Ethical Dilemnas in the School Districts

Abstract <Tab/>Everyday our school districts are full of ethical dilemmas. Our teachers and other staff have been educated on moral development and implementing these moral values to our children. Teaching personnel experience dilemmas on a daily basis. Having moral obligations to society, to the profession, to the school board, and to students, they find that it often is not clear what is right or wrong, or what one ought to …

…virtue. So too schools roles in promoting character and virtue is a responsibility of all. "Real leaders concentrate on doing the right thing, not on doing things right." (William Greenfield, 1991) References: Greenfield, William D., Jr. "Rationale and Methods to Articulate Ethics and Administrator Training." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 1991. Kidder, Rushworth M. "How Good People Make Tough Choices." New York: William Morrow, 1995. http://www.vtaide.com