[So… I’m doing a far amount of writing in my grad school class on ethics… and since I’m not finding time to post here, I’m going to post some of my logs here. Besides, it’s as relevant as anything else I put up here… This was a log based on a case-study, should a principal resign when the Board of Education in her town makes her change her ‘second-chance’ school in ways she disagrees with or should she make the best of it?]
I think I was somewhat taken aback by the degree to which so many people thought it was ethical for Sandra Jones to resign. Granted, theres no question that, by retiring, she does not have to compromise her principles and either a) water down her school or b) mislead her bosses. However, the problem is that her kids live in a real world, and by resigning, she consigns her students to a leader, board-appointed, who will follow the mandate. And while its good to feel that youve not had to make the least bad decision, I believe both the utilitarian and liberal egalitarian ethics systems would argue that Ms. Jones must stay and continue to serve her students as best she can.
