Every business and organization today needs to impress stakeholders with its ethics policy. This reflects the increasing emphasis on ethics in public and professional life, evident in the way the UK Council for Industry and Higher Education encourages universities to develop their own ethics policies. Universities, Ethics and Professio

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction, John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis Section 1 The debate: ethics in contemporary universitiesIntroduction to Section 12. Ethics, values and higher education: the power of globalization, Peter Jarvis3. The vitality of ethics in the contemporary university, John Strain4. The post-modern university: prospects of the ethical, Ronald BarnettSection 2 Ethical concepts in academic practiceIntroduction to Section 25. Formation and virtue, academic and professional, Christopher Megone6. Community as an academic ethic, Bruce Macfarlane7. Dialogue, virtue and ethics,Stan van Hooft8. Excellence and the pursuit of competence in contemporary universities: a view from the U.S.A., Joan Whitman HoffSection 3 Universities, ethics and professions: some different perspectives Introduction to Section 39. The teacher’s perspective: teaching ethics and professional ethics in universities, Christopher Belshaw10. Looking forward: the researcher’s perspective, Martin Bulmer and Josephine Ocloo 11. Views from the boundary: business and professional perspectives, Simon Robinson12. Looking at what is needed: from the chief executive’s desk, Roger Steare13. Departures, John Strain, Ronald Barnett and Peter Jarvis Index