A Review of Ethical Issues Facing Administrators in Institutions of Higher learning in Sub Saharan Africa

Abstract

The paper examines the place of ethics in institutions of higher learning and the challenges administrators encounter in these institutions in Sub Saharan Africa. Among the issues that pose ethical dilemmas to the administrators include: maintaining access, financial management, academic integrity, online and distance learning, human resource management, commercialization of higher
education, and power and politics in the development of higher education curriculum. The paper argues for the integration of ethics in the curriculum if these concerns are to be addressed. The administrators are advised to embrace and promote ethics in their institutions. They must put in place coherent and consistent policies and procedures that are embedded in the culture of the institutions. Also there is need to come up with an ethics implementation framework which is enforced. Both the students and staff must understand the policies and put them in practice.