The Political Import of Intrinsic Objections to Genetically Engineered Food

Many people object to genetically engineerehd (GE) food because they believe that it is unnatural or that its creation amounts to playing God. These objections are often referred to as intrinsic objections, and they have been widely criticized in the agricultural bioethics literature as being unsound, incompatible with modern science, religious, inchoate, and based on emotion instead of reason. Many of their critics also argue that even if these objections did have some merit as ethicalobjections, their quasi-religious nature means that they are entirely irrelevant when interpreted aspolitical objections regarding what public policy ought to be. In this paper, we argue that this widespread view is false. Intrinsic objections have much more political import than has previously been recognized, and indeed the requirements of political liberalism and its associated idea of liberal neutrality, once properly understood, protect intrinsic objections from many of the most common objections. That is, policy-makers may not legitimately base public policy on grounds that are inconsistent with intrinsic objections, even when they believe those objections to be flawed in the ways mentioned above. This means that in the context of a political debate about GE food, the discussion should not center on the substantive merits of the intrinsic objections themselves but rather on the appropriate political norms for achieving democratically legitimate policy on issues that touch people’s deepest religious and moral beliefs.     

“四坚持”探析激发村民参与环境整治内生动力

当前,距离2020年实现农业农村污染治理攻坚战目标的时间不到两年,我国农村环境整治工作仍面临着资金投入空缺较大、村民内生动力不足等突出问题。本文在明确激发农民内生动力的意义和必要性后,全面分析了当前农村环境整治形势,深刻阐述了村民参与环境整治的制约因素,并分别从事权划分、推进方式、奖惩机制和思想意识四方面,提出了激发村民内生动力助力农村污染治理攻坚战的对策建议。     

How does the social context fuel the proactive fire? A multilevel review and theoretical synthesis

The role of social context (e.g., leadership, team climate, and organizational support) in shaping employee proactive behavior has received considerable attention and has been investigated across multiple forms of proactive behavior. However, the research has not been well integrated. In this review, we adopt a multilevel approach to synthesize what is known about how social context factors influence employees' proactive behavior, as well as what mechanisms underpin these effects. Our analyses show that leader‐, team‐, and organization‐related social context factors mainly influence employee proactivity through shaping “reason to,” “can do,” and “energized to” states (i.e., proactive motivational states) via individual‐, team‐, and cross‐level processes. That has been most frequently investigated is the effect of the discretionary social context, particularly leadership, on proactive behavior. We also review the interaction effects between social context factors and other factors on employee proactive behavior and found inconsistent support for the motivational‐fit perspective that stimuli with the same directions enhance each other's effect. We offer a research agenda to advance theoretical insights on this important topic.     

川煤达竹公司本质安全型煤矿建设探讨

本质安全型矿井的建设是促进煤矿安全生产的有效措施。川煤集团达竹公司致力于本质安全型煤矿企业的建设,取得了一定的经验和成绩。介绍了川煤集团在本质安全型矿井建设的过程和实践中,立足企业实际,推行本质安全理念,创新安全管理模式;利用信息化手段,构建安全管理平台;通过"班组"管理,夯实基层安全管理;提升企业安全文化,确保企业科学可持续发展。从理念、技术、管理和文化四个方面,加强本质安全型矿井的建设,形成了具有特色的本质安全发展思路。     

基于文献计量的国内危险化学品信息化监管主题与热点分析*

为提升危化品安全信息化监管建设能力与本质安全水平,通过文献计量法和CiteSpace软件,采用关键词共现和聚类归纳对危化品领域及技术研究趋势进行分析.结果表明:危化品安全信息化监管研究自1998年共经历萌芽、发展、摆动3个阶段,但高质量成果较少;在当前新兴信息技术和传统评价分析技术相结合的新型研究模式下,着重突出物联网...     

机场安检人员心理授权与违章行为关系研究

为减少民航机场安检人员的违章行为、提升民航机场安全水平,研究民航机场安检员的心理授权与违章行为之间的关系。在心理授权与违章行为关系中加入安全意识、安全动机和安全服从3个中介变量,构建机场安检人员心理授权与违章行为关系的理论假设模型;通过实证研究收集国内机场的安检员相关数据,对已构建的理论假设模型采取结构方程模型(SEM)进行检验。结果表明:机场安检员心理授权与违章行为存在一定相关性,即通过安全意识、安全动机与安全服从对违章行为产生间接影响;心理授权通过违章行为产生间接影响,通过安全意识、安全动机和安全服从的中介作用对心理授权与安全意识、安全动机和安全服从均呈现显著正相关。其中,对于安全动机的影响最大,其次是安全意识,影响最小的是安全服从;安全意识、安全动机和安全服从对于机场安检员的无意识违章、失控违章和故意违章3个维度均呈现显著负相关;安全动机对于违章行为的3个维度产生影响的差异性最小,即安全意识动机越高,机场安检员的违章行为的出现概率就会越低;安全服从与机场安检员的故意违章行为显著正相关。     

油气管道本质安全影响因素分析及启示

管道运输是油气运输的主要方式,为了研究油气管道本质安全的影响因素和薄弱环节,通过分析美国和加拿大油气管道的事故原因,识别了3种影响因素和7个薄弱环节;通过统计管道工程各阶段的事故和影响因素的数量,分析了每个阶段存在的本质安全问题。结果表明:施工阶段的事故和影响因素的数量远多于其他阶段;施工和制管阶段的影响因素种类多,事故原因分散,本质安全提升难度较大;设计和运营阶段的影响因素种类少,事故原因相对集中,本质安全提升难度相对不大;各阶段都存在技术和管理的不足。根据油气管道本质安全影响因素分析结果,得出管道本质安全5个方面的启示。     

智慧工地本质安全度评价方法研究

为对智慧工地全生命周期的本质安全度进行分析与评价,综合运用本质安全理论,构建智慧工地本质安全度评价模型。首先,根据智慧工地本质安全定义,将智慧工地本质安全度划分为初始级、简单级、标准级、成熟级和卓越级5个等级;其次,基于智慧工地的生产现状,构建包括人员管理系统、机械设备管理系统、现场监测预警系统、过程控制管理系统等4个一级指标和16个二级指标的本质安全度评价指标体系;最后,利用C-OWA算子对指标的权重进行计算,采用未确知测度评价法对系统进行综合评价。结果表明:将模型应用到西安地铁某在建项目中,得到该智慧工地项目现阶段推进状态本质安全度等级为标准级,明确该项目下一阶段提升改进的方向,为智慧工地本质安全管理的持续改进提供理论支持。