ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND ACADEMIC CHARISMA OF THE SCIENTIST: VALUES OF OPENNESS AND TRUST
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https://doi.org/10.17721/sophia.2023.22.17Keywords:
science, scientist, academic integrity, academic charisma, trust, ethos of science, scientific creativityAbstract
The features of the connection between academic integrity and academic charisma of a scientist are considered. The question is topical in modern society because, on the one hand, scientific and educational institutions, especially universities, are increasingly competing in the scientific field. On the other hand, scientific achievements require social approval and social acceptability.
The ethos of science is comprehended, including its system of norms and values that regulate the activities of the scientific community, unite it into a whole, and establish connections with society. A high degree of trust in society towards the profession of a scientist and its reasons are demonstrated. It is revealed that the requirement to adhere to the values of scientific research – openness, objectivity, honesty, and solidarity – is possible only with the responsible attitude of scientists to defining criteria for proper research behavior and adequate response to violations of virtues. The principles of academic integrity are considered in this understanding.
At the same time, it is shown that science is a personal activity that requires concentration and individual self-immersion. Academic charisma is defined as the scientist's ability to make personal discoveries arising in a co-creative communicative space that includes the past, present, and future. The presence of academic charismatics in the educational and scientific space enlivens academic integrity, overcoming its formal and even self-repressive nature.
It is demonstrated that the path of a true scientist lies in moving from academic integrity, where one studies the previous tradition and honestly finds one's place among existing directions, to academic charisma, where there is an opportunity to create one's own direction and school. The academic charisma of a teacher, their immersion in the process of their own scientific creativity, inspires their students and followers to their own creativity. As a result, academic integrity becomes not something external and repressive but an internal core of a young scientist resonating with the need and ability to create in scientific activities.
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