Ethical issues in graduate education |
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Authors: | Samuel Gorovitz |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, HL 541, Syracuse University, 13244 Syracuse, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | Concern about the employment prospects of Ph.D.’s in the sciences and engineering has prompted overdue interest in the ethical
aspects of graduate education. It is not possible to isolate an ethical inquiry that focuses solely on job-related issues.
The ethical problems in graduate education are each related to employment, but none is related to employment only. We can
illuminate potential ethical problems by considering conflicts of interest at each point from the decision to offer a graduate
program through the treatment of its alumni. Such consideration prompts reassessment of program content, relations with students,
and the objectives of graduate programs.
This paper is a revised and expanded version of a presentation given at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
meeting in Seattle, WA, February, 1997, during a program organized by the National Science Foundation (“Ethics, Employment,
and Graduate Education in Science and Engineering,” Rachelle Hollander, Organizer).
Samuel Gorovitz is Professor of Philosophy and of Public Administration at Syracuse University. |
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Keywords: | ethics graduate education employment students conflict |
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