Identifies how Americans viewed twentieth-century wars metaphorically as extensions of earlier frontier experience. Traces "social functions" of those metaphors which have become, from an ethical perspective, tragic not only because of their false analogies but also for their lack of worth when compared to other, more responsible…

When 128 students were queried regarding the values, beliefs, or moral imperatives underlying their teacher education program, most were speechless at first. Students either indicated their unawareness of any underlying philosophy or responded in generalities akin to moral relativism. Includes 19 references. (MLH)

Summarizes research on reading preferences of boys and girls, the relationship of these preferences to reading ability, the availability of materials for boys, and the notion of a female versus a male morality. The implications of these factors for building a well-balanced children's collection are also considered. (nine references) (MES)

Three reasons for teaching medical ethics during residency are presented. Key ethical concepts to be addressed include moral aspects of medical practice, obtaining informed consent, dealing with incompetent patients and those who refuse treatment, knowing when to withhold or disclose clinical information, and using medical resources properly. (MSE)

A study of two junior high male basketball teams tested the ability of an intervention model to alter values-related behavior, perceptions, and moral reasoning of the experimental group. Results suggest the treatment was effective in positively altering sportsmanlike and unsportsmanlike behavior. (IAH)

The mission of a business school is to turn out professionals who have learned to consider problems from a management perspective, and who have acquired a sense of the moral and social responsibility their future positions of power will demand. A program at Harvard is described. (MLW)

If society is to avoid harmful applications of technology, young people must be trained to consider the social and ethical implications of their decisions. Universities have a responsibility to teach students that they are responsible for the choices they make and to see the value assumptions on which decisions rest. (MLW)

A college or university is ethically bound to create an institutional framework in which sexually harassing behavior is defined, the institution's attitude toward such behavior is announced, a process for bringing complaints is created, and the range of sanctions made clear. (MLW)

The design of the law school curriculum at the University of Notre Dame, in which every professor in every course is expected to discuss ethics along with substantive, theoretical, and procedural law, is described. (MSE)

The medical school's ethics and human values program spans the medical curriculum from first through fourth year and extends into several residency programs. Taught by scholars in the medical humanities and clinicians from almost every specialty, courses and seminars draw on philosophy, literature, and law. (Author/MSE)

Observers see signs that higher education is focusing increasingly on the moral responsibilities of administrators, professors, and institutions in the proliferation of books, reports, and conferences addressing the topic. (MSE)

Data from 174 persons involved in French and Dutch community rescues of Jews during World War II revealed personal motivations based either on material, social, and religious norms or on social justice, each set linked to a distinct cognitive structure. However, organizational and supportive context factors were more significant than personal…

The relationship between the "need-blind" philosophy of college admission and institutional student financial aid policies is examined. The ethics of providing less-capable students with higher debt and workloads, and other policies that apply differential aid packaging for higher-risk students, are called into question. (MSE)

Examined whether certain strategic situations (profit versus survival situations) cause managers to act more ethically or less ethically. Results from multivariate repeated measures tests suggest that managers will vary their level of ethical response when faced with a situation in which the organization's survival is at stake. (Author/JBJ)

Attitudes toward censorship of 1,347 undergraduate education students were examined. Survey results indicated that the subjects had a propensity toward permitting free flow of information while objecting to censorship. A significant majority in one or more subgroups favored restricting free flow in certain situations. (SM)