Research ethics in Japanese higher education: Faculty attitudes and cultural mediation

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-195

  MacFarlane, Bruce ^a   Saitoh, Yoshiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Research ethics, Personal values, Cultural mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349169786     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-008-9065-9     Document Type: Article

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