Purpose: This study examines Chinese college students’ awareness of ethical issues surrounding the use of information resources and the Internet and their attitude to these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A surv...Purpose: This study examines Chinese college students’ awareness of ethical issues surrounding the use of information resources and the Internet and their attitude to these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted. Two hundred questionnaires were distributed to students of 9 universities at different levels in Tianjin, China; 171 were returned. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicate that Chinese college students usually ignored the negative influence of fake or pornographic or other indecent information, invasion of privacy and theft of confidential information, and violation of intellectual property rights. Although they could distinguish to some extent between ethical and unethical behavior, they were not concerned about others’ unethical behavior on the Web. The study also indicates that gender, age, academic major and expertise in using computers were related to the students’ awareness of ethical issues relating to the use of the Internet and their attitude to these issues.Research limitations: The sample is limited to the universities in Tianjin. A larger sample, which includes colleges and universities in the western or other developing areas in China, is needed to further validate our findings.Practical implications: The study helps educators and academic librarians better understand Chinese college students’ awareness of and attitude to ethical issues surrounding the use of the Internet. It thus could assist them in the improvement of information ethics education for college students.Originality/value: This study was one of the first empirical studies to investigate the factors influencing Chinese college students’ awareness of and attitude to Internet ethical issues.展开更多
The concepts of project activity and environmental ethics are analyzed. It indicates that project activity is a kind of ＂creation＂ event transforming nature, and is bound to generate a series of bad consequences, su...The concepts of project activity and environmental ethics are analyzed. It indicates that project activity is a kind of ＂creation＂ event transforming nature, and is bound to generate a series of bad consequences, such as environmental pollution, biosphere destruction, natural resource waste and ignoring ecological value. Environmental ethics takes natural environment as research object, advocates valuing nature own value, and initiates concerning ethical responsibility of project activity on natural environment. Finally, we put forward countermeasures to ethical issues, such as sustainable development and enhancing ethic education of project.展开更多
Background: With the development of globalization, the rising cost of clinical trials in Europe and the United States, and the huge drug consumption market in developing countries, multinational pharmaceutical giants ...Background: With the development of globalization, the rising cost of clinical trials in Europe and the United States, and the huge drug consumption market in developing countries, multinational pharmaceutical giants have set their sights on emerging developing countries. As a leader in developing countries, China has unparalleled advantages, so more and more clinical trials are registered and carried out in China. Objective: The objective of the study is to understand the current practice of informed consent in clinical trials in public hospitals in Xuzhou. Methods: In this study, a 15-question questionnaire was distributed to 369 subjects in the affiliated hospital of Xuzhou medical university. Each question was graded on a 3-point scale (1 = no, 2 = unsure, 3 = yes). The sum of the scores for the 15 questions represented the level of awareness of clinical trials. Results: Valid questionnaires were received from 300 subjects. A considerable number of subjects still had insufficient understanding of clinical trials, especially concerning the nature of clinical trials, understanding of informed consent forms, contact with researchers, and ethics committee. (The “yes” rate was around or below 50%). Factors associated with responses to the survey include education, occupation, and source of medical expenses. Conclusion: Overall, this study showed that the implementation of informed consent in China remained room for improvement. Legislators, ethics officers, and researchers should work together to protect the interests of subjects.展开更多
Ecological ethics is a kind of ethics code adjusting relationship between human and nature. Ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit reflects in four aspects： eco-value concept of ＂nature and human unifying, re...Ecological ethics is a kind of ethics code adjusting relationship between human and nature. Ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit reflects in four aspects： eco-value concept of ＂nature and human unifying, revering nature＂, eco-politics concept of ＂persisting greening, diligently working for people＂, eco-obligation concept of ＂predecessor planting, descendant cooling＂ and eco-culture concept of ＂public participation, harmonious development＂. It has important value for constructing beautiful Shanxi and realizing ecological civilization to excavate and carry forward ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit.展开更多
If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these e...If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these effects,confirm whether they are good or bad and consider whether the formed cultural identities are ethical.Venuti resorts to minoritizing translation,argues for releasing "language remainder" which develops into translation ethics--"Ethics of Difference".To put to work these strategies could form cultural identities both for source-language culture and target-language culture.展开更多
基金jointly supported by Tianjin Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project(Grant No.:TJTQ10-665)Humanities and Social Sciences of the Chinese Ministry of Education(Grant No.:10YJC870019)
文摘Purpose: This study examines Chinese college students’ awareness of ethical issues surrounding the use of information resources and the Internet and their attitude to these issues. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted. Two hundred questionnaires were distributed to students of 9 universities at different levels in Tianjin, China; 171 were returned. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze the data. Findings: The results indicate that Chinese college students usually ignored the negative influence of fake or pornographic or other indecent information, invasion of privacy and theft of confidential information, and violation of intellectual property rights. Although they could distinguish to some extent between ethical and unethical behavior, they were not concerned about others’ unethical behavior on the Web. The study also indicates that gender, age, academic major and expertise in using computers were related to the students’ awareness of ethical issues relating to the use of the Internet and their attitude to these issues.Research limitations: The sample is limited to the universities in Tianjin. A larger sample, which includes colleges and universities in the western or other developing areas in China, is needed to further validate our findings.Practical implications: The study helps educators and academic librarians better understand Chinese college students’ awareness of and attitude to ethical issues surrounding the use of the Internet. It thus could assist them in the improvement of information ethics education for college students.Originality/value: This study was one of the first empirical studies to investigate the factors influencing Chinese college students’ awareness of and attitude to Internet ethical issues.
文摘The concepts of project activity and environmental ethics are analyzed. It indicates that project activity is a kind of ＂creation＂ event transforming nature, and is bound to generate a series of bad consequences, such as environmental pollution, biosphere destruction, natural resource waste and ignoring ecological value. Environmental ethics takes natural environment as research object, advocates valuing nature own value, and initiates concerning ethical responsibility of project activity on natural environment. Finally, we put forward countermeasures to ethical issues, such as sustainable development and enhancing ethic education of project.
文摘Background: With the development of globalization, the rising cost of clinical trials in Europe and the United States, and the huge drug consumption market in developing countries, multinational pharmaceutical giants have set their sights on emerging developing countries. As a leader in developing countries, China has unparalleled advantages, so more and more clinical trials are registered and carried out in China. Objective: The objective of the study is to understand the current practice of informed consent in clinical trials in public hospitals in Xuzhou. Methods: In this study, a 15-question questionnaire was distributed to 369 subjects in the affiliated hospital of Xuzhou medical university. Each question was graded on a 3-point scale (1 = no, 2 = unsure, 3 = yes). The sum of the scores for the 15 questions represented the level of awareness of clinical trials. Results: Valid questionnaires were received from 300 subjects. A considerable number of subjects still had insufficient understanding of clinical trials, especially concerning the nature of clinical trials, understanding of informed consent forms, contact with researchers, and ethics committee. (The “yes” rate was around or below 50%). Factors associated with responses to the survey include education, occupation, and source of medical expenses. Conclusion: Overall, this study showed that the implementation of informed consent in China remained room for improvement. Legislators, ethics officers, and researchers should work together to protect the interests of subjects.
基金Supported by School Education Reform Project of Shanxi Agricultural University in 2013,China ( PY-201345 )Soft Science Project in Shanxi Province,China ( 2013041020-04)
文摘Ecological ethics is a kind of ethics code adjusting relationship between human and nature. Ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit reflects in four aspects： eco-value concept of ＂nature and human unifying, revering nature＂, eco-politics concept of ＂persisting greening, diligently working for people＂, eco-obligation concept of ＂predecessor planting, descendant cooling＂ and eco-culture concept of ＂public participation, harmonious development＂. It has important value for constructing beautiful Shanxi and realizing ecological civilization to excavate and carry forward ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit.
文摘If translation has such far-reaching social effects such as contributing to social reproduction and change in forming cultural identity,it seems significant to adopt a translation ethical principle to evaluate these effects,confirm whether they are good or bad and consider whether the formed cultural identities are ethical.Venuti resorts to minoritizing translation,argues for releasing "language remainder" which develops into translation ethics--"Ethics of Difference".To put to work these strategies could form cultural identities both for source-language culture and target-language culture.
