Global ethics and the role of academics

van den Anker, Christien

Abstract

Academics have a social and professional responsibility that stems from their individual duties as global citizens. With their privileged position as lifelong learners they need to assess carefully where they direct their attention for research, their teaching and their exchange of knowledge with the wider public. This means that academic freedom does not only bring a range of rights, it also involves duties to develop and advocate ethical positions on real-life dilemmas and to engage in self-reflection on being in the role of contributing to oppression.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: Nov 25, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2016
• Journal: Human Rights Human Welfare Roundtable
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: global ethics, academic responsibility
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1007326
• Publisher URL: http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/roundtable/2009/panel-a/12-2008/vandenanker-2009a.html
• Contract Date: Nov 15, 2016