Ethical University

Wanda Teays is professor of philosophy emerita at Mount Saint Mary’s University. She is the author of Doctors and Torture; Business Ethics Through Movies: A Case Study Approach; Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics Through Movies, and Second Thoughts: Critical Thinking for a Diverse Society. She is editor of Analyzing Violence Against Women; Reshaping Philosophy: Michael Boylan’s Narrative Fiction; and co-editor of Ethics in the AI, Technology, and Information Age, Global Bioethics & Human Rights; and Bioethics, Justice & Health Care. In her 30 years at MSMU she was Philosophy Department Chair and served as chair on numerous faculty committees, including the Academic Integrity Committee, the Academic Freedom Committee, and the Faculty Policy Committee. Alison Dundes Renteln, is professor of political science, anthropology, law, and public policy at the University of Southern California. She is the author of seventy articles and author or co-editor of: The Cultural Defense (2004), Cultural Law (2010), Images and Human Rights ( 2018), and Global Bioethics and Human Rights (2020). For decades Renteln taught judges, lawyers, court interpreters, jury consultants, and police officers at professional meetings. She collaborated with the UN on implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, lectured on comparative legal ethics at ABA-sponsored conferences, and served on a California committee of Human Rights Watch. In 2020 she was elected a member of the Board of Trustees for the Law and Society Association and appointed to the California State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

[T]his volume sheds a bright light on the spate of recent administrative, academic, financial and sexual scandals. This volume asks why institutions long accorded a high degree of societal respect and deference have, all too often, failed to uphold their ethical and legal responsibilities. It also offers practical advice about what needs to be done if our colleges and universities are to overcome their moral lapses and oversights and ensure a safe, principled campus.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceWanda TeaysPART I: ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS1. Scandals and Historic Injustices at Universities: An Argument for Greater AccountabilityAlison Dundes Renteln2. Ethical Foundations For Institutional IntegrityWanda Teays3. Privacy, Play, and the Digitalization of the UniversityGlen Miller and Cora DrozdPART II: THE COMMUNITY4. Shared Governance in Higher EducationDarin Dockstader, Matthew Mahrt, and Charles Milne5. Academic Libraries: Advocating for an Ethical UniversityRobert V. Labaree and Melissa L. Miller6. The Use of Adjuncts in Colleges and UniversitiesMichael Boylan7. Rights-Based Approaches to the Treatment of Student AthletesJonathan Liljeblad8. Campus Policing: What Authority and Limits are Appropriate?Rita ManningPART III: CHALLENGES9. The Role of the Humanities in Trauma-Informed PedagogyZenon Culverhouse10. Pedagogical Issues: The General Education ChallengeLaura Nader11. Is Your Grading Scale Unfair?Paul Renteln12. Do Aging Academics Have a Moral Obligation To Retire?Rosemarie Tong13. Human Rights of International Students in Higher Education: Theory & PracticeCher Weixia Chen14. Secrecy and The University: A Cautionary Case StudySteve SandersAppendix: Shared Governance PoliciesCharles MilneAbout the Contributors