Universities have a central role to play in providing ethical leadership

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. The focus is on ethics this week in our Transformative Leadership series, in which University World News is partnering with The MasterCard Foundation. Mervyn Frost says too little attention has been paid to the ethical role played by universities, which must uphold a host of ethical values, central to which is the value of truth. Stephen Heyneman emphasises the importance of courageous university leaders who understand the importance of ethics, as universities are the teachers of future leaders. Eric Fredua-Kwarteng says the developmental university model for developing countries must include well-crafted ethical ways of doing research, anchored in social justice and human rights. And Margaret Andrews considers how best to equip business school students to understand and approach ethical dilemmas.
In Commentary, Angel Calderon describes how Times Higher Education produced a game-changer ranking by including book and book chapter citations, which helped Oxford University to the number one spot and favoured United States and United Kingdom universities. Elena Denisova-Schmidt says universities should acknowledge a situation in which international students are more likely to cheat than domestic students, and tackle the problem.
In Features, Ramadan Rajab describes the rapid growth of higher education in Somalia, and accompanying concerns about quality in new independent universities.
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