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"Value Assumptions in Risk Assessment" is a case study of the
Alachlor Controversy of 1985 in which the Canadian Minister of
Agriculture cancelled the registration of the herbicide alachlor.
This book demonstrates the opinion that risk assessments by
scientific experts as well as ordinary citizens are guided by
dominant values held by the assessors. It examines what these
values typically are, how they work within a risk assessment, and
some implications of reconsidering risk debates as primarily
debates about values.
Throughout, the book draws the conclusion that such debates are
not primarily debates about science itself, but rather consist of
political debate among different value frameworks, different ways
of thinking about moral values, different conceptions of society,
and different attitudes toward technology and toward risk-taking
itself. The larger question in the analysis of these risk
assessments is which set of values will ultimately prevail.
This book discusses the issue of academic misconduct and
publication ethics in general and plagiarism in particular, with a
focus on case studies in various universities around the world
(notably in Japan, Singapore, Australia, USA, and Canada). We are
especially interested in students' and teachers' perception of
academic misconduct and their definition and understanding of
plagiarism. Most chapters discuss undergraduates' understanding of
academic dishonesty and students' experiences using plagiarism
softwares. The book also analyzes teachers' perception of cheating
and how they respond to it. Writing is perceived by all of the
teachers to be the most important form of assessment that required
preventative measures in order to reduce the occurrence of academic
dishonesty among students. Each chapter recommends strategies to
fight plagiarism, such as establishing guidelines and regulations
concerning academic integrity, awareness of the scale of the issue
(scandals at all levels in most countries, even including famous
scholars, administrators, and elected officials), assessing the
damage done to academic reputation and credibility, developing
trust and credibility on social media (especially with the recent
disturbing growth of fake news and data), minimizing the
proliferation of dishonest accreditation, of identity theft, of
fake peer-reviews, and fighting the growing number of fake papers,
with or without the use of computer-generated academic works.
Compilation of performances from the 1950s country and western
programme, featuring Brenda Lee, Roy Acuff, Sonny James, Rex Allen,
Chuck Bowers, Frankie Miller, Leon McAuliffe and many more.
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Back on Earth (Paperback)
Pryde Foltz; Introduction by Brenda Lee Ranta; Mark Andrew Heathcote
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