The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration

This book is an invitation to academic administrators, at every level, to engage in reflection on the ethical dimensions of their working lives. Academics are very good at reflecting on the ethical issues in other professions but not so interested in reflecting on those in their own, including those...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Englehardt, Elaine E. (Editor), Pritchard, Michael S. (Editor), Romesburg, Kerry D. (Editor), Schrag, Brian E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2841-9
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Ethical Tasks of Academic Administrators
  • Ethical Dimensions of Presidential Leadership
  • Academic Ethics in Higher Education Administration: The Dimensions of Decisions
  • Through the Looking Glass: Ethics and Academic Administration
  • On the Dark Side
  • Caught in the Middle: On Being a Department Chair
  • Cardinal Virtues of Academic Administration
  • Mission and Academic Administration
  • Educated Warfare: Adversary Relations in the Groves of Academe
  • Collaborative Administration: Academics and Administrators in Higher Education
  • How Should the Policy Apply? Trustworthy Decisions in the Administration of Graduate Academic Programs
  • On Telling Faculty the Truth
  • The Paradox of Administrating Unethically and Believing Oneself Ethical: A Case Study on Academic Administration from the 1890's
  • Cases and Commentaries."One Million Dollar Matching Grant". Commentary: Elaine Englehardt "Polluting Donor. Commentary: Lisa H. Newton
  • "Conflict of Interest in Hiring" and "Fair Practices in Hiring. Commentary: Susan Poser. "Prevention and Restoration. Commentary: Deborah G. Johnson.Commentary: Randall Curren.