Defining Ethical Decisions Alternatively

Board-Savvy Superintendent

STUDENT HANDBOOKS AND codes of conduct define expectations for athletics and extracurricular activities. We view these rules with respect for order and compliance, but also for the ethical values they represent.

Savvy superintendents understand that implementing rules representing ethical values can mean the difference between success and failure. Rules often provide expectations of behavior that can be labeled right and wrong, but ethics define why those rules are right or wrong in a given circumstance. It is important that school board members also understand the ethical basis for decisions they may be called upon to defend.