A Typology of University Ethical Lapses: Types, Levels of Seriousness, and Originating Location

Autor/inn/en	Kelley, Patricia C.; Chang, Pepe Lee
Titel	A Typology of University Ethical Lapses: Types, Levels of Seriousness, and Originating Location
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 78 (2007) 4, S.402-429 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Employees; Ethics; Higher Education; Trust (Psychology); Public Opinion; College Athletics; Educational Change; Grades (Scholastic); College Faculty; Institutional Characteristics; College Admission; Classification; Educational Administration; Departments; Universities; Student Research; Gender Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Ethik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Öffentliche Meinung; College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Bildungsreform; Notenspiegel; Fakultät; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Department; Abteilung; University; Universität; Studentenforschung; Geschlechterstereotyp
Abstract	Scandals ranging from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violations to falsified research results have fueled criticism of America's universities. Sports violations, research manipulation, gender discrimination, and other ethical lapses affect an entire institution as they have a spillover effect on its reputation. The results of these problems include declining credibility and deteriorating public trust in universities since such lapses are difficult to resolve. Some researchers believe that these ethical lapses spring from employees putting their own needs above honesty. Others question whether universities have clearly delineated parameters around expected behavior. In addition, the many and varied pressures affecting university employees may encourage ethical lapses. Research in business ethics demonstrates that addressing such questions requires identifying as full a range of organizational ethical lapses as possible. There is also a need to know where these behaviors occur, the affected parties, and the behaviors' impact on them. In this article, the authors attempt to provide such information. They first present their literature review and definition of ethical lapse. Next, they discuss their research methodology and its limitations. They describe their findings and present the propositions they generated. They end by discussing changes that could support ethical behavior, the limits to this study, and future research directions. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures and 9 notes.) (ERIC).
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