Ethics Resources
Resources on ethical school leadership and creating a culture of transparency in your school community.
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April 01, 2024
Standing Alone in Public DefianceType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes whether it’s appropriate for a superintendent to defy a governor’s restrictive policy regarding transitioning teenagers’ names and pronoun use in school. -
March 01, 2024
Relocated But Not Out of MindType:Article Topics: EthicsIs a school finance assistant obligated to answer questions once he’s moved into a new job elsewhere? Our ethics panel weighs in. -
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February 01, 2024
Sterling Words But Whose Were They?Type:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes how a superintendent should act upon discovering the newly hired principal used ChatGPT to craft his application essays. -
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January 01, 2024
A Mother’s Muzzling RequestType:Article Topics: EthicsHow ought a counselor handle demands from a parent of a transgender child to tell friends to halt their messaging after the child transfers? -
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December 01, 2023
A Board Candidate Delivering Stealth With TherapyType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes whether an administrator should change healthcare providers owing to his political views as a school board aspirant. -
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November 01, 2023
A Do-Gooder Holding Harmful BeliefsType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes whether it matters if a dedicated school volunteer quietly holds racist ideas. -
October 02, 2023
Ethical Considerations for Using Artificıal IntelligenceType:Article Topics: Ethics, Technology & AIOne school community’s decision-making method involves stakeholders in addressing the emerging dilemmas at play with AI tools in education. -
October 02, 2023
Coming Clean on a Child’s DeathType:Article Topics: EthicsA district leader reconsiders his misleading public statement about a son’s fatal use of fentanyl, but what if his ex-wife doesn’t go along? -
October 02, 2023
Exploring ChatGPT’s PotentialType:Article Topics: Ethics, Technology & AIThe authors captured insights from superintendents gathered at a recent forum to share their own advice on navigating AI’s opportunities and challenges. -
September 01, 2023
A Pedagogical Purpose for the N-Word?Type:Article Topics: EthicsA superintendent teaching the historical impact of racism in a graduate school law course wants to quote a U.S. senator’s use of a racial slur. -
June 01, 2023
Can a Safety Reminder Be an Aggressive Act?Type:Article Topics: EthicsAnalysis of an administrator’s ethical duty to inform parents of a safety law without inflaming a racial microaggression. -
May 01, 2023
The Workplace Disappearing ActType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes a school district administrator’s misuse of sick days. -
March 31, 2023
A Rock of a Hard PlaceType:Article Topics: Equity, EthicsOur panel analyzes a superintendent’s handling of a protest after students are disciplined for painting “Black Lives Matter” on a boulder. -
March 01, 2023
A Chasm Between History and PoliticsType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes a superintendent’s response to a parent complaint concerning a history lesson about the Tulsa Massacre. -
February 01, 2023
The Wisecrack Better Left UnsaidType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes whether a superintendent should discipline two administrators who laughed at a sexist joke during a staff meeting. -
January 01, 2023
Romantic EntanglementsType:Article Topics: EthicsOur panel analyzes a superintendent struggling to decide whether to reveal information she learned during a relationship with a fellow superintendent. -
December 01, 2022
Sharing a Lunchroom VirusTopics: EthicsIs a supervisor obliged to inform employees about a colleague testing positive for COVID-19? Our panel weighs in. -
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November 01, 2022
One Strike Against AnotherType:Article Topics: EthicsShould a superintendent comply with the board’s instruction to dismiss union leadership after a one-day work stoppage? -
October 01, 2022
Accounting for Good IntentionsType:Article Topics: EthicsHow to deal with GoFundMe payments to staff hurt economically during the pandemic that now are being taxed? -
September 01, 2022
A Gift Too Generous?Type:Article Topics: Ethics, Finance & BudgetsIs it proper for a superintendent to give cash gifts out of his own pocket to his direct reports for the holidays?
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