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University Ethics in a Time of Threat to Democracy and in Need of Social Trust

University Ethics | Adjunct Faculty | Ethics | Social Trust

Humanitas, 2024

The essay highlights that though universities teach every field of professional ethics (for physicians, nurses, business people, finance, journalism, etc.) the university does not teach any courses for administrators or faculty at Universities. The essay suggests how universities could develop a professional ethics for the workplace at Universities, thus working toward restoring social trust.

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