The issue with economic stimulus for university faculty and associated unethical acts

Abstract

In Mexico the progressive subordination that faculty have had to undergo from an essentially autonomous and teaching identity to one that is multifunctional and is attracted by activities that are not always understood by evaluating agencies but are assessed by centralized external entities gives rise to a scenario of competition involving unethical behaviors. Actors pile up points by doing whatever they can to gain prestige, promotions and seniority in exchange for money. Here we pose the question of the institutional and psycho-social effects on academia that are caused by this policy of federal outside evaluation-economic stimulus is posed.  By using a phenomenological approach and documentary analysis we reveal facts that highlight the professional fragmentation generated by articulating behavior in an inopportune neoliberal identity. We conclude by indicating the steps needed to rectify this process.