This case study explores the politics and ethics surrounding a likely breach of school policy and possible breach of law. Students will be asked to identify key legal, ethical, and political issues in a unique scenario involving complex community issues, a split board, and unknown levels of support from superiors. At stake are employment status of administrators, community harmony, school climate, and potentially, student achievement.
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Beckner, W.
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Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership Web site (http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/%7Epbegley/). Centre is devoted to the support, promotion, and dissemination of theory and research on values and leadership. Has a good list of resources on ethics.
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FindLaw Web site (http://public.findlaw.com/). A site that contains numerous links to case law at several judicial levels.
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Georgia Professional Standards Commission Web site (http://www.gapsc.com/Professionalpractices/NEthics.asp). Provides a code of ethics for educators defining professional behavior for Georgia and serving as a guide to ethical conduct. The Professional Standards Commission has adopted standards that represent the conduct generally accepted by the education profession.
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Glassman, N. S.
(1994). Making better decisions about school problems: How administrators use evaluation to find solutions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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Lunenburg, F. C.
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Nash, R. J.
(1996). Real world ethics. New York: Teachers College Press.
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Pojman, L. P.
(2002). Ethics: Discovering right and wrong (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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Rebore, R. W.
(2001). Human resources administration in education a management approach. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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Starratt, R. J.
(1994). Building an ethical school. London: Falmer.
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Thiroux, J.
(1998). Ethics: Theory and practice. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Webb, L. D.
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