CODES OF ETHICS FOR PRINCIPALS
Ethics deals with actions that are commonly seen as right
or wrong. Showing favoritism in hiring a colleague who is
white over someone who is black is discriminatory. We
can say that it is clearly wrongheaded. An ethical leader
not only endeavors to do the right things but also to do
things right. The school administrator whose behavior is consistent
acts morally and therefore he/she values social justice
(Glanz, 2006). If the school administrator is inconsistent
and behaves arbitrary, this causes him to lose his reliance
among the other school staff and as a natural outcome
of this the decisions taken by the administrators become
controversial.