Positive public perceptions of academic quality and professional ethics are critical to the long-term legitimacy of American colleges and universities. Faculty codes of conduct are one mechanism whereby the professoriate can define acceptable practice, exercise social control, and maintain public confidence in higher education, yet the drivers of their adoption are not well understood. Building upon previous research into such organizational behavior by institutional type, this study examined the prevalence and content of publicly posted faculty codes of conduct within an organizational field of institutions that share a common religious identity but differ in their institutional types and employment structures. Faculty handbooks from American member institutions of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), an international association of faith-based institutions, were gathered and analyzed. Although only 27% of CCCU member institutions in the U.S. (36/135) publicly posted faculty codes of conduct, the average number of tenets present in each code (n = 7.5) was higher than suggested by previous research. Study findings also revealed that membership category, institutional type, and employment structures influence the content of faculty codes of conduct, indicating that isomorphic pressures operate within this particular organizational field. The piece concludes by commending publicly posted codes of conduct as an affirmation of the personal responsibility, fairness, and care exercised by ethical professionals in the academy.

公众对学术质量和职业道德的积极认识对于美国高校的长期合法性至关重要。教师行为守则是教授可以定义可接受的做法，行使社会控制并维持公众对高等教育的信心的一种机制，但是人们对其采用的驱动力知之甚少。基于以前按机构类型对此类组织行为的研究，本研究研究了在具有共同宗教认同但机构类型和就业结构不同的机构的组织领域内公开发布的教师行为守则的普遍性和内容。基督教学院与大学理事会（CCCU）美国会员机构的教职手册，收集并分析了一个国际的基于信仰的机构协会。尽管在美国CCCU成员机构中只有27％（36/135）公开发布了教师行为准则，但每个准则中存在的平均原则数量（n = 7.5）高于以前的研究建议。研究结果还显示，成员类别，机构类型和就业结构会影响教师行为准则的内容，这表明同构压力在该特定组织领域内起作用。文章最后赞扬了公开发布的行为准则，以肯定该学院的道德专业人员所承担的个人责任，公平和关怀。（36/135）公开发布了教师行为准则，每个准则中存在的平均信条数（n = 7.5）比以前的研究建议的要高。研究结果还显示，成员类别，机构类型和就业结构会影响教师行为准则的内容，这表明同构压力在该特定组织领域内起作用。文章最后赞扬了公开发布的行为准则，以肯定该学院的道德专业人员所承担的个人责任，公平和关怀。（36/135）公开发布了教师行为准则，每个准则中存在的平均信条数（n = 7.5）比以前的研究建议的要高。研究结果还显示，成员类别，机构类型和就业结构会影响教师行为准则的内容，这表明同构压力在该特定组织领域内起作用。文章最后赞扬了公开发布的行为准则，以肯定该学院的道德专业人员所承担的个人责任，公平和关怀。和就业结构会影响教师行为守则的内容，这表明同构压力在该特定组织领域内发挥作用。文章最后赞扬了公开发布的行为准则，以肯定该学院的道德专业人员所承担的个人责任，公平和关怀。和就业结构会影响教师行为守则的内容，这表明同构压力在该特定组织领域内发挥作用。文章最后赞扬了公开发布的行为准则，以肯定该学院的道德专业人员所承担的个人责任，公平和关怀。