In order to answer questions about current debate ethics--as compared with the ethics of 1964--and to arrive at a contemporary viewpoint of ethical practices, a questionnaire was sent to forensics directors at 1440 colleges and universities and 376 high school directors. A list of fifty debate practices was compiled, thirty-five from the 1964…

A June 21, 1973, Supreme Court ruling yielded jurisdiction in matters of obscenity to individual communities and the decision as to what is prurient to"contemporary community standards." This ruling leaves the courts in the powerful position of surgeon, judge, film critic, and arbiter of community taste. An analysis of past court cases…

A conflict exists between the rights of students to privacy and the needs of college and/or others to obtain information about them. This conflict is prevalent in social work graduate schools, and centers around the following issues: (1) what information is obtained, (2) where it is obtained, (3) where and how it is kept, (4) whom requests what…

Among the functions of the Commission on Professional Rights and Responsibilities of the NEA is the investigation of cases of alleged unethical conduct by members of the teaching profession. The rules of procedure for investigations presented in this document are intended to assure all parties in a conflict of their individual rights of procedural…

Guidance is provided in this instructional bulletin for study by gifted pupils of a series of books related to the central theme, The Development of Strong Moral Character Through Overcoming Adversity. The books selected provide opportunities for the examination of moral and spiritual values. The instructional materials developed and books…

This paper presents a six-stage model for sexual decision making which is based on six questions, each of which represents a point at which a decision must be made. The six questions are: (1) intercourse or no intercourse; (2) children or no children; (3) birth control or no birth control; (4) delivery or abortion; (5) keep the child or give it…

This publication contains three articles centered on the theme of philosophy and rhetoric. In the first article, "Rhetorical Probability and the Search For Truth," Ruth McGaffey submits that in a free society, decision-making is more often than not based on probability, the subject matter of rhetoric, rather than certainty. Robert F. Holton in the…

Theories and practices of social scientists in relation to cultural change are described and evaluated. The first section considers psychology's emerging ethics, reviewing the work of Maslow, Fromm, and Money-Kyrle. Part II presents and considers some claims that specific cultures are maladaptive or sick, according to varying standards, and Part…

Many teachers attempt to ignore value questions in the social studies classroom, emphasizing intellectual development alone. Through actions and selection of topics and materials, however, a teacher suggests that he believes in certain ideas and events and, therefore, teaches values. The key issue here is not whether values should be taught, but…

AN EXPERIMENT TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INCREASES IN SELF-ACCEPTANCE RESULTING FROM SENSITIVITY TRAINING HAVE THE THEORETICALLY PREDICTABLE BUT INDIRECT EFFECT OF REDUCING RACE PREJUDICE. THERE WERE 50 VOLUNTEERS, AGED FROM 23 TO 59, 8 OF WHOM WERE NEGROES. MOST HAD AT LEAST A B.S. DEGREE. THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR 2 WEEKS MEETING IN FIVE T GROUPS,…

Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Scale, Gilligan, et al.'s Sexual Moral Judgment Scale, Maitland and Goldman's Objective Moral Judgment Scale, and Hogan's Maturity of Moral Judgment Scale were examined for reliability and inter-scale relationships. All measures except the Objective Moral Judgment Scale had good reliabilities. The obtained relations…

Strategies for conducting moral discussions in the classroom are provided. (DE)

This article contains the essential portions of a study which conducted an international survey of codes of ethics adopted, or under review, by national or international professional organizations of social scientists with regard to research. A publication of Unesco, the journal is available from Unesco, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris, France.…