CHED eyes introduction of integrity subjects for college students
Published Dec 18, 2019 12:00 am
By Merlina Hernand0-Malipot
In line with its efforts to help to produce a “more ethical” and committed future generation, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is pushing for inclusion of new “integrity subjects” in the tertiary level in order to fight corruption.
MARK BALMORES/ MB FILE PHOTO)
CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, in a statement, said that CHED is partnering with student groups and companies in a “whole-of-nation approach” in battling corruption.
“It is important that ethics in public service be included as one of the key topics in this subject and our students and higher education stakeholders should be educated on the ethical underpinnings of public service,” De Vera explained.
Some representatives of universities and students groups under the Integrity Initiative spearheaded by the Makati Business Club (MBC) recently met with De Vera to push for a closer academe-government-business partnership in combating corruption.
This initiative will focus on the introduction of new subjects that will “enable students to understand” the Philippine government and its bureaucracy. Some of the proposed topics of the Integrity Initiative include Ethical Dilemmas (individual, public and private), People-Planet Profit, Corporate Fraud, Corruption 101, and Corporate governance.
“As we increase the number of young people with the proper moral compass and informed with the relevant laws, we will create a wide network of graft busters around the country, that with proper training can document and report corrupt practices,” De Vera said.
De Vera stressed that CHED has also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Ombudsman and University of the Philippines System to push for a “stronger anti-corruption effort” at the higher education level. This collaboration with the MBC and Integrity Initiative, he noted, is a “welcome addition” in CHED's anti-corruption efforts.
De Vera also expressed hope that “we won't only make corruption illegal and unethical but also socially unacceptable.” CHED, he added, is “one with the private sectors, youth and the allied agencies in sowing the values of transparency and accountability to the youth sector.”
MARK BALMORES/ MB FILE PHOTO)
CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III, in a statement, said that CHED is partnering with student groups and companies in a “whole-of-nation approach” in battling corruption.
“It is important that ethics in public service be included as one of the key topics in this subject and our students and higher education stakeholders should be educated on the ethical underpinnings of public service,” De Vera explained.
Some representatives of universities and students groups under the Integrity Initiative spearheaded by the Makati Business Club (MBC) recently met with De Vera to push for a closer academe-government-business partnership in combating corruption.
This initiative will focus on the introduction of new subjects that will “enable students to understand” the Philippine government and its bureaucracy. Some of the proposed topics of the Integrity Initiative include Ethical Dilemmas (individual, public and private), People-Planet Profit, Corporate Fraud, Corruption 101, and Corporate governance.
“As we increase the number of young people with the proper moral compass and informed with the relevant laws, we will create a wide network of graft busters around the country, that with proper training can document and report corrupt practices,” De Vera said.
De Vera stressed that CHED has also recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Ombudsman and University of the Philippines System to push for a “stronger anti-corruption effort” at the higher education level. This collaboration with the MBC and Integrity Initiative, he noted, is a “welcome addition” in CHED's anti-corruption efforts.
De Vera also expressed hope that “we won't only make corruption illegal and unethical but also socially unacceptable.” CHED, he added, is “one with the private sectors, youth and the allied agencies in sowing the values of transparency and accountability to the youth sector.”