Academic Ethics Resources
Resources on academic ethics in higher education, including academic freedom, plagiarism, and professional ethics for educators.
Centers:
Center for Academic Integrity -Site includes information about the Center, large bibliography of articles, books, and other material searchable by author/title, and a collection of links to other sites concerned with academic ethics.
Cases:
Syracuse University Professional Development Programs for the Graduate School, video clips showing case studies common in academic settings, such as intellectual property, cheating, and data management.
Utah State Valley- Ethics Across the Curriculum, education ethics cases
Journals:
The Chronicle of Higher Education, most recent year available in print at CSEP Library, also available through Galvin Journals Online
Journal of Academic Ethics, available through Galvin Journals Online
Journal of Higher Education, available through Galvin Journals Online
Plagiary, open access to full archive of current and past articles available though Plagiary.org
Teaching Ethics, Spring 2001 (Vol. 2, No. 1) - present
Bibliography:
Academic Ethics: Shoes for the Cobbler's Children Perspectives on the Professions. Vol. 9, No. 1, August 1989.
Cahn, Steven M. ed. Morality, responsibility, and the university: studies in academic ethics. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990.
Davis, Michael. Ethics and the University. London; New York; Routledge, 1999.
Decoo, Wilfried. Crisis on campus: confronting academic misconduct. Cambridge, MA. : MIT Press, 2002.
De George, Richard T. Academic freedom and tenure. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., 1997.
Hamilton, Niel W. Academic ethics: problems and materials on professional conduct and shared governance. Portsmouth, NH: Greenwood, 2002.
The Honor System Perspectives on the Professions Vol. 14 No. 2 January 1995.
Markie, Peter J. A professor's duties: ethical issues in college teaching. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 1994.
May, William W. ed. Ethics and Higher Education. New York : American Council on Education : Macmillan Pub. Co., 1990.
Menard, Lous. ed. The future of academic freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1996.
Plagiarism Perspectives on the Professions. Vol. 13, No. 1, July 1993.
Weingartner, Rudolph H. The moral dimensions of academic administration. Lanharm, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., 1999.
Online Resources:
Character Education - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics compiled a nice collection of resources on character education for K-12 educators. Includes case studies, curriculum materials, and full-text articles.
Sample Honor Codes-A list of academic honor codes for universities and colleges. Also includes a small selection of high school honor codes. Maintained by the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University
Education/Academia Codes of Ethics in CSEP Online Codes of Ethics collection.
Last modified January 29, 2008 .
