Do Spin-Offs Make the Academics' Heads Spin?Arend H. Zomer,Ben W. A. Jongbloed &Jürgen Enders -2010 -Minerva 48 (3):331-353.detailsAs public research organisations are increasingly driven by their national and regional governments to engage in knowledge transfer, they have started to support the creation of companies. These research based spin-off companies (RBSOs) often keep contacts with the research institutes they originate from. In this paper we present the results of a study of four research institutes within two universities and two non-university public research organisations (PROs) in the Netherlands. We show that research organisations have distinct motivations to support the (...) creation of spin-off companies. In terms of resources RBSOs contribute, mostly in a modest way, to research activities by providing information, equipment and monetary resources. In particular, RBSOs are helpful for researchers competing for research grants that demand participation of industry. Furthermore, RBSOs may be seen as a proactive response by Dutch public research organisations to demands of economic relevance from their institutional environment. RBSOs enhance the prestige of their parent organisations and create legitimacy for public funds invested in PROs. At the same time, most RBSOs do not have a significant impact on the direction of the research conducted at the PROs. (shrink)
Repentance as Rebuke: Betrayal and Moral Injury in Safety Engineering.David D. Woods,Mark D. Layson &Sidney W. A. Dekker -2022 -Science and Engineering Ethics 28 (6):1-13.detailsFollowing other contributions about the MAX accidents to this journal, this paper explores the role of betrayal and moral injury in safety engineering related to the U.S. federal regulator’s role in approving the Boeing 737MAX—a plane involved in two crashes that together killed 346 people. It discusses the tension between humility and hubris when engineers are faced with complex systems that create ambiguity, uncertain judgements, and equivocal test results from unstructured situations. It considers the relationship between moral injury, principled outrage (...) and rebuke when the technology ends up involved in disasters. It examines the corporate backdrop against which calls for enhanced employee voice are typically made, and argues that when engineers need to rely on various protections and moral inducements to ‘speak up,’ then the ethical essence of engineering—skepticism, testing, checking, and questioning—has already failed. (shrink)
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The musical life: reflections on what it is and how to live it.W. A. Mathieu -1994 - Boston: Shambhala.detailsEveryone, according to W.A. Mathieu, is musical by nature--it goes right along with being human. And if you don't believe it, this book will convince you. In a series of interrelated short essays, Mathieu takes the reader on a journey through ordinary experiences to open our ears to the rich variety of music that surrounds us but that we are trained to ignore; such as the variety of pitches produced by different objects, like glassware, furniture, drums--anything you can tap; or (...) sounds that hover on the border of music, like laughter, the clinking of glasses in a toast, or the unintentional falsetto produced by yawning. Along the way the author teaches aspects of music theory that nonmusicians might ordinarily shy away from. He reveals the way of music to be a profoundly spiritual path--one that is everyone's birthright. (shrink)
Does religion matter morally?: the critical reappraisal of the thesis of morality's independence from religion.A. W. Musschenga (ed.) -1995 - Kampen, The Netherlands: Kok Pharos Pub. House.detailsSome contributors to this volume defend this view on theological and philosophical grounds.
Science and ethics: being a series of six lectures delivered under the auspices of the Natural Law Research League.W. A. Macdonald -1895 - London: Swan Sonnenschein.detailsExcerpt from Science and Ethics: Being a Series of Six Lectures Delivered Under the Auspices of the Natural Law Research League And abroad (germany, France, America, but although within the circumscribed limits of these lectures I have not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst (...) repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. (shrink)
The Importance of Animal Research in Cognitive Neuroscience.Hiran Perera-W. A. -manuscriptdetailsThe aim of this essay is to identify the significance of animal research and its benefits in cognitive neuroscience research. This essay will evaluate the advantages of conducting research using animal models, its history, and the ethical issues surrounding this technique. It will further evaluate how the research has contributed to improve our knowledge of human brain functioning.
Ethiek in Nederland: van 1900 tot 1970 en daarna.A. W. Musschenga (ed.) -2010 - Budel: Damon.detailsOverzicht van de geschiedenis, ontwikkelingen en toekomst van de ethiek als wetenschappelijke discipline in Nederland.
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Reflections on The concept of law.A. W. Brian Simpson -2011 - New York: Oxford University Press.detailsThe apology to the reader -- The corpus chair and oxford jurisprudence as evolved by 1952 -- The gladsome light of philosophical jurisprudence -- The elusive sources of Hart's ideas in The Concept of Law -- Cyclops, hedgehogs, and foxes -- Where Homer nodded? -- Judging a pioneer.