Qualitative Evaluation Methods in Ethics Education: A Systematic Review and Analysis of Best Practices

Although qualitative research offers some unique advantages over quantitative research, qualitative methods are rarely employed in the evaluation of ethics education programs and are often criticized for a lack of rigor. This systematic review investigated the use of qualitative methods in studies of ethics education. Following a review of the literature in which 24 studies were identified, each study was coded based on 16 best practices characteristics in qualitative research. General thematic analysis and grounded theory were found to be the dominant approaches used. Researchers are effectively executing a number of best practices, such as using direct data sources, structured data collection instruments, non-leading questioning, and expert raters. However, other best practices were rarely present in the courses reviewed, such as collecting data using multiple sources, methods, raters, and timepoints, evaluating reliability, and employing triangulation analyses to assess convergence. Recommendations are presented for improving future qualitative research studies in ethics education.     

Sharing personal information in the child protection context: Impediments in the Australian legal framework

Professionals, including social workers, in the child protection context are frequently required to make decisions on whether to share sensitive personal information about children, their families, and others with colleagues and across institutional and jurisdictional boundaries. Sharing information across agencies and organisations is essential to allow joined‐up service provision and to effectively protect and support children and their families. A legal framework that supports this decision making is a necessary, although not sufficient, condition for effective information sharing. This article examines the complex legal framework that governs information sharing across the Australian states and territories. It identifies a number of structural and regulatory elements that unnecessarily limit information sharing or have a tendency to create a culture that is risk averse, rather than proactive, in sharing information. The article suggests structural and regulatory reforms that would improve the legal framework for sharing information, while at the same time giving due recognition to the human rights that come into tension in this policy context: the right to privacy and the rights of the child.     

信仰文化、俗世文化与先进文化

信仰文化、俗世文化与先进文化各有特定内涵、基本内容和主要特征,在文化光谱中它们各司其职,其要素水平和耦合方式决定文化先进程度.构建先进文化,必须整合信仰文化、俗世文化之精华,在多元文化背景下,将先进要素在马克思主义思想指导下,耦合成全球伦理、科学伦理基础上的高能文化.     

社会理论建构的悖论——以"理想类型"的运用为例

经典文本有不同的解读方式,文本结论本身不是认识问题的关键,更为重要的是其严整的推导过程。文章以“理想类型”方法在《宗教伦理与资本主义精神》中的运用为例,探求用以解释现实的理论建构为何在实践中却走向了理论预设的反面,以透视社会学理论对阐释社会的意义。     

中英古诗中的爱情主题纵论

以爱情中的情感的发展历程为视角,通过对英国文艺复兴时期与中国古代文学中一描写爱情的诗歌对比分析,展现了一幅风格迥异又纵横交错的爱情世界的全景图.研究发现中英古诗中都包含大量讴歌爱情的激情诗句,但由于作者彼此情感经历的不同、中西文化差异等因素使二者在内容与形式的表述上各放异彩.     

试析当前我国法官职业伦理构建

法官职业伦理是当前我国法官队伍建设的核心内容,关系到司法公正的实现和法治建设的进步.严格法官准入制度和遴选制度,从源头上保证法官的高素质.改革法官职业伦理的监督和惩戒制度,是法官职业伦理自律性要求.实现法官职业伦理的内化,是法官职业化建设的最终追求.     

全球化时代的商业伦理与社会公正

经济全球化使得世界工商业活动空前地联系在一起,成为命运共同体,也使得商业伦理的意义带上全球的性质。分别发生在20世纪末的东亚和2008年的美国乃至西方世界的金融危机突显了商业信用对于经济秩序的重要性,人为制造的金融泡沫有可能摧毁经济的根基,破坏经济发展的成果,任何人、任何国家都可能受其伤害。同样,实物产品本身的质量和安全,以及商业广告和交易中的诚信永远是商业伦理首要的因素。中国在市场经济改革、接受全球化的过程中,一直存在并且致力于克服商业伦理上的诸多问题。强化国际和国内商业诚信,确立普遍贸易准则,实现社会公正,是今天经济全球化中各国政府和民众都需要付出艰苦努力才能实现的任务。     

论企业信用与道德功能

道德在企业信用建设中发挥着特有的功能,然而如何通过对企业信用中所存在的伦理维度与道德基础提供一种正当性的说明,发挥道德的激励功能、道德的协调功能、道德的规范功能对推动和促进企业信用的建设与发展,需要企业着重对信用主体的道德激励,对信用关系的道德调整,对信用管理的道德约束进行探究。     

中国伦理学与道德建设六十年发展历程

新中国成立六十年来,社会不断发展变迁,伦理学和社会道德建设也是跟随时代的步伐而发展起来的。伦理学体系经历了20世纪50年代初期至60年代中期的初步形成阶段,20世纪70年代末至80年代末期的伦理学理论体系化阶段,20世纪90年代初至今的伦理学体系及理论研究进一步繁荣阶段;而社会主义道德建设,通过建国初期的道德风尚建设、社会主义理想信念教育,通过改革开放以来的社会主义精神文明建设、公民道德建设、德治与法制相结合建设,以及社会主义核心价值体系建设,也一步步深入展开。我们对六十年来伦理学和道德建设发展历程进行回顾和反思,也是为了伦理学事业的进一步发展和创新。     

海德格尔的原始伦理学及其所蕴含的生态伦理思想

海德格尔从＂伦理＂的本义指所居住于其中的敞开范围出发,认为伦理学应该以观审人的＂在世＂与＂住所＂来彰显存在的意义。他通过对此在生存论的现象学描述,揭示出了此在的基本存在状况及此在的沉沦与异化,并指出此在只有直面人生的大畏和生死,聆听＂良知＂的召唤,作出有良知的选择,才能真正领悟存在的意义并回归本真存在。海德格尔的原始伦理学中同时蕴含着丰富的生态伦理思想,这些思想对于我们建立人与自然之间的和谐具有十分重要的意义。