AGC Faculty Code of Ethics Presentation to AGC

AGC Faculty Code of Ethics Presentation to AGC February 14, 2007

Today’s Tasks • Present Overview & History of Faculty Code of Ethics • Areas for Review & Revision (Table Discussions) • Table Report Outs • Next Steps • The Following is the AGC Presentation from 2008

AGC Faculty Code of Ethics Presentation to AGC April 8 th, 2008

Faculty Ethics Development Committee • • • Steve Abid Nickie Alexander Sandy Andrews Tom Boersma Laurie Foster Mike Klawitter Mike Light Kathleen Owens Diane Sparks Mike Vargo

History of Faculty Ethics Initiative • Winter ’ 07 – subcomittee formed to develop faculty ethics code • Two previous year-end reviews of faculty priorities emphasized ethics issues • Even ‘ 04 -’ 05 Faculty Senate (pre AGC) had an ethics committee, and Senate minutes include requests for clarity around ethics guidelines

Team formally met in F ‘ 07 • Reviewed existing GRCC ethics resources – HR PBM –> Ethics Monitoring system & “Ethics Hotline” – Existing FA Code of Ethics

Broader look at Ethics • Ethics defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (2 nd Edition, 1989) pl. ethics. (after Gr. ). • 1. The science of morals; the department of study 2. concerned with the principles of human duty. The moral principles by which a person is guided. 3. The rules of conduct recognized in certain associations or departments of human life.

Broader look at Professional Ethics • Many self-regulating professional groups have “ethical codes of conduct. ” • AAUP – American Association of University Professors – Established ethical guidelines for faculty – Rely on parent institution to manage • Virtually all of the colleges and universities we surveyed had established faculty ethics codes.

Functions of Ethical Codes • Aspirational - these are the core values that we • • hold and aspire to manifest in our professional conduct. Educational – with these codes we educate others in our profession about the values/beliefs/behaviors that we have decided are central to ethical conduct. Regulatory – these are principles we use to regulate our own behavior, and agree that these are principles to which we, as professionals, choose to be held accountable.

Empirical study of ethics issues • American Scientist (1993) – 88% of faculty believe “ethical preparedness” training should be institutionalized. – Only 4% felt their institutions actually did this. • J of Higher Ed (1999) – majority of faculty (51% M & 65% W) reported ethics concerns on their campuses. – 31% classified these as “very serious. ” • AAUP (2007) – on need for education in ethics… – “These data indicate that we cannot rely on osmotic diffusion of academic tradition from one generation to the next to produce clear understandings among faculty…. ”

Environmental Scan • Most schools, particularly those with Faculty Senate governance model, have faculty ethics codes • Many of these are based on AAUP ethics statements (updated in 1987) • FA code appears largely based on an earlier version of AAUP document

AAUP statement has 5 sections • Faculty responsibility as Scholars • Faculty responsibility as Teachers • Faculty responsibility as Colleagues • Faculty responsibility to the Institution • Faculty responsibility to the Larger Community

Our Draft: Merging AAUP statement and Existing Code • AAUP guidelines – reflects contemporary collegiate standards of ethical conduct. • Existing FA Code of Ethics – honors existing GRCC values. • We added a Rationale and Preamble to provide context. • After 5 drafts… we presented this draft to full faculty. Draft #5

Feedback from faculty • We sent this draft to all full time and adjunct faculty. • We presented to faculty at the Ethics Forum. • We asked AGC faculty reps to present this to departments and provide feedback to us. • Feedback

Your input and next steps • Questions and Comments – What are we missing? – Is there anything you would like to see included that is not? • Next Steps – In the next year… develop an ethics process to get this important information into the College: • Aspiration • Education • Regulation

That’s it! Thanks for taking the time to participate in this important process.

Since April 2008 Presentation • Ratified by AGC November 11, 2008 • Provost Approval November 21, 2008 • Presidential Approval June 22, 2009 • AGC Reviewed Winter 2013 • Scheduled for Review 2016 – 2017 • Next Steps

Today’s Tasks • Present Overview & History of Faculty Code of Ethics • Areas for Review & Revision (Table Discussions) Faculty Code of Ethics • Table Report Outs • Next Steps o Team Members: Steve Abid, Mike Klawitter, Mike Light, and?