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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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From Regulation to Virtue: A Critique of Ethical Formalism in Research Organizations
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Atkinson, Timothy N.; Butler, Jesse W. – Journal of Research Administration, 2012
The following article argues that the research compliance system has some flaws that should be addressed, particularly with regard to excessive emphasis of and reliance upon formal regulations in research administration. Ethical formalism, understood here as the use of formal rules for the determination of behavior, is not an optimal perspective…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Administration, Compliance (Legal), Administrative Organization
The Dimensions of Influence on Research Administrator Behavior: Toward a Theoretical Model of Research Administration as a Public Service Profession
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Atkinson, Timothy N.; Gilleland, Diane S.; Barrett, T. Gregory – Journal of Research Administration, 2007
As the Society of Research Administrators International enters its 40th anniversary, it will become necessary to critically evaluate the state of the research administration profession to chart new directions and new ideas, and to solidify our educational, professional and scholarly agendas for the future. What follows is a critical synthesis and…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Administrator Behavior, Public Service, Models