Ethical Dilemmas Of Working In Higher Education

Working in higher education there are a few moral decisions I have faced. When I started as a higher education professional, there were decisions my department made that I personally disagreed with. Anytime a moral decision was made by the department leadership that I disagree with morally, I made sure I communicated this to my supervisor and we always discuss those concerns as a department after my one on one with my supervisor. As a professional, my moral decision making is based on my beliefs and life experiences. I choose not to change who I was as person or conform to a structure that was not conducive to my development a person or profession. I personally believe in Aristotle virtue ethics, which basically states that the character of a individual is important. Doing the right than at the right time shows the character of the individual.
There were many individuals in the department who were “institutionalized”. When I say institutionalized, I am referring to those professionals who are at the same institution where they did both undergrad and graduate work at. From my experiences, individuals were still in their same roles for young and with little advancement. With higher education, it is vital to have different prospects and sometimes working in higher education requires professionals to be open to new ideas and development. The professional I worked with only wanted to hire within the institution. When this took place many of the skills were useless because many of the individuals hired for the department were not bring best practices with