Data falsification and question on academic integrity

In this commentary, we argue that plagiarism is not a new problem in academic publishing and data falsification in recent times has received a great attention globally. Due to lack of literature, the objective of this study is to evaluate data falsification and academic integrity. Accordingly, the study presents the academic misconduct (Falsification/Fabrication of data and Concerns/Issues About Data) case of Professor James E. Hunton, a former top ranked accounting professor from Bentley University. The study shows how research fraud/data falsification activity in the academic world lacks honesty and morality. The study offers some recommendations for the detection of plagiarism and academic misconduct. In the age of the Internet and digital era, Crossref, iThenticate, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) would help to detect plagiarism. However, the question remains on detecting data falsification in the academic world.     

The significance of meaning. Why IPBES needs the social sciences and humanities

The term “biodiversity” is often used to describe phenomena of nature, which can be studied without a reference to the socially constructed, evaluative, or indeed normative contexts. In our paper, we challenge this conception by focusing particularly on methodological aspects of biodiversity research. We thereby engage with the idea of interdisciplinary biodiversity research as a scientific approach directed at the recognition and management of contemporary society in its ecological embedding. By doing this, we explore how research on and assessments of biodiversity can be enhanced if meaning, aspiration, desires, and related aspects of agency are methodically taken into account. In six sections, we substantiate our claim that the discourse on biodiversity (including the IPBES (Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) debate) is incomplete without contributions from the social sciences and humanities. In the introduction, a brief overview of biodiversity’s conceptual history is provided showing that “biodiversity” is a lexical invention intended to create a strong political momentum. However, that does not impede its usability as a research concept. Section 2 examines the origins of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by way of sociological discourse analysis. Subsequently, it proposes a matrix as a means to structure the ambiguities and tensions inherent in the CBD. The matrix reemphasizes our main thesis regarding the need to bring social and ethical expertise to the biodiversity discourse. In Section 3, we offer a brief sketch of the different methods of the natural and social sciences as well as ethics. This lays the groundwork for our Section 4, which explains and illustrates what social sciences and ethics can contribute to biodiversity research. Section 5 turns from research to politics and argues that biodiversity governance necessitates deliberative discourses in which participation of lay people plays an important role. Section 6 provides our conclusions.     

Social work and hospitality: An oral history of Edith Stolzenberg

ABSTRACT

Edith Richman Stolzenberg (1913–2004) was the first woman to be hired as a social worker in Hartford Public High School in Hartford, Connecticut. In a career that spanned 60 years and much of 20th-century social welfare history, she was motivated by the social justice tradition of her Jewish upbringing and the religious value of hospitality to advocate for children and families. As we enter a harsh new era for social services, this oral history explores the radical possibilities for integrating social work goals and religious values.     

From the Mouths of Mothers: Can Drama Facilitate Reflective Learning for Social Workers?

This article explores and evaluates a cross-disciplinary small-scale project using applied theatre in social work education. The aim was to provide an ‘Affective Encounter’ where students could practice empathic engagement, understanding of the needs of children who have been sexually abused and their protective parents/carers and engage in the complexities of working with family members who may be resistant. The workshop took place five times over a period of three years and was attended by children and families social workers on a one year post-qualifying graduate diploma course. While the use of verbatim theatre does not offer a guarantee of factual truth, it provided the students with some performed moments of personal testimony which was taken word-for-word from mothers whose children had been sexually abused. This allowed the social workers to hear the marginalised narratives of the protective mothers and to practice without a negative impact on the service user. The evaluation identified from self-report the development of emotional and practical skills and knowledge of available resources. This paper focuses on the emotional skills reported and two emerging themes are discussed: learning for humane practice, and the use of this pedagogical approach to encourage affective reflection.     

中国少数民族伦理道德的起源和发展规律研究

本文从少数民族伦理道德发展是前进的过程、少数民族伦理道德在批判中继承和发展、少数民族伦理道德进步是螺旋式上升过程、少数民族伦理道德从特殊性到统一性的发展等四个方面,论述了中国少数民族伦理道德的起源和发展规律。作者认为,研究中国少数民族伦理道德的起源和发展规律,对于全面认识和研究中国少数民族传统伦理道德,加强社会主义精神文明建设具有重要的历史和现实意义。     

良知与全球秩序的构建

人类在“现代性”催动下的互动日益频繁,相互依赖更加深入,松散没有统一秩序但又紧密不可分割的人类共同体正在形成之中,人类共同体的伦理与法律秩序也在慢慢衍生。伦理秩序建设中的首要问题是共同的基础性的道德价值认知的协调与确认;从对康德和罗尔斯的批判考察看,法律秩序的基础也要回溯到文化观念的协调与认同上来。这样,一个普遍性的超越区域与个别宗教但又能起到沟通联结作用的基础性的道德概念急需建立,儒家的“良知”概念可以发挥这一方面的作用。     

司法过程中法律解释的非制度性因素的打入和应对

以往我们的法律解释研究更多考虑的是法律的客观性方面,重于制度性问题的探求,而法律实施过程中人的主观性问题本身就是一个不容回避的现实性问题。法学是一门涉及到人与法律关系的科学。[1]本文试图从司法过程中法律解释的非制度性方面这一视角入手,谈谈几点看法,以图回应我们现今司法改革所面对的问题。     

大别山村落文化探微

在现代化语境中,大别山村落文化要摆脱文化的贫困,走出发展的窘境,实现文化的现代化,就必须摈弃旧有文化中的惰性因子,改变传统的心理思维定势,积极汲取现代文化中的有益元素。     

关于企业社会责任何以可能的思考

作为经济活动的主体的企业与社会之间存在着复杂而密切的关系。企业应该如何处理与社会之间的关系,如何在谋求自身利益的同时兼顾社会利益等问题,学界一直争论不休。企业是否应该承担社会责任?企业可不可能承担起社会责任?本文从企业承担社会责任的可能性与必要性两个方面论证,可以看出企业承担社会责任是可能的,而且也是必然的。     

公共权力异化的预防与遏制

公共权力在本质上来源于人民,以管理公共事务,维护公共利益为基本价值取向.当前公共权力异化是一个突出的问题,其后果相当严重.因此,必须加强预防和遏制,从物质、文化、伦理、制度等方面,来保障公共权力能够良性运行.