CULTIVATING ETHICAL MINDFULNESS: Using an Activity Theory Framework to Address Ethical Dilemmas in Public Scholarship

Cecile H. Sam, Jarrett T. Gupton

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Abstract

According to Guillemin, McDougall, and Gillam and Guillemin and Gillam, the five key aspects to ethical mindfulness are: being sensitized to ethically important moments, acknowledging these moments as significant, articulating the ethical implications, being reflexive and recognizing standpoints and limitations, and being courageous. This chapter orients academics toward ethical mindfulness in their public scholarship and to provide examples from the field. It conceptualizes public scholarship as a process that results in a product or outcome, rather than as the outcome itself. Before examining the ethics of public scholarship, the chapter helps the readers to acknowledge the difference between procedural ethics and ethics in practice. As the academy continues to produce and socialize more scholars, some who will choose to become engaged in public scholarship, they have to be thoughtful about the ethical implications of their work and the precedents they set.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationEnvisioning Public Scholarship for our Time
Subtitle of host publicationModels for Higher Education Researchers
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages38-50
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781000975901
ISBN (Print)9781620367759
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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