How Higher Education Administrators Make Sense of Their Professional Ethics

• In Event: Accepting Responsibility for Illuminating Ethical Tensions and Underlying Assumptions in Postsecondary Education

Abstract

This study uses sensemaking as a theoretical framework and content analysis methodology to study the professional ethics of higher education administrators. in relation to their personal ethics and the mission and vision of the organization. It finds that person’s sense of identity, personal ethics, role within the institution, and what they believe to be the goals of their organization play a role in shaping how they make sense of their professional ethics.

Author

• Cecile Huynh Sam, Rowan University