Ethics
Does lt Play a Role in the Finnish University Reform?
Abstrakti
The current university reform in Finland provides
more autonomy in the management and finance
for the universities. ln the future, the
management of the universities will be more
based on freedom and entrepreneurial values. ln
our article we will concentrate on universities as
ethical organizations and apply administrative
ethics doctrine in to the context of higher
education. Ethical organisations are those that
follow ethical rules, including individuals who
conduct with ethical standards and codes.
University as an ethical organisation is composed
of different elements, such as legal foundations
and ethical principles, research ethics,
professionals and management values, ethical
codes and tools of ethics development. The
"new" university has certain ethical challenges:
How to maintain a public reputation of impartial
and trustworthy institution, to clarify ethical
regulations and to keep up good management
practices and to carry on promoting ethical
development work.
