1. AGC
Faculty Code of Ethics
Presentation to AGC
February 14, 2007

2. Today’s Tasks Present Overview & History of Faculty Code of Ethics
Areas for Review & Revision (Table Discussions)
Table Report Outs
Next Steps
The Following is the AGC Presentation from 2008

3. AGC Faculty Code of Ethics
Presentation to AGC
April 8th, 2008

4. Faculty Ethics Development Committee
Steve Abid
Nickie Alexander
Sandy Andrews
Tom Boersma
Laurie Foster
Mike Klawitter
Mike Light
Kathleen Owens
Diane Sparks
Mike Vargo

5. History of Faculty Ethics Initiative
Winter ’07 – subcomittee formed to develop faculty ethics code
Two previous year-end reviews of faculty priorities emphasized ethics issues
Even ‘04-’05 Faculty Senate (pre AGC) had an ethics committee, and Senate minutes include requests for clarity around ethics guidelines

6. Team formally met in F ‘07 Reviewed existing GRCC ethics resources
HR PBM –> Ethics Monitoring system & “Ethics Hotline”
Existing FA Code of Ethics

7. Broader look at Ethics
Ethics defined by the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd Edition, 1989)
pl. ethics. (after Gr. ).
The science of morals; the department of study concerned with the principles of human duty.
The moral principles by which a person is guided.
The rules of conduct recognized in certain associations or departments of human life.

8. Broader look at Professional Ethics
Many self-regulating professional groups have “ethical codes of conduct.”
AAUP – American Association of University Professors
Established ethical guidelines for faculty
Rely on parent institution to manage
Virtually all of the colleges and universities we surveyed had established faculty ethics codes.

9. Functions of Ethical Codes
Aspirational - these are the core values that we hold and aspire to manifest in our professional conduct.
Educational – with these codes we educate others in our profession about the values/beliefs/behaviors that we have decided are central to ethical conduct.
Regulatory – these are principles we use to regulate our own behavior, and agree that these are principles to which we, as professionals, choose to be held accountable.

10. Empirical study of ethics issues
American Scientist (1993)
88% of faculty believe “ethical preparedness” training should be institutionalized.
Only 4% felt their institutions actually did this.
J of Higher Ed (1999)
majority of faculty (51% M & 65% W) reported ethics concerns on their campuses.
31% classified these as “very serious.”
AAUP (2007) – on need for education in ethics…
“These data indicate that we cannot rely on osmotic diffusion of academic tradition from one generation to the next to produce clear understandings among faculty….”

11. Environmental Scan
Most schools, particularly those with Faculty Senate governance model, have faculty ethics codes
Many of these are based on AAUP ethics statements (updated in 1987)
FA code appears largely based on an earlier version of AAUP document

12. AAUP statement has 5 sections
Faculty responsibility as Scholars
Faculty responsibility as Teachers
Faculty responsibility as Colleagues
Faculty responsibility to the Institution
Faculty responsibility to the Larger Community

13. Our Draft: Merging AAUP statement and Existing Code
AAUP guidelines – reflects contemporary collegiate standards of ethical conduct.
Existing FA Code of Ethics – honors existing GRCC values.
We added a Rationale and Preamble to provide context.
After 5 drafts… we presented this draft to full faculty. Draft #5

14. Feedback from faculty
We sent this draft to all full time and adjunct faculty.
We presented to faculty at the Ethics Forum.
We asked AGC faculty reps to present this to departments and provide feedback to us.
Feedback

15. Your input and next steps
Questions and Comments
What are we missing?
Is there anything you would like to see included that is not?
Next Steps
In the next year… develop an ethics process to get this important information into the College:
Aspiration
Education
Regulation

16. That’s it! Thanks for taking the time to participate in this important process.

17. Since April 2008 Presentation
Ratified by AGC November 11, 2008
Provost Approval November 21, 2008
Presidential Approval June 22, 2009
AGC Reviewed Winter 2013
Scheduled for Review – 2017
Next Steps

18. Today’s Tasks Present Overview & History of Faculty Code of Ethics
Areas for Review & Revision (Table Discussions)
Faculty Code of Ethics
Table Report Outs
Next Steps
Team Members: Steve Abid, Mike Klawitter, Mike Light, and?