Codes of Ethics: What Are They Really and What Should They Be?

Codes of ethics are prevalent in major corporations around the world. They are seen as the first tangible commitment to being ethical. This paper examines codes of ethics and tries to establish what they are, how they are developed and their net utility. We then proffer the idea of codes as the first part of a five-stage process that leads to an overall corporate commitment to being ethical in one's business dealings.     

Culture, Cosmopolitanism, and Risk Management

Most cultural approaches to risk management deal with the connections between the forms of social relations within groups and the risk concerns of those groups. According to these theories, a certain limited set of different relational forms (usually three, four, or five) lead to specific, different and conflicting, risk concerns. In contrast to these theories, cosmopolitanism is an approach to culture that focuses, not on forms of sociality, but on changes among forms—expansions and contractions in the inclusivity of forms and movement by persons from one form of sociality to another. Relative to other cultural theories, cosmopolitanism thus is much more concerned with the solution of risk management problems than with their origins. Cosmopolitanism can be thought of as a cultural continuum, with cosmopolitanism at one end and pluralism at the other. Cosmopolitan persons are more open to cultural change—and thus the solution of risk management problems. In this article, we outline our new theory of cosmopolitanism, describe a method for measuring it and present an experimental study that tests some implications of the theory. Results from the study support the theory by showing that, compared to pluralistic respondents, cosmopolitan respondents are more inclusive in their risk management judgments—that is, they express equal concern for a local and a national issue, whereas the pluralistic respondents express greater concern in the local case. We discuss the risk management implications of a cosmopolitan approach to culture.     

“鲁迅形象”建构的文化语境、过程与反思

"鲁迅形象"是中国现代文化史上典型的现代知识分子的形象符码,其生成过程与现代中国的动态语境密切相关,深刻地勾联了阐释者的文化心理和思维形态。"鲁迅形象"是由自塑和他塑合力而构成的公共形象,对其进行文化学意义上的考察可为探索现代中国发展的社会史和现代知识分子的心灵史提供理论资源。     

《共产党宣言》的文化哲学意蕴及其现实启示

《共产党宣言》中长期被遮蔽的文化思想已经在不断地被揭示出来。然而,美中不足的是,《共产党宣言》中的文化属性是什么？其考察文化的方法论如何？与此相关,它对我们如何审视今天的文化有什么启示？诸如此类的问题,却有着进一步深入考察的必要。文章认为,《共产党宣言》文化属性的核心要旨是作为呈现意义的思想观念,而不是广义上的“人化”范畴。《共产党宣言》对文化的考察不是人类学、社会学意义上的描述性的或实证性的考察,而是文化哲学的考察,即,对自由资本主义时代,资产阶级所提出的作为呈现意义的思想观念之所以生成的本体论考察,在此基础上确立作为无产阶级思想观念的意识形态。所以,《共产党宣言》的现实启示就是要对今天中国现实社会中现存的作为呈现意义的思想观念做出符合唯物史观的解释。     

锦州皮影艺术特征及其创新发展研究

作为非物质文化遗产,锦州皮影随着社会发展而不断出现新的变化：皮影道具的制作由牛皮、塑料等材料取代了驴皮,皮影戏表演由多人取代了单人,皮影戏表演内容由“熊出没”“小苹果”等现代题材取代了“仙鹤斗乌龟”等传统节目。分析锦州皮影的创新发展之路,对保护与传承非物质文化遗产、促进民间艺术发展具有重要意义。     

Gender‐Sensitive Research in a Chinese Community

The aim of this article is to foster an awareness of the need for gender‐sensitive research in the context of the methodological and ethical challenges posed by such research. We trace the development of gender sensitivity and masculinity in social work practice and research and connect this to an overview of the issues posed by research on sensitive topics. Reflecting on a research project involving Chinese male sexual abuse survivors, we draw conclusions illustrating and proposing a range of methodological practices and ethical safeguards. We underscore the importance of gender‐sensitivity in performing research on sensitive topics with men in a Chinese community.     

高新技术创新的文化路径及政策选择

相对一般的技术创新，高新技术创新有其独有的一些特点，这些特点决定了文化对高新技术创新具有重要作用。高新技术创新的文化路径包括观念文化路径、制度文化路径和行动文化路径三个方面。基于文化视角优化高新技术创新的政策选择，完善我国科技政策，有助于推动高新技术的进一步创新。     

中国社会传统家庭伦理父子关系的现代扬弃

中国封建社会伦理之中,积淀了丰富的以＂尊亲＂、＂顺亲＂、＂养亲＂等为主要内容的父子伦理精义;在中国社会结构由金字塔型演变为橄榄型、步入了后喻社会时代的今天,封建社会时代形成的许多父子伦理内容和沟通模式已不适合当今社会时代的发展要求。在今日中国社会伦理系统之中,应该建立新型的父子伦利（互利）关系。这既需要借鉴现代社会的＂互喻＂模式,又要采补传统伦理的精髓内容。     

That's My Art: A Case Study on Children's Views of Cultural Policy

How do children experience a participatory TV cultural policy project and, related to that, which views do they share on cultural policy matters? These questions guided a case study on a TV show aired on the Flemish children's public service channel, which staged children as cultural experts. Although the programme was presented as a participatory project, we found that the children's views were minimally involved in the production process. The children also expressed concerns about how (their) art and cultural practices were represented. Yet, from a cultural policy perspective, the children accepted adults’ authority in art and cultural matters.     

河南省区域文化竞争力分析与评价

河南打造华夏历史文明传承创新区,建设文化强省,需要构建河南省区域文化竞争力评价指标体系并开展相应测度工作,以全面反映河南18个地市文化发展的整体水平和比较优势。通过指标体系的导向作用和相应测度评价,进一步调动各地市重视文化、发展文化的积极性和主动性,提升河南文化软实力与影响力,为建设文化强省营造更为宽松和谐的发展环境。