In Finland education is a public service,
mainly free of charge. In this context it is reasonable to ask how do educational
values and business values fit together. How do top public administra­tors see education
as a market commodity in the international business field? What ethical ques­tions
and solutions have emerged in the field of education export, and why they are important
to the actors? The study is based on interviews with four state administrators working
with ed­ucation export and representing national interest. The state administrators
have encountered a number of ethical problems in advancing edu­cation export. However,
they have come up with several solutions to ethical dilemmas.