Synopses & Reviews
This book looks at ethics in educational administration from a practical perspective—viewing significant ethical issues in building and central office administration—and organizes the content to address the requirements of ISLLC Standard Five. The presentation begins with a treatment of personal ethical development, moves to the practice of educational leadership, continues with the issues of pluralism, and concludes with an ethical orientation self-assessment instrument. Writings of major philosophers and important ethical public documents are used as touchstones upon which ethical analysis is developed, while case studies offer readers the opportunity to see how theory is put into practice. Some of the selected readings include contributions from Jean-Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, Aristotle, Jürgen Habermas, John Stuart Mill, Edith Stein, Simone de Beauvoir, and John Rawls. For professionals in human resource administration and other management level positions.
Table of Contents
PART I. THE ETHICAL ADMINISTRATOR. 1. The Purpose and Structure of the Book. 2. Developing a Personal Approach to Ethics.
Selected Reading: Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning.
Selected Reading: Jean-Paul Sartre, Freedom and Responsibility. 3. The Ethics of Power and Duty in Educational Leadership.
Selected Reading: Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals.
Selected Reading: Aristotle, Politics.
Selected Reading: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations.
Selected Reading: Jürgen Habermas, Discourse Ethics and Duty.
PART II. THE ETHICAL PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 4. Ethical Considerations in Leadership at the School-District Level.
Selected Reading: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, On the Social Contract.
Selected Reading: John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism. 5. Ethical Considerations in School-Building Leadership.
Selected Reading: Leviathan.
Selected Reading: Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principle of Morals and Legislation.
PART III. EQUITY AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 6. The Issue of Gender and Educational Leadership.
Selected Reading: Edith Stein, Essays on Woman.
Selected Reading: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex.
Selected Reading: Sandra Harding, From Feminist Empiricism to Feminist Standpoint Epistemologies.
Selected Reading: Susan Bordo, The Cartesian Masculinization of Thought. 7. Pluralism, Justice, Discourse Ethics, and Educational Leadership.
Selected Reading: John Rawls, A Theory of Justice.
Selected Reading: Jürgen Habermas, Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action.
Selected Reading: Jürgen Habermas, Justification and Application: Remarks on Discourse Ethics. Epilogue.
Appendix: Ethical Orientation Self-Test.
Endnotes.
Index.