Universities, ethics, and professions debate and scrutiny /

• Other Authors: Strain, John., Barnett, Ronald, 1947-, Jarvis, Peter, 1937-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Key issues in higher education series.
• Subjects: Education, Higher > Moral and ethical aspects.; Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.; Education, Higher.; Enseignement supérieur > Aspect moral.; Enseignement supérieur > Finalités.; EDUCATION > Higher.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. This reflects the increasing emphasis on ethics in public and professional life, evident in the way the UK Council for Industry and Higher Education encourages universities to develop their own ethics policie...

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; I The Debate: Ethics in Contemporary Universities; 2 Ethics, Values and Higher Education: The Power of Globalisation; 3 The Vitality of Ethics in the Contemporary University; 4 Postmodern University: Prospects of the Ethical; II Ethical Concepts in Academic Practice; 5 Formation and Virtue, Academic and Professional; 6 Community as an Academic Ethic; 7 Dialogue, Virtue and Ethics; 8 Excellence and the Pursuit of Competence in Contemporary Universities: A View from the USA.