Abstract

TOPETE BARRERA, Carlos  and  WINFIELD REYES, Ana Maria. Moral dilemas and ethic management in higher education. Investig. adm. [online]. 2013, vol.42, n.112, pp.76-89. ISSN 2448-7678.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the ethics management phenomena when it is confronted to the moral dilemmas that higher institution leaders and directives face in the context of contemporary society. Due to the kind of decisions the academic leaders and directives progressively promote, would in the end give nature to a culture of values within his o her institution or, in the other sense, could fall into a decreasing practices that eventually will impact not only in the quality of education, but also in other key aspects for development such as governability, democracy and formation of social commitment for citizenship.

Through the study of various approaches in this subject, it is propose and devised a methodological instrument that has been tested against open moral dilemmas in the context of management of several Mexican higher education institutions. In support of this, detailed and taking into depth data that have been obtained from interviews on key informants are analyzed through a qualitative methodology that relies on the Atlas.ti tool. At the end of this process some of the most meaningful results are outlined to refer and to provide confirmation to the initial hypothesis, and to generate conceptual maps that help to a better understanding through an interpretation of the reality that has been under research here.

Keywords : ethics management; moral dilemmas; higher education institutions.