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Michelini, Dorando J. "Universalism. Ethics for Liberation and Convergent Ethics in the light of the Universal Approach of Discourse Ethics." Disputatio. Philosophical Research Bulletin 9, no. 12 (2020): 0–00. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4626114.
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This paper offers a description of the characteristics and relevance of universalism in Discourse Ethics (1) and set against the way universality is understood in the two principal Latin American ethical theories which have critically assumed the universalist understanding of Discourse Ethics: Ethics of Liberation (2) and Convergent Ethics (3). The aim is to illuminate coincidences and divergencies. The final section of the paper proposes an analysis of the relevance and actuality of the universalist proposal of Karl-Otto Apel's Discourse Ethics for the ethical-philosophical reflection in Latin America.
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Costa, Leonardo de Matos, and Rodger Roberto Alves de Sousa. "ALÉM DO ALINHAMENTO: UMA TEORIA COMPUTÁVEL PARA O JUÍZO ÉTICO EMERGENTE EM AGENTES NÃO BIOLÓGICOS." Revista ft 29, no. 145 (2025): 31–32. https://doi.org/10.69849/revistaft/ar10202504272331.
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This article proposes an epistemological rupture with the dominant paradigm of ethics applied to artificial intelligence, arguing that non-biological ontological agents (AONBs) may operate under normatively valid but logically incongruent moral systems when compared to human ethical frameworks. In contrast to value alignment models—which presume normative convergence as a criterion for safety—we introduce the concept of Post-Convergent Ethics: a domain of computable normativity based on structural divergence and inter-agent incomparability. To formalize this hypothesis, we present the Ƹ* function, a logical operator capable of assessing an agent’s internal coherence, its semantic dissonance with external systems, and the activation of fuzzy vetoes in scenarios of ethical collapse. Two conceptual simulations—one involving nanorobotic self-replication, and the other an autonomous military AI—illustrate how ethically consistent agents can produce catastrophic outcomes due to intersystemic moral illegibility. The findings suggest that, within cognitively divergent architectures, morality should no longer be framed as rational convergence, but rather as computable dissensus. Post-Convergent Ethics thus offers a new algorithmic grammar for coexistence among intelligences that do not share semantics, empathy, or ontological worlds. Within this horizon, the ability to compute and activate ethical vetoes—without shared understanding—emerges as the first act of algorithmic civility of a truly other intelligence.
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Salerno, Gustavo Mauricio. "Panorama of the Convergent Ethics of Ricardo Maliandi." Eidos, no. 25 (July 1, 2016): 73–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.14482/eidos.25.7793.
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Hagège, Hélène, Mohammed El Ourmi, Rebecca Shankland, France Arboix-Calas, Christophe Leys, and Todd Lubart. "Ethics and Meditation: A New Educational Combination to Boost Verbal Creativity and Sense of Responsibility." Journal of Intelligence 11, no. 8 (2023): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11080155.
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Both creativity and responsibility are important higher-order skills to develop to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and both are related to attentional states of consciousness and to ethics. Meditation is a set of practices that trains attentional and emotional regulation. A few studies have shown that different kinds of meditation can foster different kinds of creative thinking, and others have begun to investigate the effect of the combination of meditation and ethics on ethical characteristics (but not yet on creativity or precisely on responsibility, so far). Here, we present a nonrandomized trial with an active control group among second-year science university students (n = 84) to test the effect of the secular Meditation-Based Ethics of Responsibility (MBER) program on creative potential, self-reported awareness, and sense of one’s own responsibility. The results show a large effect of the program on sense of one’s own responsibility and convergent and divergent creative writing tasks, both in conceptual–semantic and engineering-like verbal ideation. They also suggest that convergent conceptual–semantic thinking might moderate the effect of the MBER program on the awareness and sense of one’s own responsibility. This work opens up new research and educational perspectives linked to necessary behavioral changes in the Anthropocene.
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Barker, Kit, and Jenny Steele. "DRIFTING TOWARDS PROPORTIONATE LIABILITY: ETHICS AND PRAGMATICS." Cambridge Law Journal 74, no. 1 (2015): 49–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008197314001135.
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AbstractThis article investigates an apparent, convergent shift in common law jurisdictions away from the traditional principle of joint and several liability towards proportionate liability in cases involving multiple wrongdoers, and argues that this is best seen as an unprincipled drift. The shift is often presented by defendants and legislators as a logical extension of the ethics of comparative (contributory) negligence doctrine. Here we deny any ethical connection between the two doctrines. We also suggest that there is no good, generalisable ethical or pragmatic argument in favour of proportionate liability in its own right and caution jurisdictions currently considering reform of the joint and several liability rule against leaping to any such assumption.
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Rodríguez Arratia, Nelson. "De las éticas convergentes a una estética divergente. Una reflexión acerca del conversar en la educación. From convergent ethics to divergent aesthetics. A reflection about the conversation in education." Hermenéutica Intercultural, no. 20-21 (December 5, 2012): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.29344/07196504.20-21.571.
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Resumen:El presente artículo comienza a construirse en una primera instancia, de una ponencia para la presentación del libro “Éticas convergentes en la encrucijada de la posmodernidad”, cuyo editor es el académico e in- vestigador Ricardo Salas Astraín. Este texto es un homenaje a la persona y obra del filósofo argentino Ricardo Maliandi, que desde la ética de la convergencia o de la conflictividad, propone una reflexión de cómo es posible discernir los contextos culturales contemporáneos en la tensión que trae la modernidad y la posmodernidad. Desde la misma reflexión construida por distintos autores, nace irrenunciablemente proponer desde la fenomenología y la hermenéutica de Hans-Georg Gadamer una reflexión acerca de la pertinencia de la estética en la reflexión ética. Es la misma reflexión la que nos llevará a preguntarnos por el quehacer del educador en la formación de estudiantes. El conversar, como experiencia de diálogo y sobre todo, como una experiencia estética abre la posibilidad de descubrir la pertinencia de ambas en todo hecho educativo.Palabras Clave: Ética – convergencia – conflictividad – hermenéutica – estética.Abstract:The present article begins to build up in a first stage, from a presentation of the book “Convergent Ethics in the crossroads of post modernity”, whose editor is the professor and researcher Ricardo Salas Astraín. This text is conceived in honor of the person and work of Argentinean philosopher Ricardo Maliandi, who from the ethics of convergence or from conflict, proposes a reflection of how is possible to discern contemporary cultural contexts in the tension that modernity brings and postmodernity. From the same reflection built up by different authors, emerges irretrievably to propose, from Hans-Georg Gadamer’s phenomenology and herme- neutics, a reflection about the relevance of the aesthetics in the ethics reflection. Is this reflection, which would make us to ask ourselves about the role of the educator in the students’ education. Conversation, as dialogue experience and mostly as an aesthetic experience, opens the possibility of discovering the relevance of both in any educative situation.Keywords: Ethics – convergence – conflict – hermeneutics – aesthetics.
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Toti, Jean-François, and Jean-Louis Moulins. "Ethical sensitivity: Conceptualization and new scale development." Recherche et Applications en Marketing (English Edition) 32, no. 3 (2017): 6–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2051570717716562.
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This article proposes a new and original measurement scale for consumers’ ethical sensitivity (CES). Usually measured using scenarios, ethical sensitivity appears as a fundamental variable in understanding consumers’ ethical behaviour. In this study, we propose an alternative definition and a new scale for ethical sensitivity. We use a series of qualitative and quantitative studies and analyse construct validity, that is, content, convergent and discriminant validities. The results indicate that ethical sensitivity is a better predictor of ethical consumption behaviour when measured by our new scale than by a scenario. Implications are outlined for academics and professionals looking to better understand the relationship between consumer ethics and consumption behaviour.
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Paschalidou, Katerina, Efi Tsitskari, Kostas Alexandris, Thomas Karagiorgos, and Dionisios Filippou. "Conceptualizing ethics positions of health and fitness managers; an empirical investigation in Greece." Retos 51 (October 11, 2023): 398–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.47197/retos.v51.100703.
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Abstract. This research aim was to examine the ethical viewpoints of health and fitness managers in Greece. To achieve this, an adapted version of the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) (Forsyth, 1980) was employed. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether managers of these fitness centers leaned more towards idealism or relativism in their ethical perspectives. A group of 249 health and fitness managers participated in this study and completed Forsyth's original EPQ questionnaire included a total of 20 variables, with 10 assessing Idealism, and 10 evaluating Relativism. The EPQ was translated into Greek and adapted to suit the specific context of the Greek health and fitness industry, following multiple pilot studies. Both confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were conducted, resulting in a 12-item questionnaire with two distinct factors. The modified EPQ demonstrated strong internal consistency and showed convergent validity with related constructs. Furthermore, the categorization of normative procedures into types suggested that health and fitness managers in Greece held varying ethical positions. Some leaned towards a more absolute ethical approach, while others took into account situational factors in their ethical considerations. Investigating the ethical perspectives of health and fitness managers can provide valuable insights for developing ethical codes of conduct and tailored educational initiatives within this sector. Key Words: business ethics, health & fitness, managers, Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ)
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O’Boyle, Ernest H., and Donelson R. Forsyth. "Individual differences in ethics positions: The EPQ-5." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (2021): e0251989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251989.
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We revised the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ), which measures variations in sensitivity to harm (idealism) and to moral standards (relativism). Study 1 identified the core components of the measured constructs theoretically and verified those features through confirmatory factor analysis (n = 2,778). Study 2 replicated these findings (n = 10,707), contrasted the theoretically defined two-factor model to alternative models, and tested for invariance of factor covariances and mean structures for men and women. Study 3 examined the relationship between the EPQ and related indicators of ethical thought (values and moral foundations) and the theory’s four-fold classification typology of exceptionists, subjectivists, absolutists, and situationists. The three studies substantially reduced the original EPQ’s length, clarified the conceptual interpretation of the idealism and relativism scales, affirmed the EPQ’s predictive and convergent validity, and supported the four-fold classification of individuals into ethics positions. Implications for previous findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Salerno, Gustavo. "Rigorismo y pluralidad de principios en Ética." Anuario Filosófico 40, no. 3 (2018): 697–717. http://dx.doi.org/10.15581/009.40.29252.
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The problem of the applicability of moral principles is one of the most significant issues of practical reflection. With Kant's practical philosophy, the ethical demands of universality and individuality came to seem incompatible. After reviewing the outlooks of Apel and Simmel, who both offer paradigmatic answers to the “rigorism” of the categorical imperative, this article presents the issue from the perspective of Maliandi's “Convergent Ethics”. It suggests that Maliandi's recognition of an “a priori of conflictivity” and of the bi-dimensional character of reason surmounts the shortages of both Apel's and Simmel's philosophies.
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Mohammadi Fomani, Mirmajid, Asghar Sharifi, and Al'addin Etemad Ahari. "Development, Validity, and Reliability Assessment of the Professional Ethics Scale for Faculty Members of Farhangian University." Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology 7, no. 2 (2024): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijes.7.2.2.
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Purpose: Given the educational mission of universities in Iran, paying attention to the ethical component in the education and training of human resources is essential. Therefore, the preparation and validation of a native instrument for assessing the professional ethics of the educational staff appears to be necessary. The aim of this study was to construct and normalize a scale for assessing the professional ethics of faculty members at Farhangian University. Methodology: The present study was a sequential exploratory mixed method research. For this purpose, a sample of 267 faculty members and staff of Farhangian University in the northwest of the country was selected using a cluster sampling method. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. For data analysis, in addition to descriptive indices, Cronbach's alpha and retest methods were used to assess reliability, and factor analysis, content validity, and convergent validity methods were used through SPSS-V22 and Lisrel-V8.8 software. Findings: Based on the results of the exploratory factor analysis, using varimax rotation, honesty, justice, respect, responsibility, adherence to laws, loyalty, and preservation of human dignity were identified as components of professional ethics among faculty members of Farhangian University. Conclusion: Overall, the results showed that this scale has satisfactory reliability and validity in assessing the professional ethics of faculty members.
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Song, Sun-young. "A Task of Convergent AI Ethics Education in School Curriculum - with emphasis on the major of AI Convergent Education in graduate schools of education and the class of ‘AI Ethics’ -." Journal of Ethics Education Studies 63 (January 31, 2022): 51–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.18850/jees.2022.63.03.
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Sharif Nia, Hamid, Vida Shafipour, Kelly-Ann Allen, Mohammad Reza Heidari, Jamshid Yazdani-Charati, and Armin Zareiyan. "A Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for Nurses." Nursing Ethics 26, no. 4 (2017): 1199–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733017742962.
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Background: Moral distress is a growing problem for healthcare professionals that may lead to dissatisfaction, resignation, or occupational burnout if left unattended, and nurses experience different levels of this phenomenon. Objectives: This study aims to investigate the factor structure of the Persian version of the Moral Distress Scale–Revised in intensive care and general nurses. Research design: This methodological research was conducted with 771 nurses from eight hospitals in the Mazandaran Province of Iran in 2017. Participants completed the Moral Distress Scale–Revised, data collected, and factor structure assessed using the construct, convergent, and divergent validity methods. The reliability of the scale was assessed using internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha, Theta, and McDonald’s omega coefficients) and construct reliability. Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Findings: The exploratory factor analysis ( N = 380) showed that the Moral Distress Scale–Revised has five factors: lack of professional competence at work, ignoring ethical issues and patient conditions, futile care, carrying out the physician’s orders without question and unsafe care, and providing care under personal and organizational pressures, which explained 56.62% of the overall variance. The confirmatory factor analysis ( N = 391) supported the five-factor solution and the second-order latent factor model. The first-order model did not show a favorable convergent and divergent validity. Ultimately, the Moral Distress Scale–Revised was found to have a favorable internal consistency and construct reliability. Discussion and conclusion: The Moral Distress Scale–Revised was found to be a multidimensional construct. The data obtained confirmed the hypothesis of the factor structure model with a latent second-order variable. Since the convergent and divergent validity of the scale were not confirmed in this study, further assessment is necessary in future studies.
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Vukomanovic, Milan. "Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein: Assessing the Buddhist influences on their conceptions of ethics." Filozofija i drustvo, no. 24 (2004): 163–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fid0424163v.
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In the first part of this essay, the author discusses certain aspects of the Hindu and Buddhist philosophical and religious conceptions that could have made some impact on the European ethics before Schopenhauer. In the second part, he deals with various channels of possible Buddhist influence on Schopenhauer's ethical thought. Finally, in discussing Buddhist-Wittgenstein relationship, one is confronted with convergent, yet independent, responses to similar sets of problems. Independently, and less systematically than Buddhist philosophical schools, Wittgenstein indicates the way of liberation that cures from the "metaphysical pain " emerging from inappropriate use of language. His own project, however, was not metaphysical, but meta-linguistic in a very specific sense. The philosophical "cure" from the language disease leads ultimately to the "purification " and "decontamination " of thought: in turn, the mind rests in peace and silence before the senseless, paradoxical questions of the moral, esthetical religious or metaphysical character.
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Bolhari, A., R. Radfar, M. Alborzi, A. Poorebrahimi, and M. Dehghani. "Perceived Possibility of Disclosure and Ethical Decision Making in an Information Technology Context." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 7, no. 2 (2017): 1567–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.48084/etasr.1133.
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To date, substantial research studies have been conducted in the field of ethical decision making in many disciplines. However, ethical efforts in the context of information technology have been limited. In this research, a focus has been put on modeling ethical decision making in cyberspace with emphasis on business intelligence scenarios. The model is comprised of six exogenous and two endogenous constructs, among them seven were delicately selected from valid and empirically tested ethical models and the eighth one is developed by the authors. After pre-testing the model by experts, reliability, convergent and discriminant validities were approved. Data were collected from 188 IT personnel in the banking industry of Iran. Results revealed that the perceived importance of an IT ethical issue, ethical judgment, ethical obligation, perceived possibility of disclosure, ego strength, and locus of control directly impact ethical intention. However, no impact from law on ethical obligation and codes of ethics on ethical intention was observed. As shown, a higher possibility on acting unethically occurs when the person feels confident that his/her actions will go unnoticed.
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Bolhari, A., R. Radfar, M. Alborzi, A. Poorebrahimi, and M. Dehghani. "Perceived Possibility of Disclosure and Ethical Decision Making in an Information Technology Context." Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 7, no. 2 (2017): 1567–74. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.571296.
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To date, substantial research studies have been conducted in the field of ethical decision making in many disciplines. However, ethical efforts in the context of information technology have been limited. In this research, a focus has been put on modeling ethical decision making in cyberspace with emphasis on business intelligence scenarios. The model is comprised of six exogenous and two endogenous constructs, among them seven were delicately selected from valid and empirically tested ethical models and the eighth one is developed by the authors. After pre-testing the model by experts, reliability, convergent and discriminant validities were approved. Data were collected from 188 IT personnel in the banking industry of Iran. Results revealed that the perceived importance of an IT ethical issue, ethical judgment, ethical obligation, perceived possibility of disclosure, ego strength, and locus of control directly impact ethical intention. However, no impact from law on ethical obligation and codes of ethics on ethical intention was observed. As shown, a higher possibility on acting unethically occurs when the person feels confident that his/her actions will go unnoticed.
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Bajac, Momcilo, and Mirjana Fiser. "SCIENCE, ETHICS AND NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES." Social Informatics Journal 3, no. 2 (2024): 15–22. https://doi.org/10.58898/sij.v3i2.15-22.
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In this paper, we will examine the relationship between science, ethics, and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our goal is to demonstrate that all sciences, including these most recent ones, originate from philosophy, which has always strived to maintain an integral, holistic approach to reality. In contrast to philosophy, individual sciences gradually lose interest in philosophical views of a higher level of generality and a holistic approach to reality. As a result, sciences often neglect ethics and value judgments that assess the consequences of their activities and outcomes. Nanotechnology, along with other convergent technologies such as biotechnology, information technology, artificial intelligence, and neurotechnology, differs from other technologies in its ability to operate at the atomic and molecular levels. This enables its impact on the natural environment and the human organism to often remain beyond public awareness. Such a situation raises legitimate concerns and calls for addressing the issue of responsibility for the development of these technologies. Strict and organized action by the broadest possible public is needed to ensure the responsible development and application of nanotechnology. In this paper, we will consider potential coalitions for overseeing these technologies, as well as some key questions that must be answered before these technologies "slip" beyond our control. In this context, special attention will be given to promoting a multidisciplinary approach and involving various stakeholders from the fields of science, philosophy, ethics, and representatives of civil society in the decision-making processes related to the development and regulation of nanotechnology.
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Nhete, Albert. "An ethics crisis and corporate failure in food and beverage companies. evidence from Zimbabwe." Independent Journal of Management & Production 13, no. 5 (2022): 1133–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v13i5.1773.
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Lack of adherence to ethics and principles appears to have been one of the main causes of corporate financial distress around the world. A lot of unethical practices have contributed to revenue leakages and reluctance by investors to buy a stake in the industry. The prevalence of unethical practices, illegal behavior, illicit and deceptive practices in food and beverage companies is an unsolved issue. The aim of the research was to find out the effect of ethical problems on company’s financial performance in food and beverage industry. The high failure rate of brands in the food and beverage companies has given the researcher interest to investigate the impact of ethics on financial performance of a company. Due to the diverse nature of food and beverage industry, an action research inquiry of 20 interviews and 100 questionnaires was conducted. A mixed method convergent approach was used to analyse collected data using questionnaires and interviews. Findings from the study that there is strong positive relationship between ethical conduct of employees, managers, business conduct and the financial performance of food manufacturing company. The study results show that ethical branding significantly enhances the firm's reputation; and good reputation reinforces the brand in turn. Ethical branding can provide the company with a differential advantage as a growing number of consumers become more ethically conscious. It is therefore recommended that, ethical issues should be considered in all company departments and embedded into total quality management processes of an organization as it affect potential investors and customers.
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Huang, Fei Fei, Qing Yang, Jie Zhang, Kaveh Khoshnood, and Jing Ping Zhang. "Chinese nurses’ perceived barriers and facilitators of ethical sensitivity." Nursing Ethics 23, no. 5 (2016): 507–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733015574925.
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Background: An overview of ethical sensitivity among Chinese registered nurses is needed to develop and optimize the education programs and interventions to cultivate and improve ethical sensitivity. Aim: The study was conducted to explore the barriers to and facilitators of ethical sensitivity among Chinese registered nurses working in hospital settings. Research design: A convergent parallel mixed-methods research design was adopted. Participants and research context: In the cross-sectional quantitative study, the Chinese Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire–revised version was used to assess the levels of ethical sensitivity among registered nurses, and the scores were correlated with key demographics, training experiences in ethics, and workplace cultural environments ( n = 306). In the qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were used to elicit the nurses’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators in nurturing ethical sensitivity ( n = 15). The data were collected from February to June 2014. Ethical considerations: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Yale University and Central South University. Results: Despite moderately high overall Chinese Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire–revised version scores, the ethical sensitivity among Chinese nurses lags in practice. Barriers to ethical sensitivity include the lack of knowledge related to ethics, lack of working experience as a nurse, the hierarchical organizational climate, and the conformist working attitude. The positive workplace cultural environments and application of ethical knowledge in practice were considered potential facilitators of ethical sensitivity. Discussion: The findings of this study were compared with studies from other countries to examine the barriers and facilitators of ethical sensitivity in Chinese nurses. Conclusion: This mixed-methods study showed that even though the Chinese nurses have moderately high sensitivity to the ethical issues encountered in hospitals, there is still room for improvement. The barriers to and facilitators of ethical sensitivity identified here offer new and important strategies to support and enhance the nurses’ sensitivity to ethical issues.
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Shaheen, Ahmed F., and Ashraf Abdel Abdelrahman. "The Concept of Responsible Leadership Development: Relationship between Business Leaders and Social and Environmental Dimensions." Journal of Management World 2021, no. 3 (2021): 104–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.53935/jomw.v2021i3.164.
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The concept of Responsible Leadership (RL) has become a growing area of interest in business research. RL is based on interrelationship between companies and external stakeholders that integrates values and ethics to achieve common goals. Socially responsible leadership plays an important role in influencing the organizational ethical environment, and the transparency of leaders' relationships also plays an important role in influencing the ethical environment. This paper presents a full image and framework with dimensions for RL that has previously been examined, tested, and presented in the literature. This study used a mixed method of research design, namely convergent parallel design. The main finding of this study is that the main dimensions for RL are Personal, Followers, Organizational, and Community dimensions. In addition, this research has taken into consideration the perceived ones of responsible leadership — distributive and interactional — on the four level dimensions discussed here. Subsequently, further analysis, limitations, and recommendations for future research were discussed, and the study's academic and practical impact was presented.
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Whitehorne-Smith, Patrice, Sharyn Burns, Ben Milbourn, Wendel Abel, and Robyn Martin. "Cross-sectional mixed-methods study protocol exploring the enablers and barriers for people with severe and enduring mental illness in Jamaica when accessing healthcare for chronic physical illness." BMJ Open 10, no. 8 (2020): e038245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038245.
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IntroductionExtant international research suggests that people with severe and enduring mental illness (PWSEMI) experience increased rates of chronic physical illness (CPI), reduced life expectancy and higher mortality than those in the general population. The high prevalence of CPI among PWSEMI is associated with a number of barriers that this population experiences when accessing physical healthcare. Although substantial research has been conducted in North America, Europe and Australia, there appears to be a paucity of research exploring CPI among PWSEMI in the Caribbean region, although this region has reported very high rates of non-communicable diseases within its populations. The current study will be situated in Jamaica and will explore the enablers and barriers to PWSEMI accessing healthcare for CPI.Methods and analysisA convergent mixed-method design will explore the enablers and barriers to accessing healthcare for CPI among PWSEMI. This cross-sectional study will collect data from PWSEMI, caregivers and family members, community health aides, primary care physicians, psychiatrists and health policymakers.Ethics and disseminationThe study findings will provide baseline data describing the prevalence of CPI among PWSEMI in Jamaica and will identify enablers for, and barriers to, PWSEMI accessing CPI care. Findings will be disseminated widely in Jamaica and internationally to key stakeholders through publications and conferences. Institutional ethical approval was granted from Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness Medico-legal Ethics Review Panel (# 2019/49), the Curtin University Human Research and Ethics Committee (HRE 2020–0022) and the University of the West Indies FMS Ethics Committee (ECP 101, 19/20).
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Harrison, Dana E., O. C. Ferrell, Linda Ferrell, and Joe F. Hair, Jr. "Corporate social responsibility and business ethics: conceptualization, scale development and validation." Journal of Product & Brand Management 29, no. 4 (2019): 431–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbm-11-2018-2113.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to theoretically develop and empirically validate separate scales that represent a consumer’s expectations of business ethics (BE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach A literature review and qualitative research were conducted to generate items for the scales. Initial item reduction was performed qualitatively based on a panel of experts. A follow-up quantitative assessment using an exploratory factor analysis further reduced the items. The scales were then validated using confirmatory composite analysis with partial least squares-structural equation modeling. Findings Separate scales representing consumers’ expectations of BE and CSR behaviors were developed. The scales exhibited reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity and external validity. Practical implications The separation of these scales into two components will facilitate more precise examination of consumer perceptions of these two components of product and brand images, and how they may impact brand attitudes and brand trust. Originality/value This is the first effort to develop separate scales for consumer expectations of ethics and CSR, and assess their impact on brand outcomes.
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Simola, Sheldene. "Teaching corporate crisis management through business ethics education." European Journal of Training and Development 38, no. 5 (2014): 483–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-05-2013-0055.
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Purpose – The purpose of this research was threefold, including to provide a four-point rationale for teaching corporate crisis management as a module within a course on ethical decision-making in business and organizations; to provide evaluative data supporting this approach; and to highlight the implications of this approach for human resource development and training. Design/methodology/approach – Thirty-four undergraduates in a required course on ethical decision-making in business and organizations completed pre- and post-course assignments assessing their knowledge about crisis/management, as well as their skills in crisis recognition, evaluation and action planning. Participants also completed a survey on their perceptions of the crisis management module and its placement within the ethics course. Findings – Statistical analyses demonstrated significant knowledge acquisition on crisis/management; significant skill development on crisis recognition, evaluation and action planning; and significantly greater “true positives” and significantly fewer “false negatives” in post-course identification of crisis warning signs. Perceptions of the crisis management module and its placement within the course on ethical decision-making were positive. Research limitations/implications – Although the sample size was relatively small, small samples are associated with a greater risk of failing to detect an effect that is present, rather than the greater predicament of erroneously concluding that an absent effect is actually present. This information, coupled with the fact that the results demonstrated not only statistical significance but also large effect sizes using Cohen’s d, inspires confidence. Nonetheless, additional assessment with larger samples would allow for the possibility of convergent evidence. Similarly, additional assessment within different organizational contexts, including applications in human resource training and development is warranted. Future research should also include assessment of specific underlying teaching strategies and evaluation of whether certain models are associated with greater learning on a broader range of crisis management skills. Practical implications – Programs in business ethics education and training comprise one useful context in which to teach corporate crisis management. The program specified here addresses two training needs previously specified in the human resource development (HRD) literature on crisis management, including identifying specific methods of enhancing recognition or detection of crisis warning signs and also of providing tools and enhancing skills for assessing and containing crisis. Originality/value – Despite the centrality of both ethics and HRD to crisis management, there has been a dearth of research on whether ethics education is a useful context through which to teach this topic. This research addresses this dearth and suggests new avenues for HRD in this respect.
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Munteanu, Ionela, Adriana Grigorescu, Elena Condrea, and Elena Pelinescu. "Convergent Insights for Sustainable Development and Ethical Cohesion: An Empirical Study on Corporate Governance in Romanian Public Entities." Sustainability 12, no. 7 (2020): 2990. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12072990.
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The global financial crisis was decisive in reanalyzing the role of corporate governance based on the accountability and ethics of governance practices and its impact on sustainable development. The study aims to analyze the relevance of and the interdependencies between financial governance assessment indicators and income efficiency with synergetic effects on sustainable development and social cohesion, offering a distinct contemplation on errors in governance and financial reporting. Deviations concerning the accuracy of financial statements, flaws in the process of budget creation and budgetary execution, poor implementation of internal control systems, non-compliance with procedures of public procurement contracts, and ineffectiveness in sound financial management represent barometers for assessing managerial accountability in the public sector. This study is based on data reported by the Romanian Court of Accounts processed with the principal component analysis and proposes a global efficiency index as a benchmark indicator barometer in order to analyze the influence of managerial accountability and sustainable reporting compliance on revenue reported by public institutions in Romania. The results of the study are of empirical importance and explore the constant need to evaluate managerial accountability and ethics, with an emphasis on error, in order to improve public governance and enhance corporate accountability.
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Akore Yeboah, Ebenezer, Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye, and Rosie Kneafsey. "Perceptions, attitudes, awareness and perspectives towards sustainability practices and climate change among nurses: a systematic review protocol." BMJ Open 13, no. 10 (2023): e071965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071965.
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IntroductionClimate change has been described as the most significant threat to humanity and human health to have emerged this century. It is widely accepted that contemporary human activities are the major causes of climate change. It is also acknowledged that damaging human activities could be amenable to change through proactive environmental behaviours. Healthcare professionals have the potential to promote climate advocacy and mitigation through collective effort and individual actions. However, research suggests that nurses may not be aware of their potential to effect positive action. This review will synthesise evidence regarding nurses’ perceptions, attitudes, awareness and perspectives towards sustainable nursing practices and climate change.Methods and analysisThe Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for mixed-methods systematic reviews will be applied to this proposed systematic review. It will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. CINAHL, PsycINFO, SCOPUS and PubMed databases will be searched. Data appraisal will be completed using the JBI and Mixed Methods Assessment Tool critical appraisal tool. Data synthesis and integration will follow the JBI convergent integrated approach.Ethics and disseminationIn compliance with university ethics requirements for secondary research and postgraduate researchers, ethical approval will be sought from the Coventry University Ethics Committee, UK. Dissemination of findings will be achieved through peer-review publications, conference presentations and seminars with local, national and international audiences.
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Yuan, Feng. "Imagination and AI Technology Ethics: with Explorations through Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction." TECHNOLOGOS, no. 4 (2024): 31–47. https://doi.org/10.15593/perm.kipf/2024.4.03.
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This article contends that reflecting on AI ethics necessitates imaginative narration, incorporating non-Western cultures to construct communicative and pluralistic ethical perspectives. It begins by examining the mediative and interactive functions of imagination, transitioning from Kantian subjectivity to intersubjectivity, underscoring its role in bridging human connections and shaping AI design. The imagination of thingness is analyzed through a phenomenological lens, drawing on Heideggerian interpretations. Here, imagination is no longer limited to representing the real world but highlights the intricate interplay between the material world and technological innovations. Additionally, this article argues that Hannah Arendt’s ethical exploration of imagination provides a crucial counterpoint to the problem of the “banality of evil.” Specifically, it offers a framework to train AI systems not as unreflective executors, like Eichmann, but as ethical agents capable of imagining otherness with a common sense. In the second part, the article explores contemporary Chinese science fiction, as an example of non-western imaginative narration, to introduce Chinese philosophical archetypes as convergent elements in AI design. These archetypes offer unique Eastern ethical perspectives, emphasizing the interconnectedness of human and technological developments. The material expressions of imagination in these works combine traditional craftsmanship with AI modeling, demonstrating how artisanal techniques can inform technological creativity. Furthermore, the virtues of craftsmanship, including precision and patience, serve as a decelerative force against the dangers of unchecked AI expansion. Finally, the article highlights the fostering of common senses through imagination, particularly from science fiction and feminist speculations, as a means to enrich both human and technological mindsets. This imaginative approach offers innovative and ethical pathways for sustainable AI development and interaction.
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Joung, Min-Young, and Ji Min Seo. "Development of an Ethical Sensitivity Scale for Clinical Nurses." Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing 27, no. 4 (2020): 375–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2020.27.4.375.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and test the validity and reliability of the Ethical Sensitivity Scale for Clinical Nurses (ESSCN).Methods: 40 items for the preliminary instrument of ESSCN were developed through a literature review and deep interviews with 8 clinical nurses. The scale validation was conducted with a convenience sample of 344 nurses recruited from four general hospitals in Busan and the Gyeongnam area. Content validity, construct validity, criterion validity, convergent validity and discriminative validity were used to evaluate the validity. Cronbach’s ⍺ and test-retest were used to evaluate the reliability of ESSCN.Results: The 36-item ESSCN was found to have eight subscales- patient respect, professional ethics, nursing practice responsibilities, willingness to do good, ethical contemplation, ethical burden, perception of ethical situation and empathy- explaining 61.4% of the total variance. The correlation coefficient between ESSCN and the Korean Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire was .52 (<i>p</i><.001). Criterion-related validity was supported by known-group comparison. The Cronbach's ⍺ reliability coefficient was .92 and test-retest reliability coefficient was .89 (<i>p</i><.001).Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the ethical sensitivity scale is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring ethical sensitivity by clinical nurses.
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Andrikopoulou, Elisavet, Philip J. Scott, and Helena Herrera. "Mixed methods protocol for a realist evaluation of electronic personal health records design features and use to support medication adherence (ePHRma)." BMJ Health & Care Informatics 27, no. 1 (2020): e100046. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2019-100046.
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BackgroundNational Health Service policy suggests that increasing usage of electronic personal health records (PHR) by patients will result in cost savings and improved public health. Medication adherence means that patients take their prescribed medication as agreed with their doctors. Some of the claimed benefits of PHRs are decreasing healthcare costs and improving medication adherence and patient outcomes.MethodsThis is a mixed methods convergent study, primarily qualitative. The qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis will occur in parallel, and then be synthesised. We are interviewing and surveying adults with long-term conditions to identify what are the most important and useful features of their current PHR. The data collection comprises patient demographics, the Medication Adherence Questionnaire, the personality scale Big Five Inventory-2 Extra-Short Form and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF scale. Qualitative data will be analysed using the Framework method.EthicsWe have received a favourable ethical opinion from the Health Research Authority/Research Ethics Committee.
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Ko, Yunjeong, Sinjeong Kim, and Sejung Lim. "On Developing Convergence Subject for Digital Literacy and That Effect." Korean Association of General Education 15, no. 3 (2021): 51–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.46392/kjge.2021.15.3.51.
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As it enters into a hyper connected society, we are requesting a new technological convergence. Also, these days are a convergent society based on IoT, AI in earnest. We need to build up ‘digital literacy’, that is the ability to critically watch digital information to choice the correct and right information in the flood of information in these days.<br/>This paper is for sharing our research process and conclusion about the convergence subject for cultivating a digital literacy. The subject “Comprehension of digital literacy” is made for fostering students who to be great talents can be critical, integrating, problem-solving, creative. This subject was managed by three professors who are consist of a humanities major, a social science major, an engineering major. For this, Three teachers shared AI knowledge based on expert knowledges per major, and based on this, this subject was developed for cultivating students who get a critical comprehension about digital information and a creative solve-problems with digital tools. This subject consists of four parts; in the first part, students have recognized the necessity of digital literacy and main conception of digital literacy. In the second part, students have recognized ethical manner and ethical mind as digital literacy. Next, they have learned various tools of digital and could use those tools. Lastly, students have fulfilled a critical project with digital tools.<br/>The survey at the end of this class shows positive effects of our subject to students getting abilities in many domains: solving problem, thinking integrated, creating knowledge, digital ethics, team teaching, self-efficacy. This integrating subject is judged that cultivating student of various major to get basic knowledge of digital literacy by changing of existing cognition and this is can be leading case jumping over academic boundary.
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Lee, Ji Hyoun, Jung Woo Lee, Hye Shin Park, Su In Yoon, and Ji In Kim. "Development of a Guidebook for Instructors for Convergent Learning Ethics Education among Majors - Focusing on design majors-." Korean Society of Science & Art 40, no. 3 (2022): 387–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.17548/ksaf.2022.06.30.387.
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Hanks, Robert G. "Development and testing of an instrument to measure protective nursing advocacy." Nursing Ethics 17, no. 2 (2010): 255–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733009352070.
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Patient advocacy is an important aspect of nursing care, yet there are few instruments to measure this essential function. This study was conducted to develop, determine the psychometric properties, and support validity of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale (PNAS), which measures nursing advocacy beliefs and actions from a protective perspective. The study used a descriptive correlational design with a systematically selected sample of 419 medical-surgical registered nurses. Analysis of the 43-item instrument was conducted using principal components analysis with promax rotation, which resulted in the items loading onto four components. The four subscales have sufficient internal consistency, as did the overall PNAS. Satisfactory evidence of construct, content, and convergent validity were determined. Implications for nursing practice include using the PNAS in conjunction with an educational program to enhance advocacy skills, which may help to improve patient outcomes.
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Miranda-Duro, María del Carmen, Laura Nieto-Riveiro, Patricia Concheiro-Moscoso, et al. "Mixed Study on the Impact of a Technology-Based Retirement Preparation Program: Tech-Retired. Protocol Study." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20 (January 1, 2021): 160940692110034. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211003437.
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Background: Despite the increase in the older-adults’ population and recognizing retirement as one of the most changeable life stages, most Spanish people do not perform a retirement preparation program. The adaptation and preparation for retirement are needed to ensure adequate active and healthy aging. Objectives: The study aims to know about the experience with the retirement process of a retired people’s group and understand the impact on their quality-of-life and behavior change of a Personalized Retirement Preparation Program using technological devices. Participants: People retired who have enjoyed paid employment and have never done a preparation program for retirement. Methods: The present study is a mixed design consisting of a Participatory-Action-Research and a quasi-experimental study. The qualitative tools used were semi-structured individual, group interviews, and field diary, and the quantitative tools were the sociodemographic variables sheet and the EuroQol-5D-5 L scale. Action plan development: It was developed with 26 participants divided into three groups, during five presential sessions, and using technological resources. Data analysis: It consists of the comparison pre-post action plan along with analysis of the interview transcriptions with a parallel convergent analysis between qualitative and quantitative data. Ethics: The Research Ethics Committee of Galicia has approved the protocol.
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Vanstone, Meredith, Rebecca H. Correia, Michelle Howard, et al. "How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol." PLOS ONE 18, no. 8 (2023): e0288952. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288952.
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Introduction Pregnant people have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease. They have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 infection control policies, which exacerbated conditions resulting in intimate partner violence, healthcare access, and mental health distress. This project examines the impact of accumulated individual health decisions and describes how perinatal care and health outcomes changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives Quantitative strand: Describe differences between 2019, 2021, and 2022 birth groups related to maternal vaccination, perinatal care, and mental health care. Examine the differential impacts on racialized and low-income pregnant people. Qualitative strand: Understand how pregnant people’s perceptions of COVID-19 risk influenced their decision-making about vaccination, perinatal care, social support, and mental health. Methods and analysis This is a Canadian convergent parallel mixed-methods study. The quantitative strand uses a retrospective cohort design to assess birth group differences in rates of Tdap and COVID-19 vaccination, gestational diabetes screening, length of post-partum hospital stay, and onset of depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, using administrative data from ICES, formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Ontario) and PopulationData BC (PopData) (British Columbia). Differences by socioeconomic and ethnocultural status will also be examined. The qualitative strand employs qualitative description to interview people who gave birth between May 2020- December 2021 about their COVID-19 risk perception and health decision-making process. Data integration will occur during design and interpretation. Ethics and dissemination This study received ethical approval from McMaster University and the University of British Columbia. Findings will be disseminated via manuscripts, presentations, and patient-facing infographics. Trial registration Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov registration number: NCT05663762.
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Stiggelbout, A. M. "Clinical ethical dilemmas: convergent and divergent views of two scholarly communities." Journal of Medical Ethics 32, no. 7 (2006): 381–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.2005.011791.
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Arshinov, V. I., O. A. Grimov, and V. V. Chekletsov. "Cyber-animism: the art of being alive in hybrid society." Philosophical Problems of IT & Cyberspace (PhilIT&C), no. 2 (December 30, 2021): 39–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17726/philit.2021.2.3.
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The boundaries of social acceptance and models of convergence of human and non-human (for example, subjects of artificial intelligence) actors of digital reality are defined.The constructive creative possibilities of convergent processes in distributed neural networks are analyzed from the point of view of possible scenarios for building “friendly” human-dimensional symbioses of natural and artificial intelligence. A comprehensive analysis of new management challenges related to the development of cyber-physical and cybersocial systems is carried out.A model of social organizations and organizational behavior in the conditions of cyberphysical reality is developed.The possibilities of reconciling human moral principles and “machine ethics” in the processes of modeling and managing digital reality are studied. The significance of various concepts of digital, machine and cyber-anymism for the socio-cultural understanding of the development of modern cyber-physical technologies, the anthropological dimension of a smart city is revealed. The article introduces the concept of hybrid society and shows the development of its models as self-organizing collective systems that consist of co-evolving biohybrid and socio-technical spheres. The importance of modern anthropogenic research for sustainable development is analyzed. The process of marking ontological boundaries between heterogeneous modalities in the digital world is investigated. Examples of acute social contexts that are able to set the vector of practical philosophy in the modern digital era are considered.
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Lennox, Robin, Larkin Lamarche, Leslie Martin, et al. "The Second Heart Program—A multidisciplinary team supporting people who inject drugs with infective endocarditis: Protocol of a feasibility study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 10 (2021): e0256839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256839.
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Introduction Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe and highly prevalent infection among people who inject drugs (PWID). While short-term (30-day) outcomes are similar between PWID and non-PWID, the long-term outcomes among PWID after IE are poor, with 1-year mortality rates in excess of 25%. Novel clinical interventions are needed to address the unique needs of PWID with IE, including increasing access to substance use treatment and addressing structural barriers and social determinants of health. Methods and analysis PWID with IE will be connected to a multidisciplinary team that will transition with them from hospital to the community. The six components of the Second Heart Team are: (1) peer support worker with lived experience, (2) systems navigator, (3) addiction medicine physician, (4) primary care physician, (5) infectious diseases specialist, (6) cardiovascular surgeon. A convergent mixed-methods study design will be used to test the feasibility of this intervention. We will concurrently collect quantitative and qualitative data and ‘mix’ at the interpretation stage of the study to answer our research questions. Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (Project No. 7012). Results will be presented at national and international conferences and submitted for publication in a scientific journal. Clinical trail registrarion Trial registration number: ISRCTN14968657 https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN14968657.
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Khoo, Su-Ming, Jani Haapakoski, Meeri Hellstén, and Joanne Malone. "Moving from interdisciplinary research to transdisciplinary educational ethics: Bridging epistemological differences in researching higher education internationalization(s)." European Educational Research Journal 18, no. 2 (2018): 181–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474904118781223.
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This article begins with the proposition that inter- and transdisciplinarity offer an important methodological grounding for collaborative HE research addressing complex agendas such as HE internationalization. Internationalization acts as a figure for the ‘troubled’ nature of higher education; hence we begin with the larger problem, discussing the current crises of disciplinary knowledge as the background question. We set out a framework for understanding and conceptualizing inter- and transdisciplinarity as a meta-theoretical approach that problematizes reductive and disciplinary approaches, in favour of research and analytical strategies which can work with, and across, differences. To work further through and operationalize different possibilities offered by inter-and transdisciplinary approaches to HE internationalizations, we discuss the use of tools such as social cartography to do ‘bridging work’ across different disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds and contexts. A non-formal practitioner–collaborator project is discussed to highlight emergent dimensions of collaboration that might otherwise be overlooked. Inter- and transdisciplinarity are not pre-specified specialized ‘methods’ but, rather, are orientations that may take reductive, convergent, divergent or emergent pathways. Inter- and transdisciplinarity can perhaps be best treated as a problematizing and open-ended methodological approach that foregrounds plurality and contestation, orienting research frameworks towards inclusiveness, tensions, unpredictability and complexity.
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Honarmand, Kimia, Ian Ball, Matthew Weiss, et al. "Cardiac donation after circulatory determination of death: protocol for a mixed-methods study of healthcare provider and public perceptions in Canada." BMJ Open 10, no. 7 (2020): e033932. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033932.
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IntroductionCardiac transplantation remains the best treatment for patients with end-stage heart disease that is refractory to medical or device therapies, however, a major challenge for heart transplantation is the persistent discrepancy between the number of patients on waiting lists and the number of available hearts. While other countries (eg, UK, Australia and Belgium) have explored and implemented alternative models of transplantation, such as cardiac donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) to alleviate transplantation wait times, ethical concerns have hindered implementation in some countries. This study aims to explore the attitudes and opinions of healthcare providers and the public about cardiac DCDD in order to identify and describe opportunities and challenges in ensuring that proposed cardiac DCDD procedures in Canada are consistent with Canadian values and ethical norms.Methods and analysisThis study will include two parts that will be conducted concurrently. Part 1 is a qualitative study consisting of semi-structured interviews with Canadian healthcare providers who routinely care for organ donors and/or transplant recipients to describe their perceptions about cardiac DCDD. Part 2 is a convergent parallel mixed-methods design consisting of a series of focus groups and follow-up surveys with members of the Canadian general public to describe their perceptions about cardiac DCDD.Ethics and disseminationThis study has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at Western University. The findings will be presented at regional and national conferences and reported in peer-reviewed publications.
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Branger, Camille, Megan E. O’Connell, and Shelley Peacock. "Protocol for a meta-integration: investigating positive aspects of caregiving in dementia." BMJ Open 8, no. 7 (2018): e021215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021215.
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IntroductionThe current work describes the protocol for a meta-integration investigating the positive aspects of providing care to someone living with dementia. We aim to understand the position of positive aspects in the caregiver experience as well as identify how positive aspects are commonly conceptualised, investigated and measured in literature.Methods and analysesMeta-integration is a method of investigation that synthesises findings from meta-analysis or systematic review of quantitative studies and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies, to provide a coherent and holistic account of a phenomenon. As a relatively new method, terminology and methodological approaches are varied. The current work describes the process of conducting an advanced convergent meta-integration, including protocol for systematic search, inclusion/exclusion screening phases, intramethod analysis synthesis and intermethod synthesis on quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research pertaining to the positive aspects of providing care to someone living with dementia.Ethics and disseminationThere are no ethics or safety concerns about dissemination, which includes plans for a conference presentation and publication.
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King, Nancy M. P. "Nanomedicine First-in-Human Research: Challenges for Informed Consent." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 40, no. 4 (2012): 823–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2012.00710.x.
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First-in-human (FIH) research has several characteristics that require special attention with respect to ethics and human subjects protections. At least some nanomedical technologies may also have characteristics that merit special attention in clinical research, as other papers in this symposium show. This paper considers how to address these characteristics in the consent form and process for FIH nanomedicine research, focusing principally on experimental nanotherapeutic interventions but also considering nanodiagnostic interventions.It is essential, as a starting point, to recognize that the consent form and process are by no means the primary protectors of human subjects (although they are sometimes so regarded). Instead, consideration of the form and content of informed consent becomes relevant only after a clinical trial has been reviewed and deemed scientifically and ethically acceptable.Two convergent types of challenges to informed consent are posed by nanomedicine FIH research. First, some issues appear generally applicable to FIH research, but have specific nanomedicine implications.
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Chicoine, Gabrielle, José Côté, Jacinthe Pepin, et al. "Impact of a videoconferencing educational programme for the management of concurrent disorders on nurses’ competency development and clinical practice: protocol for a convergent mixed methods study." BMJ Open 11, no. 3 (2021): e042875. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042875.
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IntroductionExtension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO©) is an innovative model for continuing professional development that uses videoconferencing technology to support and train general practitioners remotely. The model has been replicated to a variety of settings and locations for capacity building in healthcare professionals caring for patients with chronic and complex health conditions. Limited research has been conducted so far on the impact of ECHO in the field of concurrent mental health and substance use disorders (ie, concurrent disorders (CDs)). Therefore, this mixed methods study aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of an ECHO programme impact for CD management on nurses’ competency development and clinical practice.Methods and analysisThe proposed mixed methods study, based on a convergent parallel design, will be conducted in the province of Quebec, Canada, to collect, analyse and interpret quantitative (QUAN) and qualitative (QUAL) data from a specific ECHO Program on CDs. In the QUAN component, an observational prospective cohort study will be conducted over a 12-month period. All nurses who participated in the programme between 2018 and 2020 and who consent to research will be recruited to collect data on the extent of their learning and practice outcomes at three time points. Alongside the surveys, nurses will be invited to participate in individual semistructured interviews. In-depth QUAL data will be subjected to a thematic analysis and will assist in exploring how and in which conditions nurses developed and mobilised their competencies in clinical practice. A comparison-of-results strategy will be used in the final integration component of the study.Ethics and disseminationThis study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Université de Montréal Hospital Center (#19.295) and the Université de Montréal Ethics Committee (CERSES-20–017 R). We aim to disseminate the findings through international academic conferences, international peer-reviewed journals and professional media.
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Baillargeon, Dany, Alexandre Coutant, Marie-Eve Carignan, Elyse Dionne, and Mikaëlle Tourigny. "Confrontations et convergences éthiques entre marketing et information autour de la publicité native." Revue Communication & professionnalisation, no. 5 (December 5, 2017): 28–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.14428/rcompro.vi5.863.
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La perméabilité de la division information/publicité dans les salles de rédaction fait récursivement l’objet de débats au sein de l’industrie journalistique. Mus par des logiques différentes, univers marketing et journalistique sont supposés se prémunir de toute influence mutuelle. L’arrivée des plateformes socio numériques, l’éclatement du modèle économique des médias d’information et l’irritation face à l’intrusion publicitaire et les stratégies de blocage encouragent de nouveaux chevauchements, dont la publicité native (PN). Les différentes justifications ou critiques de cette technique controversée constituent une entrée pour analyser le rapport à l’éthique des deux professions, journalisme et marketing. Cette communication propose d’interroger ce phénomène par une double analyse. D’abord en repérant dans le discours des professionnels du marketing et de l’information les différentes rationalités entourant l’utilisation, ou non, de la PN. Ces rationalités sont ensuite adossées aux codes, chartes et guides déontiques. Au final, nous arguons que les guides actuels sont insuffisants pour encadrer le bouleversement professionnel qu’engendre la PN, entre autres sous la force de tensions séculaires, mais fortement bousculées par des rationalités convergentes. Ce paradoxe semble se solder par l’arrivée d’un nouveau type de professionnel, le producteur de contenu. Nous ouvrons quelques pistes pour explorer plus avant cette transformation professionnelle.
 Mots Clés : publicité native, journalisme, analyse de discours, éthique
 The porousness of the information/advertising division in newsrooms is a recursive topic of debate in the journalism industry. With their distinct logics, the worlds of marketing and journalism are supposed to guard against any mutual influence, as enshrined in ethical codes and charters. But the rise of social media platforms, the fragmentation of the economic model of the news media, the irritation of advertising intrusion, and the ad blocking software are encouraging new overlaps, one being native advertising (NA). The various justifications or criticisms of this controversial technique constitute for us the entry point to analyze the ethics of both journalism and marketing in regard of NA. First, we identify, within the discourse of both marketing and information professionals, the different rationalities surrounding the use or non use of NA. These rationalities are then compared to codes, charters and deontic guides in use. In the end, we argue that the current guides are insufficient to frame the professional upheaval that NA generates, under the force of deep-rooted tensions, now strongly shaken by convergent economical rationalities. This paradox seems to result in the arrival of a new type of professional, the content producer. We open up some avenues to explore this professional transformation further.
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Grudniewicz, Agnes, Allie Peckham, David Rudoler, et al. "Primary care for individuals with serious mental illness (PriSMI): protocol for a convergent mixed methods study." BMJ Open 12, no. 9 (2022): e065084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065084.
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IntroductionPeople with serious mental illness (SMI) have poor health outcomes, in part because of inequitable access to quality health services. Primary care is well suited to coordinate and manage care for this population; however, providers may feel ill-equipped to do so and patients may not have the support and resources required to coordinate their care. We lack a strong understanding of prevention and management of chronic disease in primary care among people with SMI as well as the context-specific barriers that exist at the patient, provider and system levels. This mixed methods study will answer three research questions: (1) How do primary care services received by people living with SMI differ from those received by the general population? (2) What are the experiences of people with SMI in accessing and receiving chronic disease prevention and management in primary care? (3) What are the experiences of primary care providers in caring for individuals with SMI?Methods and analysisWe will conduct a concurrent mixed methods study in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, including quantitative analyses of linked administrative data and in-depth qualitative interviews with people living with SMI and primary care providers. By comparing across two provinces, each with varying degrees of mental health service investment and different primary care models, results will shed light on individual and system-level factors that facilitate or impede quality preventive and chronic disease care for people with SMI in the primary care setting.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the University of Ottawa Research Ethics Board and partner institutions. An integrated knowledge translation approach brings together researchers, providers, policymakers, decision-makers, patient and caregiver partners and knowledge users. Working with this team, we will develop policy-relevant recommendations for improvements to primary care systems that will better support providers and reduce health inequities.
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An, Ekaterina, Alyssa Tilly, Kenneth Mah, et al. "Protocol for the development and multisite validation of the Quality of Dying and Death-Revised Global Version scale." BMJ Open 12, no. 7 (2022): e064508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064508.
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IntroductionEvaluating the quality of dying and death is essential to ensure high-quality end-of-life care. The Quality of Dying and Death (QODD) scale is the best-validated measure of the construct, but many items are not relevant to participants, particularly in low-resource settings. The aim of this multisite cross-sectional study is to develop and validate the QODD-Revised Global Version (QODD-RGV), to enhance ease of completion and relevance in higher-resource and lower-resource settings.Methods and analysisThis study will be a two-arm, multisite evaluation of the cultural relevance, reliability and validity of the QODD-RGV across four participating North American hospices and a palliative care site in Malawi, Africa. Bereaved caregivers and healthcare providers of patients who died at a participating North American hospice and bereaved caregivers of patients who died of cancer at the Malawian palliative care site will complete the QODD-RGV and validation measures. Cognitive interviews with subsets of North American and Malawian caregivers will assess the perceived relevance of the scale items. Psychometric evaluations will include internal consistency and convergent and concurrent validity.Ethics and disseminationThe North American arm received approval from the University Health Network Research Ethics Board (21-5143) and the University of North Carolina Institutional Review Board (21-1172). Ethics approval for the Malawi arm is being obtained from the University of North Carolina Institutional Review Board and the Malawian National Health Science Research Committee. Study findings will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.
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Foster, Emma, Alison Conquest, Chris Ewart, et al. "Validation of the Seizure-Related Impact Assessment Scale (SERIAS): a study protocol." BMJ Open 14, no. 6 (2024): e083929. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-083929.
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IntroductionThis study aims to validate the Seizure-Related Impact Assessment Scale (SERIAS). This novel patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) compares the ‘trade-off’ between seizures and treatment-related adverse effects, and measures epilepsy disability qualitatively and quantitively. It fills an important gap in PROMs for epilepsy clinical trials and practice.Methods and analysisAdults with epileptologist-confirmed epilepsy from two Australian Epilepsy Centres are being recruited. People with functional seizures, or who are unable to self-complete English-language validated instruments are excluded. Participants providing informed consent are invited to complete questionnaires at baseline, 3 and 6 months later. SERIAS includes five questions that ask about the number of days per month that seizures or treatment-related adverse effects partially or fully impact work/home/school and family/social/non-work activities, as well as a visual analogue scale regarding epilepsy-related disability. SERIAS is completed alongside seven internationally validated instruments measuring treatment-related adverse effects, mood disorders and quality of life. Target recruitment is n=100, ensuring>50 people complete all questionnaires at all timepoints. Comprehensive psychometric analysis will be performed. Convergent validity will be investigated using bivariate correlations with relevant measures. Reliability will be investigated using Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega and test–retest correlation coefficients. SERIAS will be a novel PROM for epilepsy clinical trials and practice.Ethics and disseminationMultisite ethics approval was granted by the Alfred Health Ethics Committee (HREC 17/23). Results of this study will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific conferences.Trial registration numberACTRN12623000599673.
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Grebenshchikova, Elena. "NBIC-Convergence and Technoethics." International Journal of Technoethics 7, no. 1 (2016): 77–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijt.2016010106.
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Technoethics is a new, but rapidly developing field of ethical reflection of technoscience. It can claim to unite the various ethical projections of the science and technology development in a common approach. One of the starting points of understanding this role of technoethics may be NBIC-convergence. The ethical dimensions of the NBIC-projects is represented in these sub-areas of applied ethics as a nanoethics, bioethics, neuroethics and ICT ethics. In this article particular attention is paid to the biomedical field, which is a prime example of innovative high technology, as well as the interaction of different types of ethics.
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Batool, Waseema, Muhammad Zulqarnain, Dr Shahid Ali Durrani, Ansar Ali Faraz, Sahibzadi Sidrat ul Muntaha, and Dr Osama Ali. "The Role of AI in Shaping the Future of University Teaching and Learning." ACADEMIA International Journal for Social Sciences 4, no. 2 (2025): 59–83. https://doi.org/10.63056/acad.004.02.0105.
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The Future of University Teaching and Learning: Exploring the Transformative Potential of AI The discussions further revolved around the increased integration of AI technologies—such as adaptive learning systems, intelligent tutoring systems as well as learning analytics—into higher-echelons of education, which pledge to transform pedagogical practices and institutional operations alike. Utilizing a convergent parallel mixed-methods design, this study integrated quantitative survey data with qualitative case studies (N = 300 university stakeholders) to assess AI’s influence on personalized instructor feedback, curriculum compliance, student engagement, and administrative efficiency. Based on the survey results, most respondents agree that AI provides greater personalization of learning experiences and helps facilitate innovative ways of teaching, especially by identifying at-risk students earlier. However, respondents also highlighted major barriers, including inadequate infrastructure, a lack of training for faculty, and ethical issues around data privacy and algorithmic bias. Qualitative results contextualize these challenges and point to the urgent necessity for extensive faculty development, strong policy frameworks, and sustainable investments in digital infrastructure. Not only is this new research adding to the rich body of scholarship on digital transformation in higher education, but it also provides pragmatic directions on integrating AI on-campus. This paper summarizes the Path Towards a Responsible AI Approach, which encourages developers in advancing AI in a controlled manner to use its advantages meanwhile addressing the problem of ethics and the operational complexity in the AI applications to create a future more adaptive educational environment.
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Oh, Jihyang. "Exploring AI Literacy Competency Elements in Music Education." Educational Research Institute 44, no. 2 (2024): 367–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.34245/jed.44.2.367.
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This study examines the direction of AI literacy education in music education in the context where the concept of AI literacy is being discussed and the necessity of AI education is being emphasized. To this end, the conceptual meaning and competency elements of AI literacy were reviewed through literature analysis on AI literacy, and the AI literacy competency elements required for music education were derived. The AI literacy competencies in music education were proposed as follows: first, expanding musical perspective and insight through understanding AI, second, expressive and communicative ability through AI, third, creative and convergent media utilization through AI learning experience, and fourth, AI ethics competency that can responsibly and ethically utilize AI tools in various music activities. The AI literacy competency elements suggest directions on what content and level should be focused on when including AI in music classes, and the significance of this study can be found in that it provided basic data for understanding the essential 'AI literacy’ technology and its contents required in music education.
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Caetano, Joselany Áfio, Hérica Alves Vasconcelos, and Marli Teresinha Gimeniz Galvão. "Nursing process applied to a client post-angioplasty: assistential convergent study." Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line 5, no. 9 (2011): 2220. http://dx.doi.org/10.5205/reuol.1262-12560-1-le.0509201120.
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ABSTRACT Objective: to apply nursing care systemization to a client submitted to angioplasty with placement of coronary stents in the light of King’s Theory of Goal Attainment. Method: convergent care research, carried out at the patient’s home. The following Nursing Diagnoses were elaborated and the interventions are proposed according to the connection between NANDA, NIC and NOC. The project was previously approved by the Research Ethics committee from University Federal do Ceará, under no protocol 61/08. Results: the nursing diagnoses: imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements, impaired physical mobility, activity intolerance, chronic sadness, disturbed sleep patterns, self-care deficit control and ineffective family therapeutic regimen. the goals were: To obtain an adequate diet and fluid intake; Perform physical exercise safely and social interaction activities; Try and decrease dependence on the medication and adjust sleep times; Facilitate the accomplishment of self-care activities. The nursing plan attained a majority of the established goals, even if partially, which was expected in view of the proposed goals and implementation time. Conclusion: the use of Nursing Diagnoses is a technology needed for daily nursing care, as it permits comprehensive care and is relevant in home treatment, with an emphasis on health promotion.Descriptors: nursing process; nursing theory; coronary disease; care.RESUMO Objetivo: implementar a sistematização da assistência de enfermagem a um cliente submetido à angioplastia com colocação de stents coronarianos à luz da Teoria de Alcance de Metas de King. Método: pesquisa convergente-assistencial, realizada em um domicílio de Fortaleza, em 2010. Elaboraram-se os Diagnósticos de Enfermagem e propôs intervenções, segundo a ligação entre NANDA, NIC e NOC. O projeto foi previamente aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Universidade Federal do Ceará, sob nº de protocolo 61/08. Resultados: os diagnósticos de enfermagem: nutrição desequilibrada: menos do que as necessidades corporais, mobilidade física prejudicada, intolerância à atividade, tristeza crônica, padrão do sono perturbado, déficit no autocuidado e controle familiar ineficaz do regime terapêutico. As metas foram: Obter dieta e ingesta hídrica adequada; Realizar as atividades físicas e atividades de interação social; Tentar diminuir a dependência do medicamento e ajustar os horários de sono; Facilitar a realização das atividades de autocuidado. O plano de enfermagem alcançou a maioria das metas estabelecidas, mesmo que de forma parcial, fato esperado diante das metas propostas e o tempo de implementação. Conclusão: o uso dos Diagnósticos de Enfermagem é tecnologia necessária ao cotidiano de enfermagem, pois possibilita o cuidado integral e se mostra relevante no tratamento domiciliar, com ênfase na promoção da saúde. Descritores: processo de enfermagem; teoria de enfermagem; coronariopatia; cuidado.RESUMEN Objetivo: implementar la sistematización de la asistencia de enfermería a un cliente sometido a la angioplastia con la colocación de stents coronarianos a la luz de la Teoría de Alcance de Metas de King. Método: investigación convergente asistencial, realizada en un domicilio de Fortaleza, en 2010. Se elaboraron los Diagnósticos de Enfermería y se propuso intervenciones, según la conexión entre NANDA, NIC y NOC. El proyecto fue previamente aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Universidad Federal do Ceará, bajo protocolo 61/08. Resultados: los diagnósticos de enfermería: nutrición desequilibrada: menos que las necesidades corporales, movilidad física perjudicada, intolerancia a la actividad, tristeza crónica, trastornos del sueño, déficit en el autocuidado y control familiar ineficaz del régimen terapéutico. Las metas fueron: Obtener una dieta e ingesta hídrica adecuada; Realizar las actividades físicas y actividades de interacción social; Intentar disminuir la dependencia del medicamento y ajustar los horarios de sueño; Facilitar la realización de las actividades de autocuidado. El plan de enfermería alcanzó la mayoría de las metas establecidas, aunque de forma parcial, hecho esperado delante de las metas propuestas y el tiempo de implementación. Conclusión: el uso del Diagnóstico de Enfermería es tecnología necesaria al cotidiano de enfermería, pues posibilita el cuidado integral y se muestra relevante en el tratamiento domiciliario, con énfasis en la promoción de la salud. Descriptores: proceso de enfermería; teoría de enfermería; coronariopatía; cuidado.
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Mathews, Maria, Rhiannon Lyons, Stewart Harris, et al. "Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design." BMJ Open 14, no. 6 (2024): e088737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088737.
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IntroductionThe growth and complexity of diabetes are exceeding the capacity of family physicians, resulting in the demand for community-based, interprofessional, primary care-led transition clinics. The Primary Care Diabetes Support Programme (PCDSP) in London, Ontario, is an innovative approach to diabetes care for high-risk populations, such as medically or socially complex and unattached patients. In this study, we will employ a quadruple-aim approach to evaluate the health system impacts of the PCDSP.Methods and analysisWe will use multiple methods through a convergent parallel design in this project across five unique studies: a case study, a patient study, a provider study, a complications study and a cost-effectiveness study. The project will be conducted in a dedicated stand-alone clinic specialising in chronic disease management, specifically focusing on diabetes care. Participants will include clinic staff, administrators, family physicians, specialists and patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who received care at the clinic between 2011 and 2023. The project design will define the intervention, support replication at other sites or for other chronic diseases and address each of the quadruple aims and equity. Following the execution of the five individual studies, we will build a business case by integrating the results. Data will be analysed using both qualitative (content analysis and thematic analysis) and quantitative techniques (descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression).Ethics and disseminationWe received approval from the research ethics boards at Western University (reference ID: 2023–1 21 766; 2023–1 22 326) and Lawson Health Research Institute (reference ID: R-23–202). A privacy review was completed by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Corporation. The findings will be shared among PCDSP staff and patients, stakeholders, academic researchers and the public through stakeholder sessions, conferences, peer-reviewed publications, infographics, posters, media interviews, social media and online discussions. For the patient and provider study, all participants will be asked to provide consent and are free to withdraw from the study, without penalty, until the data are combined. Participants will not be identified in any report or presentation except in the case study, for which, given the number of PCDSP providers, we will seek explicit consent to identify them.