Academic ethics : problems and materials on professional conduct and shared governance / Neil W. Hamilton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-248) and index.

Introduction -- The American academic profession : the tradition of academic freedom and shared governance -- Problems on the duties of individual professors -- Problems on the fights of academic freedom for individual professors -- Problems on the duties of the faculty as a collegial body -- Problems on the rights of the faculty in shared governance -- Problems on the rights of academic freedom for students -- Appendix A. Summary of the principles of professional conduct -- Appendix B. 1915 AAUP general declaration of principles -- Appendix C. AAUP statement of principles on academic freedom and tenure -- Appendix D. 1966 AAUP statement on professional ethics -- Appendix E. 1966 AAUP statement on government of Colleges and universities -- Appendix F. 1998 Association of Governing Boards' statement on governance -- Appendix G. 1967 joint statement on rights and freedoms of students -- Appendix H. 2000 AAUP statement on graduate students.

"Academic professionals are expected to restrain self-interest, promote the ideals of public service, and maintain high standards of performance, while society grants the profession autonomy to regulate itself through peer review. Hamilton conveys the need for ethical leadership from within the peer collegium - a leadership that will foster a culture of high aspiration and peer review.".

"This book suggests that the umbrella academic organizations step forward and draft a model code of ethics for the profession of higher education. Further discussion reveals how such attempts become difficult in the face of the market's relentless pressure to frame the institution-student relationship in the economic terms of provider and customer. The book also offers an analysis of academic tradition, academic freedom, and the principles of professional conduct and shared governance. Typical problems in academic life are presented, each followed by questions designed to stimulate seminar-type discussion. Appendices contain a proposed code of ethics as well as major statements on the subject from both AAUP and AGB."--BOOK JACKET.