A Minimum Ethics Standard for Public-Facing Communication Borrowing Scholarly Authority
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| author | Shiraishi, Kenjiro |
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| contents | <p>This preprint proposes a minimum ethics standard for public-facing communication that borrows scholarly authority. It argues that the central problem is not misinformation alone, but the normalization of authoritative claims without visible accountability. In contemporary public-facing environments, social media influencers, commercially oriented media, professional commentators, institutional outlets, seminars, lectures, educational programs, and AI-assisted or AI-generated content can all shape public understanding while operating without norms comparable to those expected in scholarly publishing.</p> <p>The paper argues that communication drawing on the language, authority, or appearance of scholarship should not be treated as ethically exempt once it leaves formal academic publishing. Rather than proposing full scholarly governance for all public communication, it advances a more limited and practical framework built around four elements: disclosure of competing interests, visible pathways for correction and public critique, indication of evidentiary status, and brief statements of scope and limitations.</p> <p>The paper further reframes the issue as a broader structural problem of authority without accountability, and connects it to questions of epistemic injustice, public trust, and the ethical conditions under which authority should circulate in open communication environments.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | A Minimum Ethics Standard for Public-Facing Communication Borrowing Scholarly Authority Shiraishi, Kenjiro Epistemic accountability Authority without accountability Public-facing communication Conflicts of interest Epistemic injustice <p>This preprint proposes a minimum ethics standard for public-facing communication that borrows scholarly authority. It argues that the central problem is not misinformation alone, but the normalization of authoritative claims without visible accountability. In contemporary public-facing environments, social media influencers, commercially oriented media, professional commentators, institutional outlets, seminars, lectures, educational programs, and AI-assisted or AI-generated content can all shape public understanding while operating without norms comparable to those expected in scholarly publishing.</p> <p>The paper argues that communication drawing on the language, authority, or appearance of scholarship should not be treated as ethically exempt once it leaves formal academic publishing. Rather than proposing full scholarly governance for all public communication, it advances a more limited and practical framework built around four elements: disclosure of competing interests, visible pathways for correction and public critique, indication of evidentiary status, and brief statements of scope and limitations.</p> <p>The paper further reframes the issue as a broader structural problem of authority without accountability, and connects it to questions of epistemic injustice, public trust, and the ethical conditions under which authority should circulate in open communication environments.</p> |
| title | A Minimum Ethics Standard for Public-Facing Communication Borrowing Scholarly Authority |
| topic | Epistemic accountability Authority without accountability Public-facing communication Conflicts of interest Epistemic injustice |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19554426 |