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The aim of this chapter is to draw attention to the shift in ethical perspective that is experienced and required as one moves from the role of faculty member to that of an academic administrator. The shift includes a shift to an institutional perspective regarding ethical issues; a shift in the kinds of issues recognized and encountered; a shift and in the kind of ethical reasoning required to address those issues. I argue that there is the shift from moral reasoning for purposes of judging, to that of moral reasoning for the purposes of taking action. I suggest a broad typology of the ethical issues encountered by administrators, including those that arise from institutional culture.
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Brian Schrag, “Moral Responsibilities of Faculty and the Ethics of Faculty Governance,” Chapter 18 in S.K. Majumdar, H.S. Pitkin, L. P. Bird, E.W. Miller, (ed.) Ethics in Academia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, 2000, pp. 225–240.
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Hampshire, Stuart (1949) Fallacies in Moral Philosophy, Mind 58: 466–482.
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See for example, Benjamin, Martin (1990) Splitting the Difference: Compromise and Integrity in Ethics and Politics. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
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I have argued for these responsibilities in “Moral Responsibilities of Faculty and the Ethics of Faculty Governance, ” in Ethics and Academia, S.K. Majumdar, Howard S. Pitkow, Lewis Bird, E. Willard Miller, (eds.); A publication of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, 2000, pp 225–240.
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Brian Schrag, “Civility in Academic Institutions,” in Ethics and Academia, S.K. Majumdar, Howard S. Pitkow, Lewis Bird, E. Willard Miller, (eds.); Ethics and Academia, A publication of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, 2000, pp 299–308.
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Schrag, B.E. (2009). Through the Looking Glass: Ethics and Academic Administration. In: Englehardt, E.E., Pritchard, M.S., Romesburg, K.D., Schrag, B.E. (eds) The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2841-9_3
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