Reports on a survey of 22 undergraduates and three bibliographic instruction librarians at Iowa State University to elicit their views on misrepresentation, i.e., copying another student's work. It is concluded that there is a need for librarians to instruct students on principles of independent scholarship and proper documentation. (six…

Argues that radical social change demands a reexamination of educational objectives. Discusses the impact of pluralism and secularism on contemporary society, the impossibility of educational neutrality and the possibility of an educational system built on humane and spiritual dimensions, and the place of religious education in public schools.…

The author reports findings of the National Commission on Fraudulent Financial Reporting concerning the role of business education in reducing fraud in financial reporting. Issues covered include teaching financial regulations, developing skills needed to detect fraud, teaching ethical values, and preparing faculty to teach about financial fraud.…

A survey on the preparation preservice health educators receive in the ethics of health education revealed that required courses involving ethics, morals, or values were offered infrequently. Suggestions are made for incorporating ethics instruction in the health education curriculum. (JD)

Vocational ethics instruction is education that develops an enabling work ethic. Small group discussion activities can promote values assessment for ethical choices, mediation skills for conflict resolution, and reasoning skills for recognizing and solving ethical problems. (SK)

Describes an interdisciplinary program in which English, social studies, physics, and calculus teachers joined forces to teach high school students critical-thinking skills so that students could make ethical decisions and solve ethical dilemmas. (MM)

The recent shift in pharmacy practice from product to information orientation, patients' desires to know more about medications, computerized access to records, and increased third-party payments may result in serious ethical dilemmas for pharmacists. Pharmacy schools must provide background in the responsibilities of health care professionals to…

Illustrates how principle and virtue ethics can be applied to decision-making processes in experience-based training and development programs. Principle ethics is guided by predetermined rules and assumes that issues being examined are somewhat similar in context, whereas virtue ethics assumes that "correct behavior" is determined from…

Exhorts educators to teach children to be truthful, respect others' rights, and learn to take risks and make commitments. Although international schools can't teach morality, they can teach philosophy and explore the importance of developing a sensitivity to ethical questions. All subjects, honestly taught, exemplify the triumph of ethical…

Outlines procedures that teachers can use to discourage plagiarism and deal with instances of plagiarism by their students. Teachers should discuss the subject of plagiarism with their students, instruct them in the proper way to quote the work of others, check the authenticity of students' written work, and carefully confront students in…

The theories of moral development of Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan are compared and applied to a model which uses children's literature in the moral education of gifted children. (DB)

Suggests that morality is both an individual and institutional concern. Asserts that criteria for judging the morality of schooling arise out of its mission. Examines the moral condition of teacher education. Presents a model of moral teacher education that incorporates the mission of teacher education, the domains of schooling, and a time…

Discusses authority's relevance to moral education. Suggests that the concept of authority has been neglected in theory and practice. Argues that no human interaction is possible without authority. Discusses authority's legitimacy and scope of authority in the context of compelling school attendance. Underscores authority's role in moral and…

Discusses ways for parents (and educators) to use the life stories of heroes, such as individuals who rescued Jews from the Holocaust, to foster children's moral courage, sense of right and wrong, and commitment to others. (MDM)

As a result of its activities, values, and assumptions, higher education has become deeply implicated in the environmental dilemmas of our time. Colleges and universities need to act more responsibly, re-forming an education that is more appropriate to a threatened ecology, before they can teach an ethic of responsibility. (Author/MSE)