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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820031103321

Titolo

Universities, ethics, and professions : debate and scrutiny / / edited by John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-85304-5

1-282-23430-7

9786612234309

0-203-88223-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Key issues in higher education series

Altri autori (Persone)

StrainJohn

BarnettRonald <1947->

JarvisPeter <1937->

Disciplina

378/.014

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Moral and ethical aspects

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

III Universities, Ethics and Professions: Some Different Perspectives9 The Teacher's Perspective: Teaching Ethics and Professional Ethics in Universities; 10 Looking Forward: The Researcher's Perspective; 11 Views from the Boundary: Business and Professional Perspectives; 12 Looking at What Is Needed: From the CEO's Desk; IV Departures; 13 Departures; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. Universities, Ethics and Professions examines how



this emphasis on ethics by the professional world is impacting universities, institutions that have long been key contributors to ethical reflection and debate, and shapers of ethical discourse. Changing objectives, globalization, and public concerns continue to bring professionalism, and commercialization, into the dialogue about what ethics mean on campus.Universities, Ethics and Professions offers an in-depth examina