Ethical Attitudes Research Articles

Ethical boundary work in citizen science

The concept of boundary work (Gieryn 1983, 1999) has been developed to capture theways in which scientists collectively defend and demarcate their intellectual territories.This article applies the concept of boundary work to the ethical realm and investigates theethical boundary work performed by researchers in the field of citizen science (CS) througha literature review and by analysing accounts of ethics presented in CS literature.Results show that ethical boundary work in the CS literature is, to a large extent, a matterof managing ambiguities and paradoxes without any clear boundaries drawn between theunethical and ethical. Scientists are negotiating ethical positions, which might, occasionally,enhance the ethical authority of ‘non-science’ and non-scientists, as well as maintainalready established research ethics. The main ethical boundary work in CS displaysvariations towards perceived insufficiencies of conventional research ethics to accommodate“outsiders”, addressing issues of distribution, relevance, and expulsion as science includevolunteer contributors in the scientific process.

RUSSIAN ANIMAL ART OF THE XIX-XX CENTURIES IN THE VIEWS ON THE WORLD OF FLORA AND FAUNA

The article dwells on views of artists-animalists of the XIX-XX centuries on the wildlife world. The worldview questions are considered as a factor of the value of the interconnection of human and wildlife world which is predetermined by the historical situation. The author underlines the indispensable role of the animal in the development of human civilization. So, this implies an ethical attitude towards nature as a unique value. It was also noted that the moral and ethical basis of this relationship, that became actual in the era of global change and the crisis of the ecological situation, was contributing to the formation of ecological way of thinking as the reality of the New time. According to the artist-animalist’s worldview, an animal looks beautiful, its behavior is expedient, that has a beneficial impact on human. The interconnection of artists’ points of view and the way how they see the animalistic image from the position of humans of the New time are also considered in this article.

Student Learning Style in High School History Learning Process Towards Achievement Improvement

The background of this research is that the current history learning system determines the achievement of students at the high school level. This is based on the different learning styles of each student's character. The purpose of this study was to determine students' learning styles in the history of high school learning process towards increasing achievement. The learning style of students determines the enthusiasm in learning High School History. This research method is descriptive analysis with qualitative studies. Sources in this study are the results of interviews and review sources of journal references that are relevant to the research study. The results of the study were: History learning in the era of globalization is currently experiencing a change in history learning in school teaching. In addition to the increasingly developing curriculum, the emphasis of History learning is more emphasized on the value of good ethical attitudes. While the learning styles of high school students towards learning History are in accordance with the progress of times and technology, History teachers must be able to innovate so that History learning becomes interesting. Each student has a different way of studying History learning. The role of the History teacher in packaging History lessons to be interesting is very important. The conclusion of this research is that history learning must be adjusted to the increasingly sophisticated progress of the times. The increase in student achievement in studying History must be enhanced by the use of media reference sources and other historical sources. The new finding that the researcher found was that teachers and students had to work together in studying history. History teachers must be open to technology that provides benefits for learning History. The benefits for history will be sustainable if they are packaged properly. In addition, studying History will make humans wiser in the present and in the future.

THE IMPACT OF JOB SATISFACTION ON VALUERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Professional ethics is one of the two pillars of the valuer’s business practice, alongside expert knowledge. Ethical principles are usually formulated within a code of professional ethics which valuers are obliged to follow. The approach to professional ethics is a complex problem and it is conditioned by several factors. In our study, we pose the question whether higher professional satisfaction of real estate valuers translates into more ethical attitudes regarding work-related dilemmas. We conducted research on property valuation services in two European markets: Austria and Poland. Data for the analysis was drawn from 176 surveys in which valuers were asked to respond to hypothetical work situations corresponding to the principles of the real estate valuer’s code. The results obtained using the ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage last squares (2SLS) regression methods allow us to conclude that higher job satisfaction positively impacts valuers’ ethical attitudes. The segment of the market served is also an important driver. Valuers who mainly work for property developers show a significantly lower level of ethical attitudes. The influence of the country on professional ethics is ambiguous.

Giving Voice to the Voiceless in Environmental Gene Editing.

Participatory deliberation, whereby diverse experts and publics collectively engage in decision-making, can ensure a more informed and just decision by centering historically marginalized perspectives and engaging a spectrum of value systems. Broad and diverse participation is crucial for the equitable distribution of risks and benefits resulting from complex and uncertain decisions such as environmental gene editing. From an ethical position that gives intrinsic value to the nonhuman and recognizes the interconnectedness of species across generations, we argue that deliberation over environmental gene editing must include the voice of nature and the voice of future generations. Inclusion of these key participant groups can encourage reflection on the human relationship with nature and help safeguard intergenerational equity of decisions reached. By drawing from the legal rights of nature movement, the Boardman River Dams Project, and methods for representative participation, we offer strategies for inclusion of nonhuman nature and future generations in deliberative processes about environmental gene editing and other crucial decisions about our shared environments.

Sloppy Bonnie: A Roadkill Musical for the Modern Chick

Sloppy Bonnie: A Roadkill Musical for the Modern Chick

"friend-foe" opposition in Ukrainian linguoculture

The friend – foe dichotomy, as a special way of categorising reality, is at the heart of ethnic self-consciousness, building the world around a person. The interpretation "friend" and "foe" is invariably axiological. "Friend" refers to a personal possessor, a socio-cultural group that is identified based on various types of similarity, where "correct", "native", "close", "safe" is perceived as positive. The conceptual model "foe" is the opposition: everything "other", "strange", "unusual", "wrong" is perceived negative. The axiologiness of this opposition is relative and depends on the ethical attitudes of an ethnic group based on the conceptualisation of the friend – foe dichotomy from the standpoint of the binary opposition I – Other; the factors, mechanisms, and results of interaction between the components of the opposition are clarified; the content transformations of the friend – foe dichotomy are traced; the identification function of the latter is updated in the context of modernity. For Ukraine, where the identity development has happened to be incredibly complicated by the incongruity of value, foreign, and political orientations, the issue of borderline, "border strategies", the presence of the "friend" / "foe" dichotomy in the socio-cultural space is extremely relevant.

Intersections between education and health reforms in Brazil: when the "target population" is an active builder of the public policy

This article presents fragments of history about the intersections between Health and Education in Brazil and its connections to discussions concerning democracy ideals. The background argument is how an ethical posture in public policy consistent with the one proposed by Paulo Freire allows for population participation in a way that strengthens the commitment to democracy in public policy. Such ethical posture 1) considers social determinants of the phenomena that happens to an individual, and 2) requires constant effort to not fall for the tempting silencing of one's existence and full citizenship.

Перспективы анализа видеоигр с применением концепта когнитивно-деятельностного антропологического типа

The paper justifies the thesis that cognitive-pragmatic anthropological approach can be applied to analyze media products, in particular, video games. The article emphasizes two aspects of studying video games and player’s experience: narratological and ludological (E. Aarseth, J. Juul). Scientific originality of the research lies in the fact that relying on fundamental ludological works the authors propose the methodology to analyze media products and their anthropological models. As a result, it is shown that cognitive-pragmatic anthropological approach offers a new theoretical perspective for studying video games and allows a deeper analysis of player’s experience and the influence of media environment on his value and ethical attitudes.

Emotive Sources of Post-truth

The first part of this paper briefly presents the phenomenon of post-truth, which is then confronted with emotivism, a position of 20th-century ethics or metaethics that ascribes an emotive and evocative meaning to ethical judgements, rather than a descriptive one. The second part shows briefly the theories of two main representatives of this view, namely A.J. Ayer and Charles Stevenson. The third part focuses on the objections to emotivism, primarily presented by Alasdair MacIntyre. Finally, the influence of emotivism on post-truth is discussed.

The Relationship between Academic Dishonesty, Ethical Attitude and Ethical Climate: The Evidence from Taiwan

Academic dishonesty has become a global issue widely studied in many countries. Plagiarism using the Internet is prevalent across the world and seems to be increasing, affecting the reputation of schools and even countries. On the basis of the social cognitive theory and the theory of planned behavior, this study explored the relationship between ethical attitude and academic dishonesty, and we focused on the moderating effect of ethical climate on the relationship. A survey of 1271 students (745 female students, 526 male students; mean age = 16.38 years, SD = 0.76) from 31 senior high schools in Taiwan was conducted and analyzed using hierarchical regression by SPSS 26 to test the hypotheses of this study. The result shows that: (1) Compared with male students, female students had a more positive attitude towards ethical attitude and showed less academic dishonesty. Compared with general senior high school students, vocational senior high school students showed a more positive ethical attitude and a positive ethical climate; (2) ethical attitude was negatively related to academic dishonesty; (3) high ethical climate strengthened the negative relationship between ethical attitude and academic dishonesty. In addition, the theoretical implications, practical implications, and directions for future research are also discussed in this article. The result of the study can be a credible reference for educational researchers and educational administrative systems, when planning ethical-related courses or educational policies for high schools with more emphasis on academic dishonesty and other relevant issues.

Improving ethical attitudes to animals with digital technologies: the case of apes and zoos

Improving ethical attitudes to animals with digital technologies: the case of apes and zoos

Exploring the Effect of National Culture on Corporate Environmental Proactivity

The aim of the paper is to analyze if and in which way the national culture acts as a driver toward the implementation of corporate environmental strategy. An environmental proactive strategy seeks to reduce environmental impact and manage the interface between business and the nature beyond imposed compliance. It is recognized that the introduction of environmental protection can be used to develop successful strategy to reach a competitive advantage. The Organization and the natural environment literature identify several drivers able to push toward ecological engagement. One of the most important is the ethical attitude of organizations. Ethics could vary among different organizations because of different circumstance; in particular ethical values are strictly embedded to culture. The most of literature focused the analysis on the broader issue of Corporate Social Responsibility, analyzing the effect of national culture on Corporate Social Performance. Conversely, only few studies have analyzed the relationship that occurs between the national culture and the environmental proactivity, employing national environmental indicator rather than firms’ performance scores. Previous studies, which used Hofstede’s framework, have found out that the national culture is able to influence the overall national environmental performances, missing to analyze cultural impact on company’s environmental behaviour. Does the national culture influence the company’s attitude to implement a proactive environmental strategy? Which cultural dimension is able to represent this pressure? The study is based on a quantitative analysis aimed at statistically measuring how national culture could influence corporate environmental proactivity, measured using the CDP Global 500 report.

Ethics and accounting education: does teaching stand-alone religious courses affect accounting students’ ethical decisions?

PurposeUndergraduate accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia is a unique case. The program includes 147 credit hours of which 28 credit hours are religious courses. This study aims to examine the effect of teaching these religious courses on students’ ethical perceptions and decisions.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted for a sample of accounting students at Umm Al-Qura University. The sample was divided into two groups; the first group includes students who did not study religious courses, while the second group includes students who study religious courses. The questionnaire contained three groups of questions that aimed to explore students’ perceptions of ethics in general, students’ perceptions of business ethics and explored their ethical attitudes regarding some accounting decisions that involve ethical dilemmas. Independent two-sample t-test and multiple regression analysis were used to determine whether the responses of the two groups were significantly different.FindingsThe findings of the study revealed that teaching religious courses led to an improvement in students’ perception of business ethics and an improvement in students’ ethical decision-making. However, the results of the independent sample t-test showed that this improvement was not significant. The results of the study also revealed that male students tend to make less ethical decisions than female students.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings offer an indication for those responsible for managing the accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University to start developing the program so that some of the general religious courses are replaced with specialized courses in accounting ethics that focus directly on ethical dilemmas faced by the accountant when practicing the accounting profession.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current literature related to examining the effect of teaching ethics courses on the ethical perception of accounting students by focusing on accounting students in Saudi Arabia as a context that has not been examined before.

Patients' and Families' Experiences Regarding Disclosure of Patient Safety Incidents.

In South Korea, disclosure of patients' safety incidents is not common in health care settings. Thus, this study identified patients' and families' experiences regarding disclosure of patient safety incidents. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews from May 25, 2020, to June 23, 2020, and analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological method. The participants consisted of 15 patients and their families who had experienced patient safety incidents in hospitals. It is essential to form a base of mutual understanding to enable disclosure and promote follow-up management systems that can ethically and responsibly handle patient safety incidents. Concrete protocols and policies need to be developed to protect patients and their families from physical/psychological injury and the stress experienced due to patient safety incidents. The patients and their families desired changes to improve protocols for proper disclosure, help health care professionals adopt an ethical and mature attitude, and develop professional health care policies regarding patients' safety incidents.

The centrality of ethical utterances within professional narratives

This study examines the centrality of ethics within editorials published in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ professional journal, CA Magazine, over the 1912 to 2010 period. Starting from the twin assumptions that editorials speak about appropriate professional behavior using a variety of words such as ‘ethics,’ ‘conduct,’ and ‘codes,’ and that appropriate professional behavior is situational, we use topic modeling techniques to identify these dimensions of ethical discourse. We then use social network analysis methods to map the position and centrality of ethics within the editorials across time. The results show that enunciations about appropriate professional conduct are broader than simply enunciations using the word ‘ethics’. The results also highlight that ethical utterances become more central, not less central, over time.

Relationship Between Ethical Reasoning and Professional Values among Nursing Students

Background and Objective: In nursing, an appropriate level of ethical reasoning leads to the provision of better quality care to patients and an increase in job satisfaction among nurses. Professional values are important parts of this profession, and nurses are obliged to adjust their activities in accordance with these values. This study aimed to investigate the level of ethical reasoning and attitude of professional values in final year nursing students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran, in 2020. Materials and Methods: The present descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 125 senior undergraduate nursing students by census method. The data collection tool was a three-part questionnaire consisting of a demographic information form, Nursing Dilemma Test, and Nurses Professional Values Scale-Revised Questionnaire. Questionnaires were distributed in person and electronically. Data analysis was performed in SPSS 26 software. Results: Data analysis showed that there was no significant relationship between ethical reasoning and professional values (r=0.023, P=0.79). The mean score of students' moral reasoning was reported to be above average (46.4±6.84). Moreover, the mean score of students' professional values was obtained at a desirable level (96.84±9.28). Conclusion: Although there was no significant relationship between students' moral reasoning and professional values, to raise the level of moral reasoning and institutionalize professional values in students, it is essential to have an educational plan in college.

Exploring the Effect of National Culture on Corporate Environmental Proactivity

The aim of the paper is to analyze if and in which way the national culture acts as a driver toward the implementation of corporate environmental strategy. An environmental proactive strategy seeks to reduce environmental impact and manage the interface between business and the nature beyond imposed compliance. It is recognized that the introduction of environmental protection can be used to develop successful strategy to reach a competitive advantage. The Organization and the natural environment literature identify several drivers able to push toward ecological engagement. One of the most important is the ethical attitude of organizations. Ethics could vary among different organizations because of different circumstance; in particular ethical values are strictly embedded to culture. The most of literature focused the analysis on the broader issue of Corporate Social Responsibility, analyzing the effect of national culture on Corporate Social Performance. Conversely, only few studies have analyzed the relationship that occurs between the national culture and the environmental proactivity, employing national environmental indicator rather than firms’ performance scores. Previous studies, which used Hofstede's framework, have found out that the national culture is able to influence the overall national environmental performances, missing to analyze cultural impact on company’s environmental behaviour. Does the national culture influence the company’s attitude to implement a proactive environmental strategy? Which cultural dimension is able to represent this pressure? The study is based on a quantitative analysis aimed at statistically measuring how national culture could influence corporate environmental proactivity, measured using the CDP Global 500 report.

The ethical dilemmas of foodbanking: an analysis of the More Than Food programme

This article contributes to debates about the ethicality of foodbanks, a pervasive element of the UK welfare support infrastructure. Drawing on qualitative interview data, we use the concepts of ‘food poverty knowledge’ and ‘lay morality’ to analyse the narratives of those running a major Trussell Trust ‘foodbank-plus’ programme and explore inherent moral sentiments therein about how those who are in food poverty are understood. We identify a contradiction between foodbankers’ ‘structural’ understanding of poverty and the implicitly agential assumptions that underpin the programme. We suggest that this represents a precarious ethical position on which to base practice.

PEMANTAPAN DIMENSI ETIKA DAN ASAS SEBAGAI PENGUATAN SISTEM HUKUM LINGKUNGAN DI INDONESIA

Humans as social beings who use the environment make the law an instrument of regulation and protection. Laws relating to the environment itself systemically provide both general and specific regulation. However, environmental law instruments still require further development through strengthening of the ethical dimension. Ethics as one of the norms that can be codified and processed through the judiciary can strengthen the implementation of environmental law. The study was conducted by means of a literature study and analysis in order to find ethical positions and opportunities in the environmental law system. The Job Creation Act which directly changes the politics of environmental law certainly presents its own challenges. This development requires encouragement from other systems, one of which is ethics by presenting a positive ethical system as a law of ethics, both code of ethics and court of ethics. ethical law system that specifically regulates environmental law then requires general principles so that the ethical law instrument can take shape and be applied properly. There are several general principles of environmental law ethics, including the principle of clarity of purpose, the principle of independence, the principle of justice, the principle of certainty, the principle of benefit, the principle of balance, the principle of openness and the principle of protection. The challenge of implementing the general principles of environmental law ethics is in both substantial and formal dimensions that can be encouraged by the holders of power as constitutional mandates in the context of realizing the ideals of the state through the implementation of the mandate of the MPR Decree VI/MPR/2001 concerning the Ethics of the Nation's Life.