Integrating ethics into a communication course is one means of advancing an understanding of ethical issues. Since textbooks in most instances will not have a substantial coverage of ethical material, the instructor can look for supplementary materials in references such as the bibliography entitled "Ethical Responsibility in Communication"…

This section, from a larger report describing a project designed to systematically investigate how religious and traditional values are represented in today's public school curricula, presents a critical evaluation of the two most discussed and influential models of moral education operating in the United States today. Both of these models have…

This preliminary study asked, "Who's the most exceptional living scholar in educational leadership?" Four scholar-practitioners were nominated. The reasons nominators gave for their selections were analyzed. The criteria--significant and broad impact on scholarship, national spheres of public influence, and mentoring and multi-authoring…

A study conducted at the University of Virginia has implications for the development of a conservation ethic in natural resource conservation courses. If instruction is provided about alternative approaches and the ramifications explored (thereby helping individuals to clarify their natural resource values), important changes in individuals'…

A longer version of this article was presented at the convention of the American Educational Research Association (Los Angeles, February 5-8, 1969).

Sport and physical education provide unique opportunities to contribute to the quality of life. Historically, they were enthusiastically used to develop high standards of ethical and moral behavior. Currently, however, cheating and violence have become standard, especially in North America, and are apparently accepted with mild criticism and only…

Ethical concerns related to faculty consulting and other professional activities for supplemental pay are discussed. Some groups, like students and taxpayers, may find it difficult to view outside professional activities of faculty members in the context of public service and professional development. Universities employing academic professionals…

This publication reports on a seminar and a workshop held in Tokyo, Japan, 1978 dealing with moral education in Asia. The seminar and workshop participants exchanged information and experiences, examined problems, and suggested guidelines for the implementation of regional programs in moral education. Participating countries include Afghanistan,…

Individuals who differ in moral reasoning have been found not only to achieve different stations in life but also to have considerably different values and strategies by which they conduct their lives. The nature of individuals' life outcomes was measured in this study using the status of the person's job as well as both structured and open-ended…

One function of a Human Subjects Committee is to review the possible adverse effects of ethically problematic experiments. The concerns of an institutional review committee about the possible adverse effects of an ethically-problematic "cheating" study were examined with regard to the actual effects reported by the subjects. Retrospective…

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS THE MAJOR ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE DECEMBER 1965 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPERVISION AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THE PLACE OF THE FINE ARTS, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND PHILOSOPHY WITHIN THE HUMANITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE,…

AT THE 1965 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION BY CORRESPONDENCE (CEC), HELD IN PARIS IN OCTOBER, THE MODIFIED CEC CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED. AT THE 1966 ANNUAL MEETING, HELD IN LONDON IN MAY, THE DELEGATES DISCUSSED BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF A MODEL CODE OF ETHICS. TO INVESTIGATE METHODS OF EDUCATION BY CORRESPONDENCE,…

Kelley's cube model of attributions (1967) can be applied to moral judgments to predict how individuals arrive at attributions concerning dispositional or environmental causes. The relative contributions of the three dimensions of Kelley's cube to attributions of morality and trustworthiness were tested by presenting 37 male and 77 female subjects…

The attitudes and values of the present generation of Miami University undergraduates were studied, and the shifts that have taken place in the viewpoints of incoming freshmen at the institution during this decade are traced. Five types of values were examined: personal values and commitments, political and economic beliefs, social attitudes,…