Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education (4^th Ed.) Applying Theoretical Perspectives to Complex Dilemmas

The fourth 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 the 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 complications 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 Fourth Edition:

• A new chapter on technology versus respect, focusing on ethical issues such as cyber-bullying and sexting.
• New cases on teachers with guns, the military and education, children of undocumented immigrants, homeless students, videos in bathrooms, incentive pay, first responders, private alternative high schools, verbal threats, and gaming etiquette.
• Updates throughout to reflect contemporary issues and recent scholarship in the field of ethical leadership.

This edition adds teaching notes for the instructor that stress the importance of self-reflection, use of new technologies, and global appeal of ethical paradigms and dilemmas. Easily adaptable to a variety of uses, this book is a critical resource for a wide range of audiences, including both aspiring and practicing administrators, teacher leaders, and educational policy makers.

1 Multiple Ethical Paradigms  and the Preparation of Educational Leaders  in a Diverse and Complex  Era

2 Viewing Ethical Dilemmas Through Multiple Paradigms

Part II: A Multiparadigm Approach to Analyzing Paradoxical
Dilemmas 

3 Individual Rights Versus Community Standards

4 Traditional Curriculum Versus Hidden Curriculum

5 Personal Codes Versus Professional Codes

6 The American Melting Pot Versus the Chinese Hot Pot

7 Religion Versus Culture

8 Equality Versus Equity 

9 Accountability Versus Responsibility

10 Privacy Versus Safety

11 Technology Versus Respect

Part III: Teaching as Scholarly Work 

12 Ethics, Ourselves, and Our Pedagogy

Joan Poliner Shapiro is Professor of Higher Education at Temple University and Co-Director of the New DEEL (Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership) Community Network.

Jacqueline A. Stefkovich is Professor of Education Law and Ethics at The Pennsylvania State University.