Articles
TRUTH – THE ESSENTIAL DIMENSION OF ETHICS IN SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH
Article number
762_43
Pages
427 – 430
Language
English
Abstract
The introduction of metrics, league tables, performance targets, research assessment exercises and a range of other pressures placed by society, funding bodies and employers on scholars, teachers and students have resulted in diminished value being placed on the essential ethical criterion of truth.
The impact of reduced valuation for truth has a huge impact on the standing of science and not least horticultural science in the eyes of the general public at a time when this should be a primary concern.
This contribution discusses examples of the impact of diminished valuation of truth, the causes of this phenomenon, the results that come from this situation and remedies that are needed.
The impact of reduced valuation for truth has a huge impact on the standing of science and not least horticultural science in the eyes of the general public at a time when this should be a primary concern.
This contribution discusses examples of the impact of diminished valuation of truth, the causes of this phenomenon, the results that come from this situation and remedies that are needed.
Authors
G.R. Dixon
Keywords
definition, concepts, changing values, antagonistic forces, untruthfulness, plagiarism
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