Research ethics in japanese higher education: Faculty attitudes and cultural mediation
Journal of Academic Ethics 6 (3) (2008)
| Abstract | Principles of research ethics, derived largely from Western philosophical thought, are spreading across the world of higher education. Since 2006 the Japanese Ministry of Education has required universities in Japan to establish codes of ethical conduct and ensure that procedures are in place to punish research misconduct. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 13 academics in a research-intensive university in Japan, this paper considers how research ethics is interpreted in relation to their own practice. Interviewees articulated a range of ethical issues connected with data gathering and interpretation, applying for and using research funds, relationships with peers and research subjects, and the dissemination of results. The paper also explores the effect of personal values and cultural norms on the Japanese interpretation of research ethics identifying the impact in terms of the treatment of graduate research students and decision-making processes. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,631 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesMichael Devaney & William Weber (2003). Abandoning the Public Good: How Universities Have Helped Privatize Higher Education. Journal of Academic Ethics 1 (2):175-179.
Livia Puljak (2007). Croatia Founded a National Body for Ethics in Science. Science and Engineering Ethics 13 (2).
Adil E. Shamoo (2009). Responsible Conduct of Research. Oxford University Press.
Patricia C. Kelley, Bradley R. Agle & Jason DeMott (2005). Mapping Our Progress: Identifying, Categorizing and Comparing Universities' Ethics Infrastructures. Journal of Academic Ethics 3 (2-4).
Nobuyuki Chikudate (2002). Collective Myopia and Defective Higher Educations Behind the Scenes of Ethically Bankrupted Economic Systems: A Reflexive Note From a Japanese University and Taking a Step Toward Transcultural Dialogues. Journal of Business Ethics 38 (3):205 - 225.
Caroline Whitebeck (2001). Group Mentoring to Foster the Responsible Conduct of Research. Science and Engineering Ethics 7 (4).
Katinka de Wet (2010). The Importance of Ethical Appraisal in Social Science Research: Reviewing a Faculty of Humanities' Research Ethics Committee. Journal of Academic Ethics 8 (4):301-314.
Allan Okech (2010). Ethics in Research in Mathematics Education. Journal of Academic Ethics 8 (2):129-135.
Krishna Regmi (2011). Ethical and Legal Issues in Publication and Dissemination of Scholarly Knowledge: A Summary of the Published Evidence. Journal of Academic Ethics 9 (1):71-81.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads7 ( #133,266 of 548,939 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
