Clinical-supervision.com: Issues in the provision of online supervision.

Advanced media technology, including videoconferencing and the Internet, provides psychologists with increasing opportunities to offer and supervise psychological services. This article describes practical and ethical issues (e.g., confidentiality, informed consent, licensing, and relationship) involved in the use of online services for supervision. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The ethical nature of critical research in information systems

Abstract.  Critical research in information systems is based on and inspired by ethics and morality. In order to support this proposition, this paper will suggest a way of classifying critical research that differs from definitions common IS research. According to the current definition, research is critical when it is motivated by the intention to change social realities and promote emancipation. Based on this critical intention, critical research is furthermore characterized by critical topics, critical theories, and critical methodologies. Using these criteria of critical research, the paper argues that critical research is ethical in nature. To support this view, the paper introduces the concepts of ethics and morality by analysing two traditions of moral philosophy, here called the 'German tradition' and the 'French tradition'. Using three examples of current critical research in information systems, the paper will show that ethics and morality strongly influence critical intention, topics and theories. Having thus established the ethical nature of critical research, the paper concludes by discussing the weaknesses of critical research from the point of view of ethics and morality.     

"德得嵌入"教学法在思想政治理论课教学中的应用

为提高和增强思想政治理论课的实效性和课程魅力,试提出“德得嵌入”教学方法视角,重视和优化中国传统道德精神在思想政治理论课教学中对教育对象的引导、精神鼓励和内化方法指导作用,使其更清楚认识思想政治理论课价值,并落实到行为践履上,达到教学效果;并具体分析和提出“德得嵌入”教学法的教育意义和模式路径。     

设计伦理视域下的共享快递包装设计

目的 以日益增长的环境污染和资源浪费问题为切入点,从设计伦理学的角度对共享快递包装进行设计研究。方法 分析共享快递包装现阶段所存在的伦理问题,通过实地调研和用户访谈,探讨用户对共享快递包装的设计诉求,深入研究寄取件操作难、部分弱势群体出行不便、货品过重不易运输、包装物回收难度大等快递包装使用过程中所出现的一系列问题,尝试提出以快递包装箱为载体,实现共享快递租赁服务的系统解决方案。结论 新型共享包装设计从材料选择、功能设计、结构设计再到回收体系,都应遵循生态性、共享性、人性化的设计伦理原则,能够有效解决包装成本高、回收困难、资源浪费、服务体系不健全等问题。并且依靠互联网、大数据等技术搭建快递共享平台,提出伦理价值实现路径,保证共享快递包装系统的精准高效施行。     

近年来中国水利水电工程伦理问题研究进展

近二十年来,工程伦理学在中国愈来愈引起人们的重视。水利水电工程作为对人类社会和大自然均有极大影响的工程建设项目,相关的工程伦理问题自然也不会少,故许多学者均对此有所关注。汇总分析可知,近年来的研究大致分为两个类型,分别是针对个案水利水电工程进行分析和更加宏观的整体性思考。通过对既往研究的整理,能够寻绎出当下水利水电工程建设伦理问题研究的思想脉络,亦可为未来的研究提供思路与构想。     

The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia?

Digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) have the potential to transform industry productivity, but their introduction into the workplace is often a complex process, requiring not only technical expertise but also an awareness of ethical and societal challenges surrounding human–system integration. Concerns about the introduction of new technology have been prevalent throughout history, and exploring public perceptions of these technologies can provide insight to help address such cultural anxieties. However, evaluating user perceptions of futuristic technology is difficult, requiring novel approaches to provide context and understanding. To explore users' perceptions of future DMTs, we applied the ContraVision technique in a questionnaire-based study. Participants viewed films, representing fictionalized utopic and dystopic visions of what the future of these DMTs might involve, and a questionnaire probed the perceptions of the technologies afterward. Findings showed that irrespective of the way technology was portrayed, participants had concerns about the ethical and responsible implementation of these tools. Participant responses were analyzed to identify key challenges for policy surrounding DMT implementation in the future of manufacturing.     

A framework for applying ethics-by-design to decision support systems for emergency management

The development and utilisation of new information and communication technologies presents opportunities and risks, which bring ethical issues to the forefront. Any attempt to minimise the potential negative consequences to individuals, organisations and society resulting from the use of these technologies is challenging. In order to address these challenges, this paper presents an ethics-by-design approach that has been developed and implemented in the context of Decision Supports Systems for Emergency Management. Such systems help manage large and cross-border disasters by supporting decision makers to respond on emergencies in a reasonable way by taking follow-up actions into account. The approach taken in this paper specifically provides means to support the ethical dimensions of these decisions. Actions taken during disasters can have ramifications that persist long after a disaster has passed. The ethics-by-design approach presented here not only informs the design of systems, but also considers the role and training of the decision makers in the design process. The paper builds on the literature on ethics in information systems and makes a contribution to theory by providing a framework to ensure ethical considerations are embedded into the design of systems.     

Moral adherence enhancement and the case of long-distance space missions

The possibility of employing human enhancement interventions to aid in future space missions has been gaining attention lately. These possibilities have included one of the more controversial kinds of enhancements: biomedical moral enhancement. However, the discussion has thus far remained on a rather abstract level. In this paper we further this conversation by looking more closely at what type of interventions with what sort of effects we should expect when we are talking about biomedical moral enhancements. We suggest that a more grounded way to picture moral enhancement, at least in the near term, is to envision a form of cognitive enhancement that also provides some moral benefits by heightening the enhanced person's capability for acting according to their own subjective moral code. While this concept of moral adherence enhancement also has relevance for the moral enhancement discussion more widely, in this paper we apply it specifically in the context of space missions. We argue that there are weighty reasons to consider making biomedical enhancements of the proposed kind a mandatory feature of early-phase long-distance space travel because these missions are high-stakes in nature and take place in an environment where the enhancement could be seen as conferring important advantages while negating many of the traditional arguments weighed against it.     

From speculation to reality: Enhancing anticipatory ethics for emerging technologies (ATE) in practice

Various approaches have emerged over the last several decades to meet the challenges and complexities of anticipating and responding to the potential impacts of emerging technologies. Although many of the existing approaches share similarities, they each have shortfalls. This paper takes as the object of its study Anticipatory Ethics for Emerging Technologies (ATE) to technology assessment, given that it was formatted to address many of the privations characterising parallel approaches. The ATE approach, also in practice, presents certain areas for retooling, such as how it characterises levels and objects of analysis. This paper results from the work done with the TechEthos Horizon 2020 project in evaluating the ethical, legal, and social impacts of climate engineering, digital extended reality, and neurotechnologies. To meet the challenges these technology families present, this paper aims to enhance the ATE framework to encompass the variety of human processes and material forms, functions, and applications that comprise the socio-technical systems in which these technologies are embedded.     

资源伦理视角下的适老化设计创新趋势思考

在人口老龄化加剧背景下，如何通过设计手段解决老龄化带来的相关问题，日益成为学术界关注的热点。结合对资源伦理观的研究，使用CiteSpace软件针对目前产品设计、服务设计等相关领域展开的适老化研究进行分析，指出当前适老化设计领域在资源伦理方面的研究缺失。最终从资源伦理角度，根据养老资源的收入差异、地域差异、自理能力差异等因素，提出适老化设计创新应当关注的新方向。