mortuos." Philippine Daily Inquirer, Oct. 23, 2015.
  • "I Want To Be a Priest, but..." Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 1997

BOOK REVIEWS and OTHER PUBLICATIONS
  • "Animal School (Part 2)" Tanggol Wika Source Book.  University of the Philippines. (accepted for publication)
  • Salin sa Filipino ng "World Health Organization Quality Rights E-Training Module."  October 2019.  (team member)
  • "Review article" in Ronnie V. Amorado, Peripatetic: Practical Lessons on Leadership, Vibal Publishing House, 2019.
  • Article Review of Agustin Martin Rodriguez’s Governing the Other: Exploring the Discourse of Democracy in a Multiverse of Reason."  Kritike, vol. 7, no. 1 (June 2012): 126-133.
paper presentations
(recent five)

  • Invited Plenary Speaker:  "The Classroom as a Locus for/of Democracy."  UPLB Heliaia II: Freedom in Retrospect.  University of the Philippines Los Baños.  May 7, 2022.
  • Invited Plenary Speaker:  "Mga Hamon ng Pagsasalin ng mga Konsepto mula sa Pilosopiya"  Salinsanay: Seminar sa Pagsasaling Teknikal Bilang Gawaing Propesyonal.  Sentro sa Salin at Araling Salin, UST.  Apr 30, 2022.
  • Paper Presenter:  "The Practice of Sci-Hub and the Catholic Church's Position on Stealing."  Christianity Across Cultures and Disciplines.  Societas Ethica Philosophica.  Cebu Normal University.  Nov 20, 2021.
  • Paper Presenter:  "Prospects of Freirean Liberating Pedagogy in Online Education."  International Conference on Philosophy of Education.  College of Education, University of the Philippines.  School of Education, Indiana University Southeast.  Nov 14, 2021
  • Paper Presenter:  "Arithmomaniac Education and the Metric Society: The Role of the School in the Quantification Cult."    International Conference on Philosophy and the Task of Decoloniality.  Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon (PANL).  Oct 23, 2021


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