The aim of this article is to articulate the basic elements of a comprehensive ethic
of academic administration, organized around a set of three cardinal virtues:
commitment to the good of the institution; good administrative
judgment; and conscientiousness in discharging the duties of
the office. In addition to explaining this framework and defending its adequacy, the
article develops an account of the nature of integrity, and argues that the
three cardinal virtues of academic administration can be captured in the concept of
integrity in academic administration.The Aristotelian basis for this framework is
summarized, and its central ideas are illustrated through a variety of
applications.