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The university is "taking ethics training seriously and trying to set an example" for other institutions, said Dennis F. Thompson, Whitehead professor of political philosophy and the director of Harvard's Program in Ethics and the Professions.
Asians fill the professions and the universities. Already Asia has replaced Europe as the leading foreign source of U.S. engineers, doctors and technical workers. The 400 Silicon Valley electronics firms owned by Asian Americans last year earned revenues of $2.5 billion. From 1975 to 1985, the number of full-time...
Peterson said the study of ethics was particularly important for doctors at a time when there seems to be growing public dissatisfaction with the traditional professions such as medicine.
Dennis F. Thompson, director of theUniversity's Program in Ethics and Professions,said he did not think that last year'scontroversies were related to the formation of theMedical School ethics division or the donation ofthe foundation money.
University officials argue that academia is fundamentally different from other professions, and that professors need the protection of tenure in order to conduct their scholarship without fear of reprisal. In this view, tenure is the guarantor of unimpeded academic freedom.