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Law and conscience

A new study shows that students have a very relaxed attitude to cheating: they see it as a preparation for life after college.

At regular intervals, as universities are scolded to offer too theory-heavy training. In many disciplines, including those of business administration and law, the praise of practical training is uttered. However, the influence of the "real life" on the university is more than thought: even in the tests, many students practice act - they cheat. This is confirmed by a survey of 5300 American and Canadian students who are known for academic honesty in America has some cause a stir.

consequence of the in the September issue of the journal Academy of Management Learning and Education (Vol. 5, No. 3) entitled "Academic Dishonesty in Graduate Business Programs: Prevalence, Causes, and Proposed Action "published study, 56 percent of students in economics to have cheated in the last year. For students of technical study was 54 percent, 50 percent of Sports Science and Medicine 49 percent. Among young lawyers, there were only 45 committed per cent who admitted "academic dishonesty" to. Most honest students of humanities and social scientists with a Schummleranteil were only 39 percent.

The divergence of the Schummleranteile raises a number of interesting questions. Do the students of the humanities to higher ethical standards than the business administrators and technicians? Why is that? It about that humanities subjects are in the increased level of sincere interest and less subject chosen from professional considerations? Or are the basis of the examination in the everyday perception solidified impression that this country regularly cheat more than 39 percent of the students, the business students the "most honest"? At least they admit to being dishonest. Particularly significant is the question of whether it is on the practical nature of the study that about economics and technology are to encourage cheating as other subjects.

The directly proportional relationship be cheating the students to practice close to the respective field of study is remarkable. In the study also queried the reasons of the students for their behavior because the practice has also an influential - and problematic - Roll on. One of the reasons the economy students for their behavior was in the belief that cheating constitutes an "accepted practice" in the business world and that they would have without cheating do not succeed professionally. Professor Donald McCabe of Rutgers University, who conducted the study along with Kenneth D. Butterfield, and Linda K. Trevino, summarized the attitude resignation as follows: "What's important is getting the job done. How you get it done is less important. "

Should universities, which are written into the increasingly practical specification will yield to this trend towards goal-orientation of teaching? Yes, it could mean, as the study is not academic end in itself. No, however, is the right answer. The view that "getting the job done" does not relieve from the obligation of an examination of how, contrary to fundamental knowledge and business ethics principles. Corporate Social Responsibility, Fair Trading and sustainability are core concepts of new economic development; Applied to the right to life, led the emphasis of success without regard to the legality and justifiability of the means to a Dictatorship of the objectives. A lawyer has to the best of our knowledge and belief for his client use - but also to the best of conscience. could accept dishonesty in the study as a method lead to sanction the lie as legal equipment.

should push the study in response to such perils, rather less than on more practical? Also this approach would be a mistake. Each study must be prepared for careers, identify dangers, temptations describe, discover opportunities and possibilities open up. If the program provides that dishonesty in business (or in the legal life) is accepted or should be, it's designed wrong. If the study not clear ethical standards are taught, it fails its purpose. Comprising (in) formed by lawyers should not forget that law is more than economic law and that the law can never pick up the conscience. In testing situation to not cheat, is a first step.

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Democracy and its Alternatives

In an interview with U.S. magazine Time Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said when asked whether the involvement of Hezbollah in Lebanon's political process not to the risk that, fundamentalists to lift type: "The risk exists for sure, but there is no alternative to democracy". When that assessment, the one with a winning increasingly important democratic principle in international law bill? Against the background of the military coup in Thailand and the tame response of the EU and the United States an unlimited affirmation is not adequate to reality.

On 19 September the Thai military ousted the elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra. Criticism of Thaksin Shinawatra and his financial transactions, was credible media reports, attached. In a democratic state, however, conflicts are not fought with weapons but with options. The Prime Minister would have the people in a free and fair election must be voted out or prosecuted for an impeachment trial. As the Thai Constitutional Court demonstrated in its cancellation of the early elections to the House of Representatives in April 2006, the Prime Minister of democratic politics questionable actions by other branches of government were eventually offered. With the coup, the generals, however, have brought the Thai people for their voice and the Thai authorities took the opportunity to respond within the existing constitutional arc. If the main interest of the military, as was claimed, a return to "true democracy" - which implies that these perverted by Thaksin Shinawatra was - It is questionable why they dismissed the government and parliament, the Constitution overrides martial law declared and restricted media freedom as well as the activities of political parties.

silence in the West

Given the importance of the principle of democracy and the legitimacy of democratically elected governments around the world would be a clear statement of the international community have been appropriate. This is, however, was omitted.

U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said though, the coup was a "step backwards for Thailand," and Condoleezza Rice described him as a dangerous U-turn "for Southeast Asia (after all, had only a few months tried before Philippine military forces to overthrow President Gloria Arroyo). In addition to general references to a possible suspension of the ongoing negotiations on a free trade zone two weeks were frozen after the coup, 24 million U.S. dollars in military aid. This does not apply are humanitarian assistance (such as HIV / AIDS), the financial support of disease control and cooperation in the fight against terror.

The EU reacted more reserved: the evening of the coup, the Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said in his capacity as EU Council President, that the events from the EU would very much regretted, a return to democracy is necessary without a wait. On 20 September Vanhanen confirmed again should a withdrawal of the military leaders in favor of a democratically elected government and remove the state of emergency without further delay and respect human and civil rights. The call for the threat of sanctions by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, for example by CDU Bundestag Member and development experts Jürgen Klimke was formulated, however, not met.

democracy in international law

is the democracy in international law classified? First, it is clear that international treaties to guarantee human rights protection is not a "right to democracy". However, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ICCPR and the European and American Convention on Human Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on securitize a free and fair elections in its implementation-to-find right to participate in state. Evidence of consistent State practice of participatory rights provides a view of democracy-related activities of international organizations at the universal, regional and subregional levels, it is not considered a coincidence that the correlation within the practice to light coming human rights standards to free and fair elections with those standards, by international election observation missions have been developed.

Meanwhile can therefore be assumed that a right has migrated to political participation as part of free and fair, and periodic general, secret and competitive elections of its contractual fixing to the state practice and the norm has found recognition of customary international law. That is: It is certainly the case for Thailand. The disempowerment of the Prime Minister and one-year postponement of the elections, the military violated the right of the Thai population to democratic participation in free and fair elections.

"guns, crooks, Gold

In the report Voice of America quoted the South-East Asia expert Patricio Abinales of the Kyoto University. She reports that in would won many elections in the region through the voices of "guns, goons and gold". to tread on the path to national unity, which prescribes the Thai military, it has already achieved an improvement: army chief Sonthi Boonyaratklin was in Thailand not by guns, crooks and gold gained power, but only by guns - and to the price of violation of the sovereignty of the Thai population and the international legal principle of democracy. Its weakness, however, must be the international community can be criticized for: Who is silent seems to agree. It had the largest diplomatic conference in the political history together, which came of State and Government at adopted the World Summit of the United Nations of September 2005 with a consensus a final document that contains a clear commitment to human rights, rule of law and democracy: Human rights, rule of law and democracy ", it says there are" interconnected, mutually reinforcing and belong to the universal and indivisible fundamental values and principles of the United Nations . overlook "Without that, after assessment of the Global Survey 2006 the think tank Freedom House only two-thirds of the Member States of the United Nations (122 of 192) democracies is clear that Thailand has adopted for the present from the international community of values.