Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students
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Overview
A comprehensive summary of best practices in ethics development on campus, providing a variety of practical ways to promote formation of ethics and character among college students and young adults.
We are all called upon to make ethical decisions every day—ones regarding being honest with others, not cheating in order to save effort or get ahead, or avoiding involvement in situations that will result in injury to ourselves or others—in short, choosing whether or not to do the “right thing” in all types of situations. On every relational level and throughout an unlimited range of everyday choices and actions, ethical issues come into play. This is especially true for students and young adults.
Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students offers best practices for ethical formation on campus, covering subjects such as how to create an organizational culture of ethics; ethical decision-making situations and circumstances on- and off-campus, curricular and extracurricular; specific developmental goals and challenges in the college setting; ethical principles for decision making; and how faith communities can serve the promotion of student ethics. The book also provides multiple resources and examples of successful efforts to mediate unethical behavior by colleges, supplies a theoretical foundation for ethical formation in college, and outlines what colleges, parents, and students themselves can do to nurture ethical development during the college years.
A comprehensive summary of best practices in ethics development on campus, providing a variety of practical ways to promote formation of ethics and character among college students and young adults.
Provides best practices on how university students can develop ethical decision-making skills and explains how the college environment can be an excellent place to nurture the development of an ethical imperative in young adults
Presents an effective and practical model for personal ethical decision-making that encourages individuals of any age to be thoughtful, intentional, and more likely to maintain one’s moral integrity, best interests, and personal sense of honor
Documents how a thoughtful approach to the formation of ethics and character during college can impact significant social issues, such as sexual assaults, problematic drinking, cheating on tests, and discrimination, both on-campus and in the general population
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Establishing the Foundation for Ethical Development in College
1. Introduction to Ethical Issues in College
2. The Four I’s: Developmental Goals and Challenges in College
3. Ethics 101: Moral Philosophy in a Nutshell
4. The RRICC Model: Five Ethical Principles for Decision Making
II. What Colleges, Parents, and Students Can Do to Nurture Ethical Development
5. Creating an Organizational Culture of Ethics
6. How Universities Can Teach and Embody Ethical Thought
7. What the Faith Communities Can Do to Promote Student Ethics
8. How Parents Can Help Young Adults Prepare Ethically for College
9. What Students Can Do to Nurture Their Own Character Development in College
10. In Their Own Words: Students Offer Their Views on Ethics Development at College
III. Best Practices in Ethical Development on Campus
11. Best Practices: Curricular
12. Best Practices: Extracurricular
13. Best Practices: Residential Life
14. Best Practices: Athletics
15. Best Practices: Campus Judicial Procedures
16. Best Practices: Alumni, Donor, and Community Relations
IV. Conclusions and Resources
17. Putting It All Together: Best Ways to Nurture Ethical Development in Colleges
Appendix A. Sample Syllabi for Applied Ethics Classes
Appendix B. Sample Syllabi for Freshman 100/101 Classes
Appendix C. Sample Honor Codes
Appendix D. Sample Paradigm for University Judicial Procedures
Appendix E. A Framework for Ethical Decision Making
Appendix F. Fifteen Principles for the Design of College Ethical Development Programs
Appendix G. Additional Resources
References
Index
- Title: Graduating with Honor: Best Practices to Promote Ethics Development in College Students
- Authors: Thomas G. Plante, Lori G. Plante
- Publisher: Praeger
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBN: 9798216091493
- Resource ID: LLS:9798216091493
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:56:35Z
Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP, is Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J. University Professor and director of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University.
Lori G. Plante, PhD, is a licensed psychologist maintaining a clinical psychology practice in Menlo Park, CA, for more than 25 years.