...A Discussion of Leadership and Ethics Grand Canyon University LDR 800 October 13, 2010 Leadership and Ethics 2 Abstract Recognizing the importance of ethical behavior in leadership requires leaders that understand its value. Leaders must have the ability to choose the ethical values that are most important to their organization. Generally speaking ethical behavior gains significance and becomes relevant when people must enforce the laws upon themselves because of the environmental or organizational setting of their workplace; consequently, in the everyday routine of those in an organizational setting, workers are exposed to many different situations and environments that require varying codes of ethics (Wyne, 2010). Leaders are expected to not only enforce those ethical codes of behavior but to live daily by those codes in an effort to gain the trust of those working with and for them. As a result, an organization that is strong in ethical standards is formed. Educational leadership is widely recognized as complex and challenging (Woods, 2009). Building teams that are motivated to exercise ethical behavior takes the fortitude and dedication of leaders whose leadership abilities expand merely talking about implementation of these standards but open the door to action in ethical and moral awareness. The intent and discussion in this paper involves a look into leadership and its connection with ethical models...
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...Summary Professional code of ethics, Definition, “Professionally accepted standards of personal and business behavior, values and guiding principles” Importance, A code of ethics is essential to a profession; the code will provide an ethical starting point for the professionals and for others outside the profession. Professional code inform members of the profession about the viewpoints they should consider in making a decision. A code of ethics serves to promote the values of the profession over the personal, societal, and (sometimes) institutional values. It serves as a guideline for professionalism and quality of service. Ethical principles, 1) Integrity 2) Objectivity 3) Competence 4) Fairness 5) Confidentiality 6) Professionalism (7) diligence Development of teacher code of ethics, 1) Obligation towards students: a. Deal justly & impartially with students. b. Identifying the individual needs of the students. c. Respects the right of every student. d. Encourage students for the betterment of their future. 2) Obligation towards parents a. Respect the basic responsibility of parents for their children. b. Establish friendly & cooperative relationship. c. Keep parents informed about the progress of their children. 3) Obligation towards community i. Respect & be loyal to the community’s moral, spiritual ...
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...Running head: ETHICS Mike Jones Educational Ethics University of Phoenix Dr. Paula Clark July 11, 2010 The word ethics has a variety of meanings to many people. Ethics to one person may be related to morality, while someone else may say the right and wrong of certain behaviors. Some people declare that ethics for humans would be the proper ways of behaving in a particular profession or group. I believe that each person has their own set of norms for ethical behavior that they believe to be an appropriate way of meeting their goals. As stated in the American Heritage Dictionary, ethics is defined as “being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that governs the conduct of a profession.” I believe that ethics are my moral standards and the rules in which I abide by. My moral standards are the thread that determines what I feel to be right or wrong about my actions. When conducting educational research, one must have morals. Having standards helps me to conduct my educational research in order to safeguard the interests and rights of participants that are involved as well as the ones affected by the research. Within my research I believe that appropriate external approval is granted. This would include informing parents of research, supervisors, and the district. I further believe that ethical norms should be adhered to in research to promote the aims of the research, promote the values that are essential to collaborative work, and promote social...
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...Professional ethics are a set of rules that concern the rights and wrongs within a given profession. They are known as the professional code of ethics or conduct. Ethics can be both, written and unwritten. The written ethics are basically the morals within a profession. On the other hand, the unwritten ethics are more personal or so obvious that they should not have to be stated. When an individual begins a new profession, they are usually aware of the professional ethics that concern their particular profession. Each individual profession has its own set of written ethics. Some of these professions include accounting, education, legal, and health care amongst many others. If the code of ethics/conduct is violated there are penalties that follow. An accountant’s professional code of conduct from The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) covers a variety of issues. It covers their responsibilities, the public interest, integrity, objectivity and independence, due care and the scope and nature of their services. They have a responsibility to any and all that acquire their services. Accountants also have a responsibility to preserve and strengthen the customs within the profession. As an accountant, they are committed to the well-being of the public (financial community, businesses, investors, employers, governments, creditors, and clients). They are expected to provide them with a quality service that is done with integrity. Their integrity depends upon their...
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...The Florida Department of Education Code of Ethics & Principles of Professional Conduct, is a reference point that adheres to company policy. The purpose is to perform as guide that models professional behavior. It models the behavior that one must follow, rather you’re in your private life or public life. The purpose that the Code of Ethics serve is to give all educators management, standards, and policy in their daily professional lives. It’s a go to reminder that is open to the public to ensure professional integrity, quality, and respect for the principles are set in place. The Code of Ethics holds high moral standards, it mandates you to value the worth and dignity of all individuals. The Principles of Professional Conduct obligates for educators to perform to standards of behavior dealing with students, the public, and profession. The two written guides are no different from one another, both go hand in hand. Regardless of the organization or governing body both serve as a go-to guide because ethical issues that can stem from anywhere at any given time. The both of the references stress the importance of common sense, and appropriate behavior on and off the court as an educator....
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...As a first year teacher, communication with parents, staff, and students will be the key to a successful academic year. Effective communication between parents, staff, and teachers will motivate students to excel in their studies. Implementing a communication plan will strengthen a child’s academic journey and keep parents up to date on their child’s progress. (Shelly, Gunter, & Gunter, 2012) With effective communication between parents and teachers, there is no room for a student to fail. With teachers, allowing a pathway for parents to become more active in the classroom during lessons gives the parent the opportunity to know and understand the lessons that the student is learning. (Cooper, 2007) Keeping up with emergency contacts and creating a class website to keep parents up to date on lesson and activities in the classroom will provide students with the support that has needed. Parents and teachers should have the most communication throughout the school year. Creating achievable goals for the students at the beginning of the year, will give parents the opportunity to strengthen their child’s weaknesses by informing the teacher on what improvements they would like to see. (Cooper, 2007) It also allows the teacher to know whom he/she needs to work more with and how to make the improvements. Allowing parents to access the class website helps keep them informed on what is going on in the classroom and whether or not their child is improving or not. This way parents...
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...Ethics Violation Every person who has any contact with a young child should be held to the highest of standards. This is especially true for someone who teaches young children. According to the NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct, "P-1.2—We shall not participate in practices that discriminate against children by denying benefits, giving special advantages, or excluding them from programs or activities on the basis of their race, religion, sex, national origin, or the status, behavior, or beliefs of their parents” (Naeyc.org). If the code gets violated it will not end up positive for either party involved. I work for a local Head Start program in Guthrie Oklahoma. Every teacher must uphold the ethical code of conduct. If a teacher is found violating the code he or she must answer for the violation. Incident Description In the spring of last year the four year old teacher had a child in her class who had a behavioral problem. The teacher tried everything that she could to get the child to behave. The child would have good days and bad days. Towards the end of the school year the good days were few and far between. The teacher decided to tell the child’s parent that he was no longer allowed to be in her class. This is not only a ethical violation but it is also a Head Start violation. She told the parent that the child was not allowed to be at graduation because of his behavior. Outcome The Head Start program that I work for makes it a point to follow all ethical rules and regulation...
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...and students so we can ensure the student practices effective learning in the classroom (GCU EDU-536 Lecture, 2013). Canter (2006) said “Teachers who master effective classroom management skills can raise the achievement of their students by a dramatic 20 percentile points”. As a teacher, if we use great classroom management skills we can better guide our students. Classroom management is key to student success. The structure of classroom 2 management influences a students goal and achievement (Self-Brown and Mathews, 2003). It promotes a learning environment with minimal distractions and minimal student misbehavior. Managing our classroom appropriately we can teach our material effectively and promote student engagement, achievement, and effective learning. All of these ideas should be exercised from day 1 of class; especially classroom management and student engagement. They are the two most important ideas (GCU EDU 536 Lecture, 2013). Classroom management can be observed in how a teacher acts, how a student behaves, what the classroom looks and feels like, how a teacher assists a student, how misbehavior is dealt with, and how a student is taught. Teacher’s Presence and Conduct - A Teacher should present her self professionally and appropriately in a school setting and outside of school also. CURRENT PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY - A teacher should handle student’s problems considerately and justly so the problems, such as those relating to misbehaver, can be dealt with and...
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...CLASSROOM CONFIDENCE Brandi Evans William Woods University The dilemma in Keep a Classroom Confidence (globalethics.org, 2014) involves a teacher, Tom, having to make an ethical decision regarding placement of a student in his class. The student has some behavioral issues that at times disrupt the classroom. This classroom has great harmony and much involvement from the parents. Some parents in the class were encouraged by an active mother in the class to go to the superintendent to express their concern of having this student in their children’s classroom. One of the parents tells Tom in confidentiality about the ring leaders plan to get the child removed from the class. Tom would like to go to the superintendent to discuss this specific student, but if he does he knows there is a chance he will have to give the name of the parent who informed him of the concerns and possibly disrupt the harmony amongst the parents involved in the classroom. As a public educator in the school system, Tom is bound to the code of ethics for his profession. There are two codes of ethics in particular that apply to Tom. First is the Code of Ethics for Educators, established by the Association of American Educators. It contains four basic principles relating to the rights of students and educators. (AAE, 2013) The second is the Code of Ethics of the National Education Association. Within the preamble, the NEA states “The educator, believing in the worth and dignity of each human being,...
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...happen when you don’t expect it. For instance, a child could be physical abused by a teacher. Professionals such as teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, architects, barbers, and veterinarians need to get licenses to work in their fields, in which you can find codes of professional conduct. To be license you need to register with the state you practice in and meet the standards for that profession. The codes of professional conduct are rooted in ethics. These ethics are values, and what differentiate the right and wrong action. Many companies don’t require employees with licenses but these companies have their own set of codes of conduct or ethics, and they make their employees to follow. These codes of conduct were made to prevent public from irresponsible professionals. In certain professions there are codes of conduct with different rules. However, the majority of professions have the codes of conduct with similar rules. An item normally found in the code of conduct is the gross of negligence or gross of incompetence, which means that are professional does not have basic ability to work. The majority of the professional need to take an exam to demonstrate that they know about all the aspects of their job. Additionally professionals need to take renew their licenses regularly. Therefore, they can keep learning and keep up to date with industry changes. Confidentiality also appears in the code of conduct; particularly for lawyers and doctors, so that their clients can feel free...
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...THE ETHICS OF GEORGIAN-AMERICAN UNIVERSTY STUDENTS Prepared for Dina Aslamazishvili Prepared by Natia Maisuradze Richard Uriatmkopeli Contents Introduction 3 What is Ethics? 4 The Ethic of GAU Students 5 GAU Code of Ethic 5 Students’ attitude about Trust, Character 5 Students’ Values and Priorities 6 Students Ethical Dilemmas 6 Conclusion 8 Bibliography 9 Appendix 10 Introduction Ethics is becoming an organizational and social priority. Having an ethical person in community means the society has a good citizen at home, at work and in the university. As the ethics is very important concept in modern business the Georgian-American University spread the awareness of the ethics in their courses, in order to make their students aware of the benefit of the ethics and how it will influence their future business occupations. But before ethics effect the students business life it effects students personal life how they use ethics and morality every day. The purpose of this report is to present how ethical are students of Georgina-American University (GAU) , what ethical dilemmas and decisions they face and what are their values and priorities. In preparing this report we surveyed 20 students of Business School, from which 10 were women and 10 where men and we also asked them to make some comments about their decisions. What is Ethics? The field of ethics (or moral philosophy) involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior...
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...Business Research Ethics Kelly Coggins RES/351 Business Research May 6, 2014 Dr. Gemignani Business Research Ethics: Perceptions of Unethical Faculty Behavior The general public has become nearly desensitized and disgusted by repeated revelations of unethical behavior occurring at all levels of management and government, especially in the academic community where educators are entrusted with serving as role models to the next generation. While unethical conduct in academia has not generated as many headlines as their corporate counterparts, occurrences of unethical behaviors by educators have resulted in many complaints from students, parents, legislators, university employees, and other stakeholder groups, including fellow educators themselves (Gao, Siegel, Johar, & Sirgy, 2008). The article I chose to cover is a survey of management educators’ perception of the ethicality of 142 specific behaviors in teaching, research, and service; the results of the survey were intended for use in informing ethics committees of these associations regarding the level of acceptability of such conduct (Gao et al., 2008). Defining Unethical Behaviors Most professional organizations, including academic institutions, have a code of ethics and update them as frequently as needed. They are considered a "living document" meant to adapt to the growing needs of the business, organization or societal norms. They serve as the codified set of norms or standards of behavior that...
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...dilemmas a teacher faces are numerous. They hypothetical challenge faced by Kelly Anderson, described in the case study in Pugach (2009) on pages 386-87, illustrates some of the issues teachers might have to deal with. In Kelly’s case, her fellow teachers made disparaging remarks about students and their families in the teachers’ lounge. Teachers in Kelly’s “team” formed a clique, and did not interact with other teachers in the school except when necessary. The negativity about students was uncomfortable for Kelly because she was a new teacher in the school, and because many in the community believed teachers should be able to vent about their challenges working with students. Kelly dealt with the situation by speaking to her fellow teachers, and when they did not change their behavior, speaking to the assistant principal. The assistant principal mentioned trying to incorporate the topic into a district professional development program. The NEA Code of Ethics states that, “The educator strives to help each student realize his or her potential as a worthy...
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...Professional Ethics for Psychologist Chapter 13: Counselors as Teachers and Researchers Written Report THE ETHICS OF TEACHING *Society views teachers ambivalently – on one they are held in high regard but on the other hand, they are viewed with vain and distrust. *the task of the profession is to ensure that its teachers use their powers responsibly *literature on the ethics of training mental health professionals is not as abundant as the publication on ethics in counseling, but there are still resources available. Several experts have addressed the issue, the recent versions of the ethics code speak to this activity, and some empirical studies have been conducted. Competence to teach -Faculty who teach counselors must be: 1) Competent practitioners 2) Knowledgeable about their subject matter 3) Prepared for their work 4) Put fair efforts into facilitating student learning -Nearly all psychology faculties acknowledge occasional incidences of inadequate preparation for classes. -38% admits that they teach materials they have not mastered (Tabachnic et al, 1991). -36% reports teaching material for which they are not competent in (Schwab and Neukrug, 1994). - Faculty also has the responsibility to present information fairly, and to distinguish between personal opinions and established theory and research. 1990 APA code (no longer in effect): “[A]s teachers psychologist perform their duties on the basis of careful preparation...
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...writing it is important to include the introduction to provide the reader with a lens for understanding what will be presented in your application paper. The three errors the teacher made with Maria was electing to conduct no informal or formal assessment, opting to conduct assessments in English only, and not taking into consideration the environmental and cultural difference (e.g. worldview) hindering Maria’s emotional and academic development. According to Whiston (2013, pg. 323), “Knowledge of using appropriate appraisal techniques with diverse population is crucial,” the teacher’s inability to do so indicates restricted and potentially unsuitable methods and actions in acknowledging Maria’s culture (e.g. worldview) and the significance it plays in her education and emotional anxiety at school. Counselor’s Perspective on Errors The practice of assessment entails the collection of information in order to analyze, identify, evaluate, and address the issues, difficulties, and circumstances of the client in the counseling relationship. Not assessing a client either by informal, formal, or both types of assessments leaves the counselor with no way to identify difficulties, plan interventions, evaluate and/or diagnosis a client, inform the client, and stakeholder (e.g. parents, teachers). According to Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE) (2012), Standards for Multicultural Assessment, counselors necessitate being knowledgeable of a variety...
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