Introduction to Educational Management Report 2022

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Ethics in Educational leadership......................................................................................................2
Ethics in Practice.............................................................................................................................4
Case Analysis...................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9
Appendix........................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Ethics are defined as what is right and what is wrong, and all this depend on the values,
belief and attitude of an individual. The role of ethics in educational organization is increasing
and correspondently responsibility of educational leader is also increasing. Educational leader
guide, motivate, influence and encourage board, teachers, students and parents for betterment of
society and for their personal development. They act as the role model for the society and
community and for administration. In this report the role of ethics in educational organization are
highlighted and in further sections a scenario is taken from the journal article for that proper
analysis is given considering the ethical leadership and role of educational leader in ethical
decision making (Shapiro & Stefkovich, 2016).
Ethics in Educational leadership
Ethics is considered as the branch of philosophy that includes defending, recommending
and systematizing concept of wrong and right conduct (Donlevy & Walker, 2011). Ethics are
taken as the system that define to people what is wrong doing and what is right doing. Peters
(2015) defined it as the concept that has derived from philosophies, cultures and religions.
Ethics are useful in business, education and in other sectors as it provide the boundaries to the
individual on what they can do that positively impact on others and what not to do that is harmful
for the people. In educational sector, ethics play an important role in the educational
organizations because educational leaders form and develop future generation (Haynes, 2016).
According to Bush & Bell (2019), educational leadership is a collaborative process that
includes forces and extraordinary efforts of teachers, parents and students in order to improve the

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quality of educational system in the country. Leadership in this new era is revolves around the
moral and ethical values. In education system, educational leaders work as the change agent and
the one who motivate, guide and direct students towards their goals (Amanchukwu, Stanley &
Ololube, 2015).
Levinson (2015) said that educational leader professional code of conduct must match
with an ethical code of behavior. This code of behavior proves to be the best example for all the
leaders in education system. The role of educational leader is that they encourage and develop an
environment for professional leadership across the community or district. This role and duty of
leader to maintain code of behavior and code of ethics of exemplary professional conduct while
recognizing that their actions will be appraised and viewed by the people and community,
students and professional associates (Noddings, 2013). The ethical responsibility of an
educational leader is to serve the community and school by giving equal and fair opportunity to
each and every student. The work of educational leader must ensure results and accountability,
high expectations and increased achievement for students. Ethics are important for educational
leaders because it ensures that leaders in education do right thing for the education
administration and ensure fair treatment to each and every child regardless of religion, caste,
status and ethnicity. Educational leaders make the education of student the basic value in their
entire decision making. This code of ethics helps to promote right educational system in the
community. Ethics in education leaders ensure that leaders will fulfill all their professional
responsibilities with integrity and honesty and acts in a responsible and trustworthy manner
(Branson & Gross, 2014). So due to all these roles and duties it is important for an educational
leader to work in the ethical manner.