Department Chairs

The links below contain ethics cases that may be particularly useful to department chairs in sociology. These are geared toward sociologists in positions of administrative leadership and deal with issues that may provide challenges to them.

Case 02. Maintaining Competence
Case 03. Maintaining Competence
Case 06. Off Campus time and teaching responsibilities
Case 08. Nondiscrimination based on national origin
Case 10. Exploration or Exploitation?
Case 11. Fair Distribution of Workload
Case 12. Sexual Relationships
Case 14. Part-time Employees
Case 16. Responsibilities of Academic Sociologists as Employees
Case 19. Hiring Practices
Case 20. Early Tenure Evaluation
Case 27. Refusal in the Case of Conflict of Interest with
Respect to a Relative Who is also a Colleague
Case 47. Maintaining Confidentiality of Faculty Hiring Decisions
Case 56. Student Research on a Sensitive Topic
Case 68. Plagiarism in Coursework
Case 72. Acknowledging Credit in Professional Work
Case 89. False or Deceptive Statements
Case 91. Filling Last Minute Teaching Gaps
Case 92. Equality in Training Opportunities
Case 93. Change in the Classroom
Case 98. Clueless
Case 100. Student Confidentiality
Case 103. Hiring and Non-Prejudice