Abstract
This paper explores the sorts of challenges faced by a faculty member who takes on an administrative position on an interim basis. The bifurcated role of an interim administrator, and its special vantage point, provide a unique perspective on some of the ethical challenges that arise in higher education administration. The paper also discusses a framework for ethical decision-making in business and tailors it for use by those serving in higher education administration.
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All of the cases presented herein are based on real-life situations I faced this year in my role as interim dean. However, the names (and some details) have been changed in order to preserve some anonymity for persons involved.
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See Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities (Chicago: Irwin, 1995), p.4 ff.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities, 4.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities, 5.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities, 8.
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Peter J. Markie provides a helpful analysis of some of these obligations in A Professor’s Duties: Ethical Issues in College Teaching (Rowman and Littlefield, 1994).
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I am grateful to Donna Dare for a number of thoughtful discussions of this topic.
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Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., “Business Ethics: Four Spheres of Executive Responsibility,” California Management Review 34 (Spring 1992): 74.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities,268.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities,270.
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Badaracco, Business Ethics: Roles and Responsibilities,287.
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Michael S. Pritchard, Professional Integrity: Thinking Ethically (University Press of Kansas, 2006), 114.
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Ronald E. Berenbeim, “Ethical Leadership: Maintain an Ethical Culture,” in Annual Editions: Business Ethics 07/08, 19th ed., ed. John E. Richardson (McGraw Hill, 2007), 20.
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I am grateful to Richard Dees and Elaine E. Englehardt for comments on earlier versions of this paper.
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Werner, D. (2009). On the Dark Side: Lessons Learned as Interim Dean. In: Englehardt, E.E., Pritchard, M.S., Romesburg, K.D., Schrag, B.E. (eds) The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2841-9_4
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