Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education: Applying Theoretical Perspectives To Complex Dilemmas, Third Edition

by Shapiro; Joan Poliner

• ISBN13: 9780415874595
• ISBN10: 0415874599
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The third edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education , continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational leaders with the complex dilemmas in today's challenging and diverse society. Through discussion and analysis of real-life moral dilemmas that educational leaders face in their schools and communities, authors Shapiro and Stefkovich demonstrate the application of their four ethical paradigms'”the ethics of justice, care, critique, and profession. After an illustration of how the Multiple Ethical Paradigm approach may be applied to real dilemmas, the authors present a series of cases written by students and academics in the field representing the dilemmas faced by practicing educational leaders in urban, suburban, and rural settings in an era full of complexities and contradictions. Following each case are questions that call for thoughtful, complex thinking and help readers come to grips with their own ethical codes and apply them to practical situations.New in the Third Edition: *An entire new chapter on privacy versus safety, including ethical issues such as strip searches, gang membership, cyber-bullying, and sexting*New cases infused into chapters on early childhood education, diverse student populations, and technology *Updates throughout to reflect contemporary issues and recent scholarship in the field of ethical leadershipIncluding teaching notes for the instructor stressing the importance of self-reflection, this text is easily adaptable for a variety of uses with a wide range of audiences. Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education is a valuable book for both aspiring and practicing administrators, teacher leaders, and educational policy makers. 

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Practice and Paradigms in the Study of Ethics	p. 1
Multiple Ethical Paradigms and the Preparation of Educational Leaders in a Diverse and Complex Era	p. 3
Viewing Ethical Dilemmas Through Multiple Paradigms	p. 10
A Multiparadigm Approach to Analyzing Paradoxical Dilemmas	p. 29
Individual Rights Versus Community Standards	p. 33
Case studies:
The Adult Fantasy Center	p. 36
Artificial Insemination	p. 39
The Trouble with Daddy's Roommate	p. 41
The School of Hard Knocks	p. 43
Traditional Curriculum Versus Hidden Curriculum	p. 46
Case studies:
AIDS and Age-appropriate Education	p. 48
Vivisection: A Dilemma for the Undergraduate Classroom	p. 51
Culturally Responsive Curriculum or an Ethical Dilemma?	p. 53
School Budget Blues and Copyright	p. 56
There's No Place Like School	p. 58
Personal Codes Versus Professional Codes	p. 64
Case studies:
Drunkenness or Disease?	p. 66
Rising Star or Wife Beater?	p. 68
After-school Antics	p. 72
Job Sharing: Some Real Benefits	p. 76
When Teachers Fight	p. 79
The American Melting Pot Versus the Chinese Hot Pot	p. 81
Case studies:
A Home for Marlon: The Foster-child Case	p. 83
Parent's Rights Versus School Imperatives	p. 87
Lost in Translation	p. 90
Responsibility and the Organization	p. 93
Religion Versus Culture	p. 95
Case studies:
Buddhism and the Caring of Animals	p. 98
Ceremonial Rights	p. 101
Time Off for Religious Services	p. 105
Religion and Social/Personal Contradictions	p. 108
Equality Versus Equity	p. 114
Case studies:
When All Means All	p. 117
Black and White and Shades of Gray	p. 121
Access to Knowledge	p. 125
Academic Integrity in a Deaf Education Setting	p. 130
When Fundraising and School Policy Collide	p. 133
Accountability Versus Responsibility	p. 137
Case studies:
The Secret Society of Test Givers	p. 140
Whose Best Interests? A Testing Dilemma	p. 143
Testing High Stakes	p. 146
Ability, Maturity, and Parental Perspectives	p. 150
A Merit-based Scholarship	p. 152
Privacy Versus Safety	p. 155
Case studies:
Keeping Children Safe: When is Enough, Enough?	p. 159
Punishment, Rehabilitation, or Mitigating Circumstances?	p. 163
School Discipline, Criminal Complaint, or Compassionate Intervention?	p. 164
New Bullying for the 21st Century: Cyber-bullying in the Middle	p. 167
All's Fair in Love and School	p. 171
Teaching as Scholarly Work	p. 177
Ethics, Ourselves, and Our Pedagogy	p. 179
References	p. 200
About the Contributors	p. 211
Index	p. 222
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