Ethics in Higher Education: Values-driven Leaders for the Future

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9 Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education:
Some Perspectives from Experience ...................................... 133


N. Barney Pityana
9.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 133
9.2 Discussion ............................................................................. 134
9.3 Conclusion ............................................................................. 160

10 Leadership and Epistemological Responsibility
in African Universities in the 21st Century ............................ 163


Catherine A. Odora-Hoppers
10.1 Introduction: Eurocentric Thought and “Otherness” ........... 163
10.2 Inwards to Outwards: What has this Meant
for Strategies for Leadership in Africa? ...................................... 165
10.3 Implications for Policy and Institutions for the IKS
Initiative in South Africa ............................................................. 171
10.4 What this Effort Enables in Scholarly Terms ...................... 174
10.5 Facing the Public Policy and the Academic System ........... 175
10.6 Confronting the Epistemological Irresponsibility ............... 178
10.7 Conclusion ........................................................................... 181
10.8 Chapter References.............................................................. 183

11 Ethical Leadership in Higher Education
in the Era of Complexity ......................................................... 187


Narend Baijnath
11.1 Introduction ......................................................................... 187
11.2 A Context of Perpetual Change ........................................... 191
11.3 University Leadership in the Era of Complexity ................. 197
11.4 Ethical Leadership in the Era of Complexity ...................... 200
11.5 Conclusion ........................................................................... 203
11.6 Chapter References.............................................................. 204
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