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The philanthropy scale: a sociological perspective in measuring new forms of pro social behaviour
Philanthropy re-appears on the public stage. It has become part again of daily life in most
industrialized countries. Growing wealth, uneven distributed, evokes the philanthropic
response. The media attention for donors as Gates and Buffet may proof this. But also the plea
for a âcivil societyâ in Western European welfare states and the founding of the Volunteering
and Charitable Giving Unit in the P.M. Cabinet in the UK (2005) show a shift from state
responsibility into the direction of âmarketâ and âphilanthropyâ. The European Commission
launched December 2007 the âEuropean Forum on Philanthropy and Research Fundingâ.
Giving Campaigns have been started in France and the UK , the release of Clintonâs book
Giving (2007), the fast growth of community foundations and family foundations
(Gouwenberg et al 2007), these facts and actions all show a strong and renewed appearance of
philanthropy in industrialized economies.
Scholars follow and rediscover philanthropy as an interesting domain of research (Bekkers
and Wiepking 2007). They stem from different academic disciplines and cover a wide range
and different aspects of the phenomenon. Psychologists, economists, sociologists,
anthropologists, all strive to discover the underlying incentives, facilitators and motivators of
philanthropic behavior.
These developments at the academia side as well as at the philanthropic practice, amplify each
other. A first question emerges âhow may the appearance of a new kind of philanthropy be
explained?â and âhow may this new kind of philanthropy be defined?â
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Scientific Integrity
The growing attention for scientific integrity is part of a wider culture of professionalization and accountability â which appears to signal that integrity is no longer self-evident as a core value of professional conduct. Examples abound. But what is scientific integrity? Why does it matter? What are the issues, and what is at stake? What do we know about the nature and scope of violations of scientific integrity? In this book, Kees Schuyt explores the concept of integrity, describes various cases of fraud and other types of dishonest behaviour in research practice, and offers a reflective and pragmatic framework for handling transgressions against the rules of academic research. Drawing on a wide variety of historical examples, Schuyt looks into matters ranging from the codification of scientific integrity to the difference between misconduct, questionable practices, and honest errors, and the uses and abuses of the notion of plagiarism. Last but not least, he considers how the norms and values of academic research can best be transmitted to students and new generations of researchers
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