ABSTRACT

The expression that professionals should be led by their moral or ethical compass is increasingly used by academics, policy makers, professionals, and educational institutes. Dutch universities of applied sciences (UAS), for example, explicitly aim to educate their students to become professionals equipped with a moral compass. This moral or ethical compass is a metaphor of which people intuitively grasp its meaning, but our literature review also shows that various interpretations are possible. We found three clusters of proposed ethical compasses expressing its a) content, b) form, or c) use, which we present in this article. Thereafter, we evaluate which compass can meaningfully assist (young) professionals and, therefore, should be part of the aims and content of education provided by UAS. Based on this evaluation, we describe the possibilities and boundaries of UAS’ contribution to the development of their students’ ethical compass.

摘要

学术界，决策者，专业人士和教育机构越来越多地使用专业人士应以其道德或道德指南为指导的表达。例如，荷兰应用科学大学（UAS）明确旨在教育学生成为具备道德指南针的专业人员。这个道德或道德的指南针是人们直观地理解其含义的隐喻，但我们的文献综述还显示出各种解释都是可能的。我们发现了三组提议的道德指南针，它们表达了我们在本文中介绍的以下内容：a）内容，b）形式或c）使用。此后，我们评估哪个指南针可以有效地帮助（年轻）专业人员，因此，它应该成为UAS提供的教育目标和内容的一部分。根据此评估，