
Universities, Ethics and Professions
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Universities, Ethics and Professions offers an in-depth examination of the changing landscape of academic ethics, with case-study analysis from sociologists, educationalists, management specialists and philosophers. As professionalism becomes an integral part of university teaching, training, and research, this book considers the impact on the ethical practices of academics, and explores the importance of universities remaining sites of open discourse on ethics in the future.
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Ronald Barnett is Professor of Higher Education at the Institute of Education, University of London and Pro-Director for Longer Term Strategy.
Peter Jarvis is a former head of the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Surrey and Adjunct Professor, Department of Adult Education, University of Georgia, USA.
Content
1. Introduction, John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis
Section 1 The debate: ethics in contemporary universities
Introduction to Section 1
2. Ethics, values and higher education: the power of globalization, Peter Jarvis
3. The vitality of ethics in the contemporary university, John Strain
4. The post-modern university: prospects of the ethical, Ronald Barnett
Section 2 Ethical concepts in academic practice
Introduction to Section 2
5. Formation and virtue, academic and professional, Christopher Megone
6. Community as an academic ethic, Bruce Macfarlane
7. Dialogue, virtue and ethics,Stan van Hooft
8. Excellence and the pursuit of competence in contemporary universities: a view from the U.S.A., Joan Whitman Hoff
Section 3 Universities, ethics and professions: some different perspectives
Introduction to Section 3
9. The teacher's perspective: teaching ethics and professional ethics in universities, Christopher Belshaw
10. Looking forward: the researcher's perspective, Martin Bulmer and Josephine Ocloo
11. Views from the boundary: business and professional perspectives, Simon Robinson
12. Looking at what is needed: from the chief executive's desk, Roger Steare
13. Departures, John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis
Index
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