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Title Universities, ethics, and professions : debate and scrutiny / edited by John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis
Published New York ; London : Routledge, 2009

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Description xiii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Key issues in higher education series
Key issues in higher education series.
Contents 1. Introduction / John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis -- 2. Ethics, values and higher education : the power of globalisation / Peter Jarvis -- 3. The vitality of ethics in the contemporary university / John Strain -- 4. The postmodern university : prospects of the ethical / Ronald Barnett -- 5. Formation and virtue, academic and professional / Christopher Megone -- 6. Community as an academic ethic / Bruce MacFarlane -- 7. Dialogue, virtue and ethics / Stan van Hooft -- 8. Excellence and the pursuit of competence in contemporary universities : a view from the USA / Joan Whitman Hoff -- 9. The teacher's perspective : teaching ethics and professional ethics in universities / Christopher Belshaw -- 10. Looking forward : the researcher's perspective / Martin Bulmer and Josephine Ocloo -- 11. Views from the boundary : business and professional perspectives / Simon Robinson -- 12. Looking at what is needed : from the CEO's desk / Roger Steare
13. Departures / John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Education, Higher -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Author Strain, John.
Barnett, Ronald, 1947-
Jarvis, Peter, 1937-
LC no. 2008036874
ISBN 9780415991193 hardback
0415991196 hardback