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This practical book guides the reader through the potentially problematic areas of academic ethics. Recognizing the political and legal, as well as moral, dimensions of ethical questions, the authors offer strategies to help deal with many of the ethical dilemmas that may arise during an academic career.
List of contents
PART ONE: WHEN ETHICS, POLITICS, AND THE LAW COLLIDE
Why You Should Care about Ethical Dilemmas
The Overlap of Ethics, University Politics, and the Law
PART TWO: WHAT ARE ETHICAL VIOLATIONS?
Faking, Lying, and Taking Credit
Fudging Research and Related Scholarly Sins
Sexual Harassment
Lust, Confusion, and Abuse
Dealing with Fuzzy Ethical Issues
PART THREE: HOW TO STOP ETHICAL VIOLATIONS
Choosing a Strategy for Coping with Unethical Colleagues
When Informal Strategies Do Not Work
Conclusion
Living Happily and Ethically Ever After
About the author
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is a professor in the Sociology Program in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University. Her research areas are medical sociology and aging and the life course with a special focus on health policy, health care utilization, and health behavior. She has recently published Medicare by Greenwood Press (2011) and serves as the editor of the research annual Research in the Sociology of Health and Health Care published each year by Emerald Press. She is co-editor of Health and Associate Editor In Chief of American Journal of Health Promotion. Her current research interests in addition to health policy include research on gender and health, and research on aspects of obesity as linked to social factors.
Summary
This practical book guides the reader through the potentially problematic areas of academic ethics. Recognizing the political and legal, as well as moral, dimensions of ethical questions, the authors offer strategies to help deal with many of the ethical dilemmas that may arise during an academic career.
