The ethics associated with the use of power by school administrators are discussed. Certain power tactics are analyzed and questioned in relation to ethical issues. The analysis is based on the belief that the guiding principles for leadership are transactional, not coercive or charismatic, and that power needs to be used with respect. (MD)

Explores purposes of literacy education, ranging from the political imperatives of governments to the goals of literacy campaigns to the reasons why people want to be literate. (SK)

The effect of the employment of professors by nonacademic enterprises is examined. (Editor)

Provides conceptual analyses of mind control techniques along with practical advice on how to resist these techniques. The authors stress that effective mind control stems more from everyday social relations than from exotic technological gimmicks. Suggestions are given for resisting persuasion, resisting systems, and challenging the system.…

Although women have a very similar occupational prestige distribution to that of men, women's incomes are vastly lower than men's, and they seldom have the power to supervise or otherwise control a man's work. (Author)

Studied 63 retirement community residents with living wills to determine whether more specific planning for, and control over, their dying process would decrease their anxiety about death. Experimental group received counseling and completed questionnaire regarding specific treatments, proxy decision making, and related questions. Mean death…

Examined factors correlated with amount of husband's participation in domestic work, using data from sample of married couples (N=3,649). Found spouses' earnings, work status, sex-role orientations, their power relationship, and the interaction between power and sex-role orientations were related to the husband's relative share in domestic work.…

Considers ethical dilemmas inherent in health care decision making and in patients' advance directives. Describes PRACTICE (patient, relationships, advocacy, conflicts, treatment/nontreatment options, interests, consequences, ethical principles) model which allows health care practitioners to think about ethical issues in structured and systematic…

Used National Center for Health Statistics Compressed Mortality data to perform age-specific analysis of linear trends in suicide. Found males aged 65+ years were most likely to use firearms. In 1988, nearly 80% of suicides by older males were committed with firearms. Firearm-related suicide rates were much lower for blacks than whites 65 and…

Examined data from national probability sample of individuals (n=244) who date to investigate thesis that individuals act to increase their level of control over others in those stages of dating relationships where control over situation has been threatened or disturbed by others either because of high conflict or lack of perspective taking.…

This paper deals with the highly personal way an individual makes sense of the world in a way that avoids the pitfalls of the so-called private language. For Wittgenstein following a rule can never mean just following another rule, though we do follow rules blindly. His idea of the "form of life" elicits that "what we do" refers to what we have…

Objectives: This study tests the efficacy of a preadmission, educational interview on advance directives, in this case, health care proxies (HCPs) offered to elective, orthopedic patients. Method: Using a quasi-experimental design, participants (n = 54) are assigned to either treatment group (who received the educational interview, conducted by a…

During May 2006 a group of teaching assistants were asked a series of questions about their opinions of morality, power and leadership to inform a conference on this topic funded by the three bodies involved in educational leadership (BELMAS, BERA and SCRELM). This article investigates how teaching assistants perceive the location of power within…

A decade ago, before the tech boom collapsed and the digital economy bubble burst, it seemed to some that issues surrounding information technology (IT) might be central to the politics of the early 21st century. But after September 11, 2001, with so much else on everyone's minds, "digital politics" seemed a boring sideshow. Technocrats,…