Prevention, Management, and Moderation: Ethical Frameworks of Governance

Author: Kohler Jürgen  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1469-8358

Source: Higher Education in Europe, Vol.29, Iss.4, 2004-12, pp. : 481-489

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Abstract

This article seeks to analyse and draft an ethical framework of governance in the area of higher education and science. To this end, a distinction is made between ethical challenges as such, and preventive measures and remedies. An outline of ethical challenges to both higher education and science and governance is provided, addressing the quest for knowledge; conflicts with dignity and violations of academic equality; and failures in policing, responsiveness, and the balancing of aspirations. This outline is followed by proposed remedial or preventive ethical frameworks of governance, namely the cultural integration of governance and ethics, and the management of ethics and risk prevention.