Although collegial relationships are among the most prevalent types of interpersonal relationships in our lives, they have not been the subject of much philosophical study. In this paper, we take the first step in the process of developing an ethics of collegiality by establishing what qualifies two people as colleagues and then by determining what it is that gives value to collegial relationships. We argue that A and B are colleagues if both exhibit sameness regarding at least two of the following three features: (i) the same work content or domain of activity; (ii) the same institutional affiliation or common purpose; and/or (iii) the same status or level of responsibility. Moreover, we describe how the potential value of collegial relationships is grounded in the relationship goods that two colleagues have reason to generate qua colleagues, namely, collegial solidarity and collegial recognition. Two interesting conclusions that can be drawn from our analysis are that one has to be proficient at one’s work if one is to be considered a good colleague and that we are also more likely to be better colleagues if we regard the work we do as valuable. Finally, we draw special attention to the working conditions that are conducive to the generation of good collegial relationships and suggest some policies to promote them.

尽管大学关系是我们生活中最普遍的人际关系类型之一，但它们并没有成为很多哲学研究的主题。在本文中，我们通过确定什么使两个人有资格成为同事，然后确定是什么赋予了合议关系的价值，从而迈出了发展合议伦理过程的第一步。我们认为，如果 A 和 B 在以下三个特征中的至少两个方面表现出相同之处，则 A 和 B 是同事：（i）相同的工作内容或活动领域；(ii) 相同的机构隶属关系或共同目的；和/或 (iii) 相同的地位或责任级别。此外，我们描述了同事关系的潜在价值如何基于两个同事有理由产生的关系产品qua同事，即学院的团结和学院的认可。从我们的分析中可以得出两个有趣的结论：一个人必须精通自己的工作才能被视为好同事；如果我们认为我们所做的工作有价值，我们也更有可能成为更好的同事。最后，我们特别关注有利于产生良好合议关系的工作条件，并提出一些促进这种关系的政策。