Ethical Leadership in Schools : Creating Community in an Environment of Accountability

, by Kenneth A. Strike

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ISBN: 9781412913515 | 1412913519
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Copyright: 9/7/2006

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This invaluable resource explores situations that principals are likely to encounter and presents questions and issues to help them confront difficult ethical dilemmas.

Series Foreword	p. ix
Series Introduction	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
About the Author	p. xix
Moral Principles and Moral Principals? An Introduction	p. 1
A Scenario	p. 1
Prologue	p. 3
Ethics and Leadership	p. 4
Ethics and Morality: What Are They? What Is Ethics About?	p. 6
Ethics and Pluralism	p. 7
Ethics and Morality	p. 9
Ethics and Leadership	p. 11
Lying for Good Ends	p. 13
Three Historical Approaches	p. 13
Lying and Equal Respect	p. 15
Lying and Benefit Maximization	p. 15
Lying and Community	p. 16
Trust and Community	p. 17
Conclusions and Outline of Chapters	p. 19
What Is Education For?	p. 21
Prologue and Scenario	p. 22
What Should We Make of This?	p. 23
Human Capital Development	p. 24
The Examined Life	p. 28
Citizenship	p. 31
Human Flourishing	p. 34
Conclusions	p. 40
Constitutional Essentials, Part I: Intellectual Liberty, Religious Freedom, and Intellectual Community	p. 43
Prologue	p. 44
Constitutional Essentials	p. 46
Freedom of Thought and Expression, Truth, Understanding, and Argument	p. 48
Individuality	p. 51
Leadership and Learning Communities	p. 54
Schooling and Religion	p. 55
Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design	p. 60
Conclusions	p. 62
Constitutional Essentials, Part II: Equal Opportunity and Multicultural Community	p. 65
Prologue and Scenario	p. 66
Brown v. Board of Education and Its Aftermath	p. 68
Equal Opportunity	p. 70
Justice and Resource Allocation	p. 76
Equality, Community, and Diversity The Idea of Community	p. 82
Community and Equality	p. 85
Community and Diversity	p. 87
Conclusions	p. 90
Constitutional Essentials, Part III: Democracy, Community, and Accountability	p. 91
Prologue and Scenario	p. 91
Democratic Community and Democratic Leadership	p. 94
Professional Community	p. 99
Local Community and Parental Authority	p. 102
Accountability	p. 106
Conclusions	p. 110
Ethical Decision Making	p. 111
Prologue and Scenario	p. 111
The Anatomy of Ethical Decision Making	p. 113
Ends-Means Reasoning and Evidence-Based Decision Making: Choosing Ends	p. 116
Measurable Goals?	p. 118
The Meaning of Meeting Benchmarks	p. 121
Due Process and Its Friends	p. 124
Conclusions	p. 130
Professional Community and the Ethics of Accountability	p. 131
Prologue	p. 131
Accountability and Its Rationales	p. 131
Accountability and Professional Community	p. 133
Three Vices of Accountability	p. 135
Standards and Accountability	p. 139
Gaming	p. 145
Conclusions	p. 146
References	p. 149
Index	p. 153
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