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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author SADLAK, Jan
Title Academic freedom, innovation, and responsibility : towards an "Ethical GPS" in higher education and science / Sadlak, Jan ; Ratajczak, Henryk
Publication year 2004
Source/Footnote In: Higher education in Europe. - 29 (2004) 4, S. 433 - 438
Inventory number 19049
Keywords Wissenschaft : Ethik in der Wissenschaft ; Wissenschaft : allgemein
Abstract In lieu of the usual ?From the Editors? piece, Jan Sadlak, Director of UNESCO-CEPES, and Henryk Ratajczak, Vice-President of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EAASH), describe below the scope and highlights of the International Conference on Ethical and Moral Dimensions for Higher Education and Science in Europe, held in Bucharest on 2?5 September 2004. The articles in this issue, some of which are drawn from Conference presentations, are also introduced here. The Conference was organized by the above two organizations, in collaboration with the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo and the Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences of UNESCO in Paris. It took place under the joint high patronage of Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, and Mr. Ion Iliescu, President of Romania, and received further distinction in the form of special messages from Pope John Paul II, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, and Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO. All Conference documents can be accessed on the UNESCO-CEPES website. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)