The intent of this document is not to provide a list of ironclad rules, or a systematic code of conduct, along with prescribed penalties for infractions, that will automatically apply in all situations and govern all eventualities. Similarly, the intent is not to contradict the concept of academic freedom, but rather to describe ways in which academic freedom can be exercised in a responsible m...

This article explores academic freedom as it relates to scholarly publishing. While most discussions of a human right focus on threats individuals’ personal safety and careers, we open this out include the ‘soft repression’ that is possible encounter during publication process, its potential impact record. An overview given some ethical issues encountered by editors publishers working with auth...

On 26 February 2001, Ted Steele was summarily dismissed from his tenured post of Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wollongong, following his contentious public comments about ‘soft marking,’ namely lower standards especially for full-fee-paying foreign students. The dismissal sparked a huge outcry in academic circles and beyond, where it was widel...

Purpose This paper aims to confront some of the many facets academic freedom as a whole, including shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship politics Arab society and relevance these issues within local political domains. It attempts profile problems hindering societal progress beyond seemingly defined truth. While this subject has facets, article only examines scope knowledge inq...