ARI 3104 ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
COURSE CODE:
INSTRUCTORS:
Dr. Margaret Najjingo Mangheni (BSC. Agric, MSc Agric. Education, PhD Agric Extension)
Mr. John J. Okiror (Dip Ed. Agric DM, B.ED Voc Ag. MSc Agric. Ed.)
Mr. Richard Miiro (B.Sc. Agric., M.Sc. Agric Extension/Education)
COURSE TYPE: Core (Bachelor of Agriculture and Rural Innovations).
COURSE STRUCTURE AND LOCATION
2 Course Units i.e. 30 contact hours per semester: 30 Lecture Hours; and 30 Independent Study Hours = 30
Total Contact Hours (1 LH = 2 TH/ISH). The course will be offered in the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of
Agricultural Extension/ Education
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Concepts of ethics and integrity; national and international frameworks for fostering ethical conduct;
professionalism and professional code of conduct; issues and challenges in agricultural extension service
provision and research; accountability and quality assurance in agricultural service delivery.
2. AIM OF THE COURSE
The aim of this course is to raise students’ awareness about ethical issues in agricultural/ rural advisory practice
3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
i.
To explain the concepts of ethics and integrity as they apply to agricultural advisory service delivery
ii.
To instill in students, a positive attitude towards ethical professional conduct
4. READING LIST
• Blackburn, D. j (1994) Extension Handbook: Processes and Practices, 2nd edition, Toronto: Thomson Education
Publishing Co. pp 201 -209
•
Leeuwis, C. (2004). Communication for rural innovation: Rethinking agricultural extension. 3rd Edition, Oxford,
UK: Blackwell Publishing Company. Pp. 40 – 48
5. COURSE OUTLINE
TOPIC
CONTENT
TIME
ALLOCATED/
METHODS
2TH
1. Introduction
• Orientation, course outline and expectations,
2ISH
definition of the concepts Ethics and integrity;
factors influencing ethics in society and
organizations
2TH
2. National
and • Importance; national and international
2ISH
frameworks for ensuring ethical conduct and
international policy
framework
for
accountability; globalization, diversity and
ethical
multiculturalism
professional
conduct
2TH
3. Professional Code • Professional standards/ code of code of
2ISH
conduct; society’s expectations of an
of conduct
TOOLS
/
EQUIPMENT
NEEDED
Course
outline,
course notes
Course
notes,
course
reader
materials, student
scratch book
Course
course
notes,
reader
4. Professional
conduct (contd)
•
5. Issues
and •
Challenges
in
agricultural service
provision
6. Issues (Contd)
•
7. Ethical issues in •
research
policy
and
8. Ethical issues in •
agricultural
extension
9. Ethical issues in •
agricultural
extension
and
rural development
(contd)
10. Ethical issues in •
agricultural service
delivery
11. Ethics in value •
chain
management
12. Ethics in value
chain
management
(cont)
13. Accountability in •
agricultural service
delivery
agricultural practitioner; desirable profile of an
agriculture
graduate;
challenges
and
opportunities
Ethical conduct in the workplace; interpersonal
relations; conflicts; openness; communication
and confidentiality
materials, student
scratch book
2TH
2ISH
Course
notes,
course
reader
materials, student
scratch book
Course
notes,
course
reader
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Course
notes,
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Diverse issues and challenges in agricultural
service; politics; role diffusion; ethics and
credibility of an agent;
2TH
2ISH
Multiple actors and participation; message
design and communication approaches;
clientele targeting, access and control of
services
Ethics in agricultural research and policy;
moral issues in agricultural research; fair
treatment of research subjects; animal and
basic human rights; originality and accuracy of
data; research publications; plagiarism
2TH
2ISH
Ethics in agricultural extension and training;
purposes and outcomes of training programs;
honesty; minimizing bias/ labeling; humane
treatment of clientele/ fairness; stakeholder
participation;
accountability;
selection,
promotion and recognition of trainees
Legitimacy of extension and rural development
agencies; extension mandate; private and
public funded extension and rural development
services;
2TH
2ISH
Course
notes,
course
reader
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scratch book
2TH
2ISH
Course
notes,
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Clientele rights and nature of agricultural
services
2TH
2ISH
Ethics in agricultural business and marketing;
honesty and transparency; professional
business conduct; consumer rights; advances
in agricultural research and market
considerations; food safety and certification
issues
-do-
2TH
2ISH
Course
notes,
course
reader
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Accountability in agricultural service delivery;
transparency; public relations and information
management; network management issues;
stakeholder
involvement
in
planning;
2TH
2ISH
2TH
2ISH
2TH
2ISH
Course
notes,
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Course
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14. Accountability
in
agricultural service
delivery
implementation and evaluation of extension
programs
-do-
15. Accountability
in
agricultural service
delivery
6. SUMMARY OF TIME NEEDED
Tutorials/ face-to-face contact hours (TH)
Independent Study/ Assignments
-do-
2TH
2ISH
30 hours
30 hours
7. COURSE EVALUATION
Continuous Assessment Test
Final examination
Concepts of Ethics and integrity
2TH
2ISH
40%
60%
Course
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Course
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