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Authenticity, integrity, and AI: Navigating ethical uncertainty in student assessment

November 2025

ASCILITE Publications

DOI: 10.65106/apubs.2025.2633

License CC BY 4.0

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https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14091133

This paper uses an ethnographic approach to explore the religious practices of the modern religious organization called the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Temple. This study aims to investigate the spiritual information practices of both monks and devotees of the temple. The findings reveal that participants’ religious practices lead to a range of outcomes, expressed in terms of the Bourdieusian notion of capital, with karmic capital emerging as a very important outcome of these practices. An essential argument posited by the author pertains to the distinctive nature of karmic capital—a hybrid manifestation of capital that is intricately interwoven with cultural and symbolic capital. Unlike the conventional influence of economic capital or social affiliations, the potency of karmic capital hinges upon a distinct paradigm. However, the fact that a resource gives power within a society also applies to karmic capital too. Furthermore, the author underscores the epistemological standing of karmic capital, which derives its essence from the principal sociological forms of capital—namely, economic, cultural, and social forms. This article also delves into the characteristics of karmic capital and its transformative nature. A key contribution of this study lies in its recognition of the impact of cultural norms on the consequences of information science.

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https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179949

Superannuation is the fund set aside by employers to provide their employees with a dignified retirement. Studies highlight that issues can arise with retirement funds from employers, such as failure to make required contributions to an employee’s superannuation fund, incorrect payments, or debiting the wrong fund, contrary to legal or contractual obligations. To address these issues, the Australian Government has implemented laws and regulations to ensure employers fulfil their contribution obligations. Despite these safeguards and highly secured information systems, there has been a significant increase in fraudulent activity in the finance sector, and there have been several instances of employers not making contributions, misusing retirement funds, or reporting incorrectly in their systems. The current process restricts employees from viewing recent data until the contributions reach their super fund, which opens the doors for fraud. Recently, blockchain technology has gained popularity because of its ability to improve security and prevent fraud across many sectors, including finance. Prior studies have shed limited light on how superannuation fraud can be prevented. Moreover, there is limited literature on the possibility of utilizing blockchain technology to address this issue. Therefore, this paper aims to review the current superannuation contribution process and identify the factors contributing to non-payment, incorrect payments, misallocation of funds and communication gaps. This study presents a novel process model and develops a blockchain-based application to mitigate fraudulent practices. This research provides valuable insights into the design of innovative process models that utilize blockchain technology to address superannuation challenges. Furthermore, the paper presents a sample simulated smart contract to explore additional implications and advancements in this domain.

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https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70325

This study presents a novel application of Stephen Kemmis' Practice Architectures framework, encompassing cultural-discursive, material-economic and social-political arrangements, to investigate the information practices of academics on social media. Drawing upon a systematic literature review of 36 peer-reviewed articles, the analysis elucidates the underlying patterns, motivations and contextual factors shaping social media engagement in academia. The cultural-discursive arrangements highlight the role of social media in facilitating scholarly communication, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and transcending geographical boundaries to enable more inclusive knowledge dissemination. The material-economic arrangements illustrate the impact of individual technological competencies, platform preferences and resource availability on the frequency and manner of social media usage. The social-political arrangements reveal how institutional policies, academic roles and career advancement considerations condition social media practices within higher education contexts. Beyond the framework, the study also identifies broader thematic concerns, including information overload, superficial engagement and emotional labour associated with academic social media use. Additionally, the analysis uncovers persistent barriers such as privacy concerns and the erosion of boundaries between personal and professional spheres, which collectively hinder the seamless integration of social media into academic practice. This research offers insights into how social media enables and constrains scholarly engagement, with implications for institutional policy, academic identity and future research.

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https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1338

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into religious contexts has sparked considerable debate, raising theological, ethical, and epistemological concerns. This study employs a qualitative approach to examine how individuals navigate religious and spiritual information in increasingly complex digital environments. Specifically, it investigates AI's role in delivering religious sermons by analyzing real time YouTube videos and its reception, drawing insights from nearly 1,000 comments. The study explores public perceptions of AI-driven religious discourse, assessing its implications for information practices, belief systems, and spiritual engagement.

Grounded in theories of information practices, this research examines how AI-mediated religious content disrupts and reshapes established spiritual information landscapes. It cross-examines how individuals engage with and interpret AI-generated sermons, addressing broader concerns related to religious authority, authenticity, and technological mediation.

Findings reveal strong opposition to AI-driven sermons, rooted in concerns about biblical prophecy, the perceived absence of a soul in AI, fears of AI worship, and a general distrust of technology in spiritual domains. However, a minority acknowledges potential benefits, including improved accessibility, enhanced religious education, and administrative efficiency. The study underscores prevailing anxieties regarding AI's role in faith-based practices, highlighting the need for ethically informed, spiritually sensitive approaches to AI integration in religious contexts.

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Exploring information security compliant behaviors in healthcare Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPOs) - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision

Background The healthcare industry increasingly relies on Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) to manage vast amounts of sensitive patient da