ETHICS AND THE UNIVERSITY

ETHICS AND THE UNIVERSITY Ethics and the University brings together two closely related topics, the practice of ethics in the university (“academic ethics”) and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the university. The volume is divided into four parts: • a survey of practical ethics, offering an explanation of its recent emergence as a university subject, situating that subject within a wider social and historical context and identifying some problems that the subject generates for universities; • an examination of research ethics, including the problem of plagiarism; • a discussion of the teaching of practical ethics. Michael Davis explores how ethics can be integrated into the university curriculum and what part particular cases should play in the teaching of ethics; and • an exploration of sexual ethics. Ethics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students, academics and practitioners. Michael Davis is Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, and Professor of Philosophy, Department of Humanities, Illinois Institute of Technology. He is the author of Thinking Like an Engineer: Essays in the Ethics of a Profession (1998). PROFESSIONAL ETHICS General editor: Ruth Chadwick, Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire Professionalism is a subject of interest to academics, the general public and would-be professional groups. Traditional ideas of professions and professional conduct have been challenged by recent social, political and technological changes. One result has been the development for almost every profession of an ethical code of conduct which attempts to formalise its values and standards. These codes of conducts raise a number of questions about the status of a ‘profession’ and the consequent moral implications for behaviour. This series seeks to examine these questions both critically and constructively. Individual volumes will consider issues relevant to particular professions, including nursing, genetic counselling, journalism, business, the food industry and law. Other volumes will address issues relevant to all professional groups such as the function and value of a code of ethics and the demands of confidentiality. Also available in this series: ETHICAL ISSUES IN JOURNALISM AND THE MEDIA edited by Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick GENETIC COUNSELLING edited by Angus Clarke ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING edited by Geoffrey Hunt THE GROUND OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Daryl Koehn ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK edited by Richard Hugman and David Smith FOOD ETHICS edited by Ben Mepham CURRENT ISSUES IN BUSINESS ETHICS edited by Peter W.F. Davies THE ETHICS OF BANKRUPTCY Jukka Kilpi ETHICAL ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING edited by Catherine Gowthorpe and John Blake ETHICS AND VALUES IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT edited by Souzy Dracopoulon ETHICS AND THE UNIVERSITY Michael Davis London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. © 1999 Michael Davis The right of Michael Davis to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Davis, Michael Ethics in the university / Michael Davis p. cm – (Professional Ethics) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. 1. Education, Higher – Moral and ethical aspects – United States. 2. Ethics – Study and teaching (Higher) – United States. 3. Research – Moral and ethical aspects – United States. 4. Sexual Ethics – United States I. Title. II. Series. LB2324. D38 1999 174`. 937 – dc21 98 – 27141 CIP ISBN 0-415-18097-X (hbk) ISBN 0-415-18098-8 (pbk) ISBN 0-203-02988-7 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-17472-0 (Glassbook Format) ... - tailieumienphi.vn