Abstract:

The Outline for Building a Strong Education Country(2024-2035) proposes a "zero tolerance" policy to teacher ethics violations. The effective and legal punishment for teacher ethics violations is inherent to the “strict enforcement of the policy”. However, the current punishment for teacher ethics violations in public universities is inefficient and disorderly. Administrative self-regulation can effectively prevent the arbitrary exercise of administrative power. Based on the nature of the punishment power for teacher ethics violations of public universities, the construction of an administrative self-regulation mechanism from the three dimensions of entity regulation, procedural regulation, and outcome regulation has logical consistency, which is conducive to promoting the effective and legal operation of punishment for teacher ethics violations in public universities. Specifically, it includes setting the discretionary benchmark with plot refinement + effect standardization as the core, constructing a due process around “multi-stakholder participation to prevent bias”, “impartial hearings for the accused”, and “transparency to counter arbitrariness”, and improving hierarchical supervision and internal appeal system based on the self-correction function of administrative entities.

Key words: teacher ethics violations, public universities, administrative self-regulation, discretionary benchmark