tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post112628333127716049..comments2024-03-22T16:44:22.235-04:00Comments on 外 not: Another complication for those wanting to do research ethicallyJonathan Bendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1126449061848227342005-09-11T10:31:00.000-04:002005-09-11T10:31:00.000-04:00Err.. yeah, maybe we could use a few land mines sc...Err.. yeah, maybe we could use a few land mines scattered around Taiwan...<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, I think an interesting way of approaching this would be to devote some time in class to this issue. Something along the lines of an exploration of how knowledge is produced and disseminated, and by whom, for what purposes, to what effects. And added on to that now, who owns the means of Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1126402523562196072005-09-10T21:35:00.000-04:002005-09-10T21:35:00.000-04:00Does Sheffield really make money off publishing ac...Does Sheffield really make money off publishing academic books and journals? I doubt there's a fortune in that. It seems that ethically the situation is even worse: the profitable arms trade subsidizes the loser publishing business. <BR/><BR/>What should you teach your students about this? I'd raise it as a a possible moral issue, but you are not the keeper of their consciences, and need not "Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1126367861448712032005-09-10T11:57:00.000-04:002005-09-10T11:57:00.000-04:00I have to say I share your cynicism. I'm not eager...I have to say I share your cynicism. I'm not eager to try to find out what other publishers are doing. I recall your writing earlier about McGraw-Hill, I think? Seems every company with its hands in academia also has a skeleton in or out of the closet...Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1126367560895226832005-09-10T11:52:00.000-04:002005-09-10T11:52:00.000-04:00I hate these kinds of quandaries. Part of my prob...I hate these kinds of quandaries. Part of my problem, I think, comes from a deep-seated cynicism: I think so few corporations are actually conducting business ethically. At the same time, I hate doing business with one that I <I>know</I> is unethical. So I hate these quandaries.senioritishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785984935064063949noreply@blogger.com