Work Ethics for Lecturers: An Example of Nairobi and Kenyatta Universities
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Date
2013
Authors
Ongong’a, Jude Julius
Akaranga, Stephen Ifedha
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Publisher
Center for Enhancing Knowledge, UK
Abstract
Universities as institutions of higher learning have organizational vision based on and consistent with their
core values. Values are what people judge to be right and acceptable. They are moral, ethical and
professional attributes of character. For the University Lecturers, they are central ingredient guidelines to
teaching profession or social work place ethics. This is because academic profession unlike other public
professions carries special responsibilities that are subject to public supervision and critique. The primary
duty of University Lecturers is to seek and state the truth and exhibit self discipline while transmitting
knowledge. At the University, Lecturers do not only encourage their students to pursue education, but also
uphold before them the best academic and ethical standards of their disciplines. They are expected to
demonstrate respect for students, conduct and ensure that the evaluation of students is genuine without
discriminatory treatment, exploitation and sexual harassment often reported in the media. It is ethically
important to distinguish between ideologies and personalization whether among staff or between students
and lecturers. The latter need to uphold free academic inquiry and tolerate differences of opinions without
personalization. This paper therefore posed four questions: What qualities and habits are necessary for a
University Lecturer? What are the causes of unethical behaviour? Which attributes facilitate ethical
decisions? What ethical responses are essential for a University Lecturer? To contextualize the discussion,
we employed a systematic stratified technique. Questionnaires were designed and administered to two
hundred (200) respondents from the selected universities respectively.
Description
Research Article
Keywords
Ethics, Values, Lecturers, Honesty, Loyalty, Trustworthiness, Management, Codes
Citation
International Journal of Arts and Commerce Vol. 2 No. 8 September 2013