Diseño de una propuesta de código de ética y buen gobierno para la Universidad Santiago de Cali

Abstract

The objective of this research is to design a proposed code of ethics and good governance for the University of Santiago de Cali, Institution of Higher Education currently committed to achieving institutional accreditation, endorsement granted by the National Accreditation Council - CNA - organism of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) responsible for monitoring that institutions comply with the highest quality protocols. The behaviors and actions of the human being in a social field and particularly in corporations, governments, religious institutions, military and universities, today a phenomenon known as corruption at its best. A discourse and an action is constructed that contradicts the essence of ethics that seeks transparency in human actions and behaviors. In Colombia, there are several cases with large corruption problems that could be affected as the antithesis of good behavior or ethical behavior both in public and private companies, within the government, in religious and military institutions at all levels and in universities public and private nationwide. The latter, sometimes to the surveillance of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) and strict standards for granting high quality accreditation, must be determined of the need for ethical actions in their administrative and training processes, committing all their levels from the highest hierarchical level; likewise, the university as an institution that integrally forms a whole community, implicitly acquires the commitment and responsibility to do so from the strictest ethical rectitude. The University of Santiago de Cali, currently has the purpose of being recognized as an institution with high quality accreditation. To date, few Higher Education Institutions accredited by the Ministry of National Education (MEN) have a code of ethics and good governance. This research paper intends to write a proposed code of ethics and good governance for the University of Santiago de Cali, which condenses the current management, administration, planning and control practices formulated under the guidance of Dr. Carlos Andrés Pérez Galindo and thus based on a document his policy of "Transformation and Good Governance" that he has rightly been implementing in his administration.