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Moral Professionalism in the Context of Educational Leadership (2024)

Hanhimäki, E. (2024). Moral Professionalism in the Context of Educational Leadership. In R. Ahtiainen, E. Hanhimäki, J. Leinonen, M. Risku, & A.-S. Smeds-Nylund (Eds.), Leadership in Educational Contexts in Finland : Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (pp. 201-216). Springer. Educational Governance Research, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37604-7_10

JYU authors or editors

Hanhimäki, Eija

Publication details

All authors or editors: Hanhimäki, Eija

Parent publication: Leadership in Educational Contexts in Finland : Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Parent publication editors: Ahtiainen, Raisa; Hanhimäki, Eija; Leinonen, Jaana; Risku, Mika; Smeds-Nylund, Ann-Sofie

ISBN: 978-3-031-37603-0

eISBN: 978-3-031-37604-7

Journal or series: Educational Governance Research

ISSN: 2365-9548

eISSN: 2365-9556

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 07/10/2023

Number in series: 23

Pages range: 201-216

Number of pages in the book: 390

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37604-7_10

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/89608

Abstract

This chapter aims to investigate moral professionalism in the context of educational leadership. Many researchers have investigated school administration ethics and ethical educational leadership based on case studies. However, the moral, ethical and nonrational aspects have been omitted from the discussion, even if they are present in school policies and practices. This chapter includes an analysis of data gathered as narratives in a study of educational leaders and teachers (N = 82) who participated in two educational leadership training programmes from 2019 to 2021 at one Finnish university. Based on the results, the kinds of ethical dilemmas the educational leaders encountered and how they worked as moral professionals were identified. The results showed that the main parties, in both ethically easy and ethically difficult dilemmas, were staff members. In the ethically easy dilemmas, the main theme concerning staff was interactions and conflicts; in the ethically difficult dilemmas, it was work arrangements. The most frequently mentioned principles and values in the ethical dilemmas were fairness, justice, equality, the child’s interest and well-being.

Keywords: leadership (properties); education and training; ethics; ethicality; morals; values (conceptions); justice; equality (values)