Ethics and truth in archival research

The complexities of the ethics and truth in archival research are often unrecognised or invisible in educational research. This paper complicates the process of collecting data in the archives, as it problematises notions of ethics and truth in the archives. The archival research took place in the former Czechoslovakia and its turbulent political history influenced the way data were accessed and collected. The article analyses the productive power of archival institutions and their guardians, and examines the ethical dilemma of discovering sensitive information. Archival institutions hold the secrets that, once uncovered, can have powerful ramifications. It will be argued that the nature of truth in the archives is complex, and the author complicates and challenges the perception that archives are ethically neutral research spaces that do not need to consider approval from research ethics committees.     

Exploring ethical issues associated with using online surveys in educational research

Online surveys are increasingly used in educational research, yet little attention has focused on ethical issues associated with their use in educational settings. Here, we draw on the broader literature to discuss 5 key ethical issues in the context of educational survey research: dual teacher/researcher roles; informed consent; use of incentives; privacy, anonymity, and confidentiality; and data quality. We illustrate methods of addressing these issues with our experiences conducing online surveys in educational contexts. Moving beyond the procedural ethics approach commonly adopted in quantitative educational research, we recommend adopting a situated/process ethics approach to identify and respond to ethical issues that may arise during the conduct, analysis, and reporting of online survey research. The benefits of online surveying in comparison to traditional survey methods are highlighted, including the potential for online surveys to provide ethically defensible methods of conducting research that would not be feasible in offline education research settings.     

A dialogic about using Facebook status updates for education research: a PhD student's journey

Facebook status updates provided the data for a study about the transition learning experiences of 1st-year university students. Strict ethical guidelines were proposed by the PhD researcher from the outset of the study. Anonymity was considered important for the approved ethical clearance for both the university and the participants. Phenomenography was adopted and adapted for the study because it both conceptually and methodologically managed anonymity as well as questions of authenticity. An ethical dilemma arose during the research because the archival parameters were expanded by the researcher to allow the collection of data from the participants’ network. Questions of consent in an online space and how to report findings, which included data from people unaware of their involvement in the research, needed to be considered.     

关于先秦伦理道德思想的文学阐释

先秦文学是先秦伦理思想的载体,并确证了此时期的文学与伦理学的非界分性,是对文学与伦理学原始存在的指认,揭示文学伦理的历史存在的真实性,使文学的伦理学功用性得以彰显。     

Using APIs for Data Collection on Social Media

This article discusses how social media research may benefit from social media companies making data available to researchers through their application programming interfaces (APIs). An API is a back-end interface through which third-party developers may connect new add-ons to an existing service. The API is also an interface for researchers to collect data off a given social media service for empirical analysis. Presenting a critical methodological discussion of the opportunities and challenges associated with quantitative and qualitative social media research based on APIs, this article highlights a number of general methodological issues to be dealt with when collecting and assessing data through APIs. The article further discusses the legal and ethical implications of empirical research using APIs for data collection.     

Why would medical publishers not incorporate core bioethical values into their Ethics Guidelines?

It is quite universally acknowledged by bioethicists, at least in the western world, that respect for the patients’ autonomy, non-malevolence, beneficence, and justice (also called equity) are four core ethical values in medicine. The Ethics Guidelines of key journals in laboratory medicine are not explicit about the first three of these values, and even implicitly, they seem to miss values of justice. Health equity being one of the main objectives of public health policy across the world, we suggest that values of equity explicitly become part of the Ethics Guidelines of laboratory medicine journals. Biochemia Medica could show the way to other medical publishers by incorporating into its Ethics Guidelines these very important core bioethical values.     

当代中国社会对医德医术核心诉求的分析

目的：院揭示当今中国医疗工作者医德医术上的核心诉求。方式院通过对中国特色社会主义以患者为本的医德医术内在性的分析,揭示当今中国医疗工作者在医德医术上的核心诉求。结果院敬业与高超技术是中国当今医德医术的核心诉求。结论院在现今的中国社会,以患者为本理念要得到很好地贯彻,医疗工作者必须拥有高尚的医德与高超的医术。     

论孔子师德观对当今师德建设的启示

孔子是中国历史上一位伟大的教育家、哲学家和思想家。他的师德观蕴含着丰富的教育伦理思想,加强对孔子师德观的学习和研究,对当今的师德建设具有十分重要的意义。     

异质同构的终末叙事——《驿站长》中宗教伦理的现代性反思

透过阐释学的视角，《驿站长》中源于《圣经》典故“浪子回头”的宗教图式与杜妮亚的人生轨迹有着结构上的同构，却在质性上指涉不同的意向。杜妮亚居于现代意义上的自觉人生选择与典故所隐喻的宗教伦理精神相悖而行，从而暗示俄国传统道德法则的失效，并在更高的意义上对宗教伦理的现代性困境作了一个终末式的叙述：社妮亚整个人生选择所预示的不仅是传统宗教伦理秩序面临的断裂，还是俄罗斯新女性代表的滥觞。