Navigating Ethics in Educational Leadership Roles

Abstract

Leadership for the 21st century is grounded in moral and ethical virtues, but the challenge is to define what exactly moral and ethical virtues are and how they should be measured and implemented. The nature of ethical decision-making by educational leaders as moral agents has become a topic of increased attention in the field of educational administration. The concept of the best interests of students was regularly described as the core or center of ethical decision-making and the heart of educator’s work. While there has always been a requirement for ethics in leadership, the last passing years have seen a shift in the paradigm of leadership ethics. In this paper, we express the nature of ethical decision-making, types of ethical challenges.