Abstract
The ethics and character of a superintendent is important and much research has been done in this
area. This study attempted to take the instrument developed by Fenstermaker (1994) and determine
if future superintendents have the same ethical response as current superintendents. The small number
(n=20) limited statistical comparisons. Three research questions were asked: Do students in superinten-
dent preparation programs make as ethical decisions as compared to superintendents? Do more religious
students make more ethical decisions? Will a small number replicate Dexheimer's study? The students
selected the correct ethical response rate 51% of the time as compared to Dexheimer 47.3% and Fester-
maker 48.1%. The more religious students did not have a higher selection of correct responses. In the 10
scenarios, the majority of the students selected the correct response in eight out of 10 scenarios.