scholarly journals Differentiating ethical imperatives of the collective sustainability research community and the individual researcher

2020 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 104928
Author(s):  
A.S.F. Chiu ◽  
K.B. Aviso ◽  
R.R. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Research Community ◽  
Individual Researcher ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
The Individual

scholarly journals Accounting for ethics: towards a de-humanised comparative approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Whiteman
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Individual Researcher ◽  
The Individual

In rejecting the ultimate authority of proceduralised ethics and instead emphasising the ongoing complexity of ethical manoeuvring, writing on ethics-as-process often presents the individual researcher as the authentic locus of ethical practice. This article seeks to distance from such humanist tendencies. It aims to shift attention away from the experience of the ethical researcher to consider, rather, the fixing of ethical stances in accounts of activity. Arguing for a comparative approach to the empirical, accounts of two different activities are examined: online research and online media consumption. A framework for describing the anchoring of ethical positions across these texts is introduced, one that challenges the achievement of ethical ‘security’ in research. It is argued that claims that the researcher is an authentic point of access to an ethical truth must give way to a consideration of the modes by which ethical claims are made.

Organizational culture now and going forward

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 650-668
Author(s):  
Pyounggu Baek ◽  
Jihyun Chang ◽  
Taesung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
North America ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Organization Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Modern Perspective

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the fundamental premises (i.e. perspectives on organizations and intrinsic research contributions) embodied in the literature on organizational culture and offer insights into where organizational culture research should be headed now and going forward. Design/methodology/approach This research provides an integrative review of organizational culture research and investigates commonalities and differences in terms of the fundamental premises between North America and Europe. Findings The findings include that the modern perspective was most pervasive (87 percent) in both regions, with Europe slightly more open to varied perspectives such as symbolic and postmodern ones; approximately 70 percent of the studies were geared toward organization-level contributions, less than 10 percent toward individual-level contributions, and less than 20 percent toward mega-level contributions as the underlying research intent; and (c) in terms of the perspective-contribution combination, the pair of modern perspective and organization-level contribution was most dominant in both regions, while the individual-level contribution was paired with no other perspectives than the modern one. Research limitations/implications This research suggests that the research community shape a whole new discourse on organizational culture and recommends several promising research avenues. Originality/value By engaging in fundamental discussions on how an organization has been perceived and what purpose it has meant to deliver, this research offers an overarching view of where we stand currently and possibly where we should be heading in terms of organizational change management.

Performers as teachers: exploring the teaching approaches of instrumental teachers in conservatoires

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Purser
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Individual Approach ◽  
Brass Players ◽  
The Individual

This article was motivated by a staff development session when the brass faculty of a conservatoire were invited to share and discuss their approaches to teaching. It presents the results of interviews with six well known woodwind or brass players who have also taught at one or more conservatoires in London for periods of between one and 40 years. All are male. The six instruments represented are: trumpet, horn, trombone, flute, clarinet and bassoon. While there were commonalities in the approach of teachers, marked differences also emerged. Although some of these may reflect the particular demands of the instrument on which a teacher specialises, and the ease with which accomplished students of that instrument may be recruited to conservatoires, there also appear to be substantial differences in the individual approach of teachers. The findings raise the issue of whether it may be appropriate to provide some training for instrumental teachers at conservatoire level; surely one way of making the pool of accumulated wisdom more readily available, to prospective teachers and to the research community.

scholarly journals The Problem with Peer Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bård Smedsrød ◽  
Erik Lieungh
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Individual Researcher ◽  
Peer Reviewing ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

In this episode professor at UIT - The Arctic University of Norway, Bård Smedsrød, gives us an insight into peer review. How does the system work today, and what's problematic with it? Smedsrød also offers some solutions and encourages Universities to be much more involved in the peer review process. The host of this episode is Erik Lieungh. You can also read Bård's latest paper on peer reviewing: Peer reviewing: a private affair between the individual researcher and the publishing houses, or responsibility of the university? This episode was first published 2 November 2018.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Personhood for Sustainability: A Buddhist Virtue Ethics Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9166
Author(s):  
Christian U. Becker ◽  
Jack Hamblin
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Methodological Question ◽  
Moral Personhood ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Individual Actor ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
The Individual

This conceptual paper addresses the role the individual plays in sustainability against the backdrop of the ethical dimensions of sustainability. We discuss the relevance of moral personhood as a basis for sustainability and develop a model of personhood for sustainability. The paper outlines the ethical dimensions of sustainability and discusses the role of individual morality for sustainability from a virtue ethics perspective. We employ a Buddhist virtue ethical approach for conceptualizing a model of the sustainable person that is characterized by sustainability virtues, interdependent personhood, and an inherent concern for the wellbeing of others, nature, and future beings. In contrast to many Western-based conceptions of the individual actor, our model of sustainable personhood conceptualizes and explains a coherent and inherent individual motivation for sustainability. The paper contributes to the methodological question of how to best consider the individual in sustainability research and sustainability approaches and suggests a conceptual basis for integrating individual, institutional, and systemic aspects of sustainability.

scholarly journals MTKeras: An Automated Metamorphic Testing Platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (09) ◽  
pp. 1235-1249
Author(s):  
Yelin Liu ◽  
Zhi Quan Zhou ◽  
Tsong Yueh Chen ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Dave Towey
Keyword(s):  
Image Classification ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Metamorphic Testing ◽  
Testing Platform ◽  
Practical Tool ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Domain Independent

This paper presents an automated, domain-independent, metamorphic testing platform called MTKeras. In this paper, we report on an investigation demonstrating the effectiveness and usability of MTKeras through five case studies in the four domains of image classification, sentiment analysis, search engines and database management systems. We also report on the effectiveness of combining metamorphic relation (input) patterns in individual metamorphic relations, enhancing the failure-finding abilities of the individual relations. The results of our experiments support combining patterns, and the use of MTKeras. The research reported in this paper shows the applicability of metamorphic relation patterns, and introduces a practical tool for the research community.

scholarly journals Attitudes of students of psychology departments in Sudanese universities towards people with disabilities (Psychology male and female students in universities in the state of Gezira as a model)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
Hayat Abdel Rahim Mohamed Amin ◽  
Makki Babiker Saeed Deiwa ◽  
Al-Fateh Mustafa Suleiman Al-Kinani
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Random Method

The level of disability is determined by the environment's ability to create legal conditions, and the concept of disability has carried several connotations throughout history and cultures that have been affected by the moral character sometimes, medical, educational, and rehabilitative at other times, and the material and social that enables the individual to participate, interact and integrate. The study aimed to identify the trends of the departments of psychology Towards people with disabilities, and the research community consisted of male and female students from the psychology departments of universities (Al-Jazeera, Al-Batana, and the Holy Qur’an), from whom the researcher chose (313) male and female students by the stratified random method to represent the study community. For the study, the data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program. The study found several findings, including: the attitudes of students of psychology departments in Sudanese universities towards people with disabilities are positive, there are no differences in the attitudes of psychology students towards people with disabilities according to the gender variable, and there are no differences in the attitudes of psychology students towards people with disabilities according to the Al-Jakea variable, The study recommends the importance of raising the practical training quota for psychology students in Sudanese universities.

scholarly journals Emotional Dynamics of Action and Core Involvement: A new theoretical perspective for designing development strategies in schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Venus Upadhayaya
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Individual Researcher ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Dynamics Of Action ◽  
Emotional Dynamics

Emotional Dynamics of Action and Core Involvement are theortical perspectives that define an individual's life long scope of learning and progress.  An individual’s life long Emotional Dynamics of Action (EDA) and his/her Core Involvement in what he/she aspires to do, in what he/she takes up, in whatever he/she achieves get immensely impacted in school. EDA and CI are not isolated patterns of emotional construct; they get constantly evolved and devolved, constantly learned and unlearned. An individual's EDA and CI constantly impact those around and also constantly get impacted by those around. Thus school becomes a space that defines the life-long capacity of an individual. Schools greatly make up a society and its behavioural and attitudinal construct. The aim of this paper is to on a fresh construct define how schools play a pivotal role in determining a child’s consciousness. The psychological patterns determining communication between a child’s internal and external settings and his level of self-awareness get shaped in school. And these psychological patterns define the EDA and CI of the individual. Researcher defines how positive EDA and CI can be cultivated and practised and how schools can become a major strageic point for development.

Micro-Foundations of Corporate Sustainability

2021 ◽  
pp. 288-314
Author(s):  
Remy Balarezo ◽  
Paul Corcuera
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
The Individual ◽  
New Research ◽  
Micro Foundations

This chapter introduces readers to the micro-foundation framework in corporate sustainability. Traditionally, strategic management and corporate sustainability research have explained why firms become more sustainable from a macro-level perspective. In recent years, new research has focused on the micro-level mechanism at the individual or group level. This research stream is known as the micro-foundations movement and tries to highlight individual characteristics, knowledge, background, etc. when firms decide to become more sustainable. Through the literature review, the authors tried to identify the studies published in top journals about the micro-foundation framework. Therefore, the aim of this chapter is to give a primary introduction and an overview of the micro-foundations framework in corporate sustainability and identify what mechanisms have been found at the micro-level that explain why firms become more sustainable.

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