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Bok, Derek C. – 1979
The question of what the university should do when it purchases goods and services from firms that are said to have acted improperly is considered by the president of Harvard University. It has been proposed that Harvard join national boycotts to force companies to stop engaging in specific practices that are thought to be improper. Several…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, College Role, Conflict
Bok, Derek C. – 1979
The ethical problems of receiving funds and the objections raised by concerned members of the university community are discussed by the president of Harvard University. It is proposed that donations be rejected that force the institution to deviate from its chosen standards of admission, or permit the donor to determine the selection of professors…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, Conflict, Educational Finance
Bok, Derek C. – 1979
A discussion of Harvard University's ethical responsibilities by the college's president considers the reasons why universities have traditionally been reluctant to take formal positions on ethical and political issues arising in the outside world. These reasons include a belief that such positions will establish an orthodoxy that may inhibit…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, College Role, Conflict