Professional ethics : an investigation of student affairs professionals' compliance with the American College Personnel Association's statement of ethical principles and standards

Author

Edward Joseph Busher

Date of Award

5-1996

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education

Major

Education

Major Professor

Norma Mertz

Committee Members

Mark Miller, Malcolm Mclnnis, Mary Jane Connelly

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine whether and to what extent student affairs administrators acted in accordance with the American College Personnel Association Professional Code of Ethics. Full-time, professional live-in residence hall staff were asked to respond to a series of ethical situations and their responses were compared to the principles and standards defined in the code. The research questions guiding this study included:

1. How consistent are residence hall professionals' responses with the recommendations of the ACPA Code?
2. What are the motivations underlying participants' responses to ethical situations?
3. What is the relationship between what residence hall professionals say they should do in an ethical situation and what they say they would do in a ethical situation?
4. What is the relationship between how professional hall staff respond to ethical situations and the demographic variables of age, gender, race, residence hall experience, educational background, type of institution in which employed, and familiarity with the code?

Recommended Citation

Busher, Edward Joseph, "Professional ethics : an investigation of student affairs professionals' compliance with the American College Personnel Association's statement of ethical principles and standards. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1996.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/9680