University teacher participation in research praxis: Ethical component

Abstract

This article is generated from the observations and emergent manifestations found among university professors participating as key actors, in a research related to the promotion of citizen participation from the university praxis. For this, the qualitative paradigm and hermeneutical phenomenological approach of Van Manen were assumed, with a descriptive-interpretive character. Its purpose was to signify the emerging ethical component from the action or non-action of these professionals in two non-autonomous public Venezuelan universities. As final considerations. Aspects of the ethical component emerge, which were meant as a synapse subject to moral duty, categorized as: commitment, solidarity, responsibility, cooperation, and respect for students, colleagues, and the university itself. The final reflections revolve around a moral duty that needs to be assumed beyond the professional obligations that are proper to the functions of the university teacher in the context of academic praxis.