The virtue of multiculturalism: Personal transformation, character, and openness to the other.

The social, intellectual, and moral movement known as multiculturalism has been enormously influential in psychology. Its ability to reshape psychology has been due to its ethical force, which derives from the attractiveness of its aims of inclusion, social justice, and mutual respect. The cultivation of cultural competence, presented as a developmental process of acquiring self-awareness, cultural knowledge, and skills, is an important emphasis in the multicultural literature. The authors place the cultural competence literature in dialogue with virtue ethics (a contemporary ethical theory derived from Aristotle) to develop a rich and illuminating way for psychologists to understand and embody the personal self-examination, commitment, and transformation required for learning and practicing in a culturally competent manner. According to virtue ethics, multiculturalism can be seen as the pursuit of worthwhile goals that require personal strengths or virtues, knowledge, consistent actions, proper motivation, and practical wisdom. The authors term the virtue of multiculturalism openness to the other and conclude by describing how attention to cultural matters also transforms virtue ethics in important and necessary ways. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

高校学生的信息素养

以当前信息化社会环境为基点，概括了信息素养的基本定义，讨论了高校学生的信息素养含义，并从信息意识素养、信息伦理道德素养、信息处理能力素养、信息交流共享能力素养四个方面论述了高校学生应具备的信息素养结构。     

浅析我国转型时期市场经济秩序混乱的道德文化原因

对市场经济秩序混乱原因作伦理学的理性分析有利于更广泛的领域形成共识，培植合乎社会发展价值目标的理性精神和道德责任，本文从伦理学的角度对其主要原因进行了分析。     

The reliability of ethical reviews: Is it desirable?

Comments on the article, "Reliability in ethics reviews: Some initial empirical findings," by W. O. Eaton (see record 1983-33453-001). The present author explores the possibility that acceptance of low reliability in ethical reviews may not reflect complacency, but rather might reflect an assessment of the situation which is to be desired rather than avoided. The point that is worth considering is that very high levels of agreement in ethical judgements may not be desirable; indeed, he suggests that high levels of agreement in such reviews might reflect an inadequate sampling of views. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A Dialogue with C. West Churchman

In 1996, the author attended a seminar on ethics given by C. West Churchman at the University of California, Berkeley. During that year, the author also interviewed Churchman several times regarding the future direction of information sciences in general and the information systems research field in particular. This article is a compilation of the seminar and the interviews. It is set in the context of both Churchman's earlier and his current views of a global god, good, kindness, and caring. C. West Churchman holds that global ethics should lead to the study and design of information systems to solve large and difficult problems of the humankind such as poverty, crime and disease. His Global Ethical Management (GEM) of information sciences translates into abandoning the current goals and boundaries of the information sciences fields and changing what constitutes valid research to globally ethical endeavors.     

高职职业道德教育应注重"三性"

在高职生中开《职业道德》课应注意针对性、层次性和实践性。     

对当前社会弱势群体问题的伦理探索

弱势群体已成为整个社会需要同情和关爱的对象群体.从伦理角度分析了弱势群体生活的道德尴尬现状,以及漠视弱势群体的道德危害,并提出了相应的伦理对策.     

Unethical computer using behavior scale: A study of reliability and validity on Turkish university students

This study was carried out in a Turkish university with 216 undergraduate students of computer technology as respondents. The study aimed to develop a scale (UECUBS) to determine the unethical computer use behavior. A factor analysis of the related items revealed that the factors were can be divided under five headings; intellectual property, social impact, safety and quality, net integrity and information integrity.     

Situational influences on ethical decision-making in an IT context

Processes of ethical decision-making are thought to depend on the issue faced when making the decision. We examined the processes by examining student's reactions to five scenarios involving IT use. Data were collected using a questionnaire following a group discussion. The results showed that ethical decision-making processes did indeed vary by scenario, suggesting that a single-issue approach is inadequate for studying ethical decision-making. Perceived importance of the ethical issue was a factor in the scenarios, but it did not have an all-inclusive influence on the decision-making of the participants. The results were considered in the context of theories and Mason's ethical issues of the information age. We offer advice to managers on how to limit unethical behavior.     

To ask, or not to ask, about abuse--New Zealand research.

Comments on the article by K. Becker-Blease and J. Freyd (see record 2006-03947-003), which addressed the ethics of asking and not asking research subjects about abuse. J. Read reviews some clinical research in New Zealand in which there was a low level of inquiry about abuse by mental health staff, and notes that this is consistent with the results of similar studies elsewhere. He agrees with Becker-Blease and Freyd that there are many consequences to researchers and clinicians of not asking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)