Code of conduct and proffestional ethics in higher Education institutions

Abstract 

Code of conduct and professional ethics encompass the personal, organizational and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. Professional and those working in acknowledged professions, exercise specialist knowledge and skill. How the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public can be considered a moral issue and is termed professional ethics. Professional thics is an attempt to provide direction and guidance to the teachers in enhancing the dignity of theire professional work.Our mandate is to promote learing,development and building for all children, our values,attitudes and actions influence the impact of our work. These ethical principles constitute a common responsibility to develop good education and to promote and develop our professionality. The individual teacher and leader share the profession’s responsibility to advance the purposes and goals of education.Professional groups should be encouraged by their members to continue their work in developing and revising codes of professional ethics,and to set up fair processes for dealing withcases.This paper discusses in detail about the concept of professional ethics,its codes values and responsibilities

Key words; Ethics,Professional ethics,professional community, professional practices.

The purpose of this text is to lay out a framework for codes of practice for ethical conduct in higher education institutions. In order to achieve the intended aims and objectives, professional ethics are thought to be of the utmost importance. Professional ethics must be taken into consideration by students as they pursue higher education. It must also include directors, heads, professors, and other staff members as well as other participants in the educational system. All members are expected to act in line with the expressed standards of conduct, integrity, and accountability set forth in the applicable institution policies and agreements, as described in detail in the Code of Conduct. Instead of offering specific guidelines, the code of ethics presents a set of broad principles. Three fundamental ethical precepts form the foundation of the Code of Ethics are diversity, respect for people and both individual and professional accountability. The primary topics that have been considered in this research work are the importance of professional ethics, their goals and sorts, and strategies for enhancing professional ethics.

Role of Ethics and Moral Values in Higher Education

Nowadays, ethics has an essential place in all fields of life. Education is also a basic method of human life. So, in education ethics has a very vital and productive role. To become a better citizen, ethics should be put as a way in the educational system. Child is like a rough diamond and needs filling and polishing before all his/her faculties can function and fullest development. Education enables one to lead a better physical, mental intellectual and spiritual life. Ethics deals with the morality and morality refers to personal or cultural value code of conduct or social values. Higher education makes the quality of leadership in students. The Ethics and moral values adept in universities heavily affect the future leaders. It is important to state that the moral value of ethics in life explores what is our origin as human beings. Ethics education is the prospect for a new value alignment. Such education guarantees the

training of both the teacher and the student, develops new technologies and conclusively allows a new vision, a new policy, a new market new resources and a new system.

Keywords: higher education, leadership, ethics, moral values, cultural values.

Professional Ethics for Teachers: Controlling Teachers or Enhancing Quality Teaching

Education is considered to be the most reliable and most potent tool for the development of any country. Teaching profession is considered to be the most noble profession.Every profession has some professional ethics which are necessary to maintain the standard of the area and same is the case with the teaching profession. professional ethics not only creates a suitable environment for working in all kind of professions but develope a sense of responsibility and commitment towards any profession. Positive and negative both type of changes appears in the process of development and especially if we talk about educational development then various unethical events also happening in the field of education at every level ,so the question which arises here is what should be done in order to improve the current educational scenario and what are those certain areas where work should be done .keeping all these questions in mind present paper was written and it was concluded that only mission and vision is not sufficient to improve the present conditions but separate value based pedagogy  and curriculum along with ethics should be needed to apply over the present scenario not only to control teachers but to maintain and enhance quality in teaching profession. 

Key words

Teaching Profession, Professional Ethics & Value based pedagogy, 

CODE OF CONDUCT & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Student –Teacher relationship is known since ancient times, and it is the sacred relation in India. Teachers are the backbone of country and is somehow responsible for the attitude of young generation. So, the need of implication in code of conduct and professional ethics in higher educational institutes is the need of hour. It provides a basis for ethical behavior in academic institutions to teaching staff as well as the students. Setting a professional code of Ethics provide a road map to approach and deal with problems in a morally and socially acceptable manner thereby imbibing honesty and integrity in the institutional ethics and work culture leading to a healthier work environment. Such code helps outline the mission and values of an organization and provides the groundwork for a pre-emptive warning in case of deviance/ non -compliance. Teachers as professionals engaged in the teaching learning process are required to show impartiality, integrity and ethical behaviour in the classroom and in their conduct with parents and colleagues. Code of ethics must be followed by institutions, so that teaching professionals maintain the integrity of their work by making the students an ethical base for the correct and incorrect. Apart from the UGC’s code of conduct guidelines, an independent professional ethics guidelines should be followed by each higher academic institution, so as to spread the concept of good and acceptable conduct among students. The department should conduct a professional ethics programme during the orientation session each year for newly admitted students, teachers and academic staff. It should prescribe the rules and regulations of appropriate and acceptable behavior. Thus, every organization must maintain a moral profile to gain credibility in the eyes of the stakeholders and build a good institutional image. Ethical conduct is to be practiced in all facets of the institutional operations and activities, policy decision making, implementation, and follow up. It is not only necessary to frame ethical standards but also to ensure that the standards and benchmarks set are followed in letter and spirit.

Cultivating Professional Ethics among Trainee Teachers through 

Entrepreneurial Activity: A Case Study

The purpose of this study is to Cultivate Professional ethics among pre-service teachers during their training tenure through an entrepreneurial activity. Professional ethics are the guidelines of code that provide direction in enhancing the dignity of any professional work. This paper analyses research done on teacher trainees studying compulsory course - ie. “Entrepreneurial Mindset” in Semester II of B.Ed. Programme by GGSIPU. Researcher trained the teacher trainees that Entrepreneurship skills are best learnt through running a real business activity. This activity of Entrepreneurship Education taught essential life skills such as an innovative approach to solve a problem, resolve real world problems, collaboration and working with a team, communication, and many more to teacher trainees. The outcomes of this activity showed that encouraging entrepreneurship among future teachers can help them develop their professional ethics- with special focus on standard 2,3 and 4 of National Professional Standards For Teachers (NPST).

Keywords: Professional Ethics, Entrepreneurial Activity, Trainee Teachers

The Influence of Codes of Conduct on Ethical Behavior in Higher Education Institutions

In the contemporary generation, students must make a diverse range of ethical choices, many of which they are unsure of. Unfortunately, a lot of these issues have roots not just in their professional lives but also in their academic ones. A lack of knowledge about decision-making is the root cause of these problems. This problem presents an actual global dilemma. Codifying ethics can be a crucial step in promoting integrity and preventing unethical behavior in the workplace and higher education. However, there isn't enough proof to support the claim that behavior codes in colleges have any effect. Academic dishonesty has grown to be a significant problem in higher education institutions. Additionally, codes of conduct can serve as a foundation for morality and ethics in colleges and universities. This paper is to discuss the issues related to the code of ethics in online learning and offline learning, and the responsibilities of students, faculty, and administrators according to the code of professional ethics. Students cheat on exams and assignments while administrators and instructors are too busy to impose consequences under the codes of ethics. To protect the integrity of online teaching and learning, it is necessary to talk about these challenges from time to time. So, this paper suggests some potential improvements to achieve the goals of higher education institutions from an ethical behavioral aspect.

Keywords: Code of Conduct, Online learning, Academic fraud

Professional Commitment and Ethics in Teaching: An Overview

Every profession is accountable to society. Academic freedom that bestowed upon teachers is promised upon the societal responsibility. Their job involves dispassionate search for truth and its transmission and application. Teaching encompasses each and every fact of human life. As professionals it has become imperative that we see changes in the very social structure. The skills and competencies needed to survive have changed. With these changing scenario we have to work together to develop the professional ethos and standards of teaching so that the demands of the new world are met satisfactory. The code of professional ethics and commitment for teachers provide a framework of principles to guide them in discharging their obligation towards students, parents, colleagues and community. In this thematic paper the researcher pointed out professional criteria, professional ethics and preamble of code of professional ethics for teachers.

Key Words: Professional, ethics, values, teachers