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In most circumstances, Sternberg’s ethical decision-making cycle takes time to process, especially when ethical issues require quick responses. However, this framework is valuable as it encourages critical reflection, allowing individuals to consider multiple perspectives before making a decision. While immediate ethical dilemmas may not always allow for extensive deliberation, using the cycle as a guide helps build strong ethical reasoning over time. By practicing thoughtful decision-making, educators and professionals can develop the ability to make smarter, more informed choices in the future, balancing ethical responsibilities with practical constraints while ensuring fairness, integrity, and the well-being of those affected.

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The issue of ratios in childcare centers presents a significant ethical and moral dilemma between maintaining quality care and meeting business demands. Educators have a moral duty to provide a safe and nurturing environment, ensuring that each child receives proper attention and support. However, when ratios are not met due to financial pressures, children's well-being and educators' workload are compromised. This creates tension between professional ethics, which prioritize child welfare, and company policies driven by profitability. Educators face the moral challenge of advocating for children's rights while also adhering to their employer's expectations, balancing responsibility, integrity, and professional survival.

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In my home country there is an issue that comes from the religious policy from government to separate boys and girls in schools and there is a new decision to make universities be separated in the future and the other one is prohibiting teaching English language in the primary and secondary schools and replace it with Russian and Chinese language. I believe these decisions impact will appear in the future when these students wanted to involve in the society and their professional life caused lots of issues.

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Ethical decision making by leaders in the real world

•What do you think the practice of ethical leadership is?

•What do you believe happens in processes of decision-making when moral questions are involved?

•Reflect on Task Four, but also on the complexities of decision-making and pressures involved in the day-to-day work of a school leader.

•Think about some ‘good’ and bad’ decisions.

•Share in your groups and on Padlet.

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•Download this activity and complete in your groups.

•In your groups of four read and discuss the scenario

•Identify the moral issues at stake and consider your options.

•Make a final reasoned decision, as a group, in response to the task.

•Ideally, one person in each group acts as a scribe to document the process here on Padlet.

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Spend some time thinking together about this ethical reasoning model presented by Sternberg. Can we use such a behavioural model when making ethical decisions?

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Task 1: Your ethical dilemmas

Think about an ethical dilemma you have faced as an educational leader (or in an educational context in general). Share in your experience in your groups. Keep track of questions and thoughts that you have and post them below