State U. vs. Target: Who Gets the Better Grade for Employee Treatment?

Autor/in	Boeck, Claire
Titel	State U. vs. Target: Who Gets the Better Grade for Employee Treatment?
Quelle	In: Thought & Action, (2014), S.105-110 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-8475
Schlagwörter	Colleges; Employees; Employer Employee Relationship; Adjunct Faculty; Employment Practices; Personnel Management; Teacher Salaries; Compensation (Remuneration); Fringe Benefits; Governance; Social Systems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Berufspraxis; Personalmanagement; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Sozialabgaben; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Social system; Soziales System
Abstract	The miserable pay of adjuncts and the transformation of colleges and universities into business are no longer foreign concepts in the public realm. What is a surprise, though, is that large companies, such as Target and Starbucks, take better care of their employees than those in higher education. This article focuses on the contrast between the way these institutions treat their employees and the much more humane way some large corporations treat theirs. The author opines that this is especially troubling because the college or university should foster critical thinking, ethical responsibilities, and a meritocratic structure. The author argues further that the educational institutions of America are falling behind large corporations in upholding a moral standard. Colleges and universities offer advanced courses in ethics, yet when it comes to fair treatment of their employees they fail Ethics 101. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Education Association. 1201 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-833-4000; Fax: 202-822-7974; Web site: http://www.nea.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10