A study was conducted to determine what, if any, are the ethical guidelines standard for persons working in the magazine industry. A two-page questionnaire, consisting of 21 questions, was mailed to the contact editors of 100 of the nation's most popular consumer magazines. Responses were received from 49 of the editors. The data revealed that…

An annotated bibliography citing recent and recent-past research from 1983 to 1988 on the subject of ethics and higher education is presented. The publications listed in the bibliography were selected from the ERIC database in an attempt to describe some of the literature published during the past 5 years that may be of interest to educators and…

University plagiarism policies aimed at assuring academic integrity provide for increased vigilance and disciplinary procedures to deal with transgressions. Many policies also include guidelines to teaching staff to ensure that students are adequately informed about the meaning of plagiarism and its consequences, and about methods of citing within…

Discusses integrity and institutional conscience in treating individuals, policy decisions, and daily functioning of institutions of higher education. Recommends "Applied Ethics in Student Services" (Canon & Brown, 1985), which focuses on respecting autonomy, doing no harm, benefiting others, being just, and being faithful. Reports preambles to…

To promote academic integrity among students, a committee of faculty and administrators at the University of California, San Diego, developed a tutorial or instructional module designed to educate users about what constitutes academic integrity and how to recognize practices that may be indicative of plagiarism or academic dishonesty. The tutorial…

Recent development and dissemination of ethical standards for AHRD help focus attention on the ethical and moral foundations of the field. Attention to explicit standards, however, reflects an enduring commitment to an overarching ethic of rationality that denies or minimizes the dynamics, complexities, and depths of the human and organizational…

American independent schools could make themselves known and valued as ethics-teaching oases in the desert of our contemporary amorality (Author)

An outline is given of a programme of moral education devised for students in a college of education. Students read selected text and saw selected films, then in syndicates they examined them in relation to the basic theme of the nature of personal integrity. (Editor/CB)

Discusses how an administrator can develop an organizational climate that fosters trust, independent action, risk taking, self-evaluation, and productivity. (Author)

Reported two studies on the relations among observer familiarity, perceived behavioral discrepancy, and judgmental accuracy in detecting deceptions. Results indicated, among other findings, that observers having prior exposure to baseline information were significantly better at detecting deception, though repeated exposure did not significantly…

The myth of Pop Warner's sterling character hides the distasteful story behind the closure of Warner's Carlisle School for Indians on the grounds of moral corruption and misuse of athletic funds. (LH)

A total of 102 undergraduates rated overt test integrity items on the dimensions of invasion of privacy, ease of faking, and job relatedness. Items that required direct admission of counterproductive behaviors were identified as the most invasive but also the easiest to fake. Implications for test construction and future research are discussed.…

Looks at individual and organizational perspectives on career success and the disparities between these viewpoints and organizational culture and control systems. Discusses how culture might influence managers to violate ethical and legal principles for the sake of career success. (Contains 46 references.) (SK)

Applied a structured framework to the research literature to assess the general effectiveness of integrity tests as used to assess "honesty" in preemployment screening. In terms of acceptability, research has indicated that integrity tests are viewed neither positively nor negatively, but considerable debate remains about false positive rates and…