Ethical decision-making by educational leaders: Its foundations, culture and more recent perspectives

Management in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Robbins, Steven ^a   Trabichet, Luc ^b  

^a Le Collège du Léman International School   (Switzerland)

^b Le Lycée René Cassin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Ethical dilemmas; School leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849108402     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020609104810     Document Type: Article

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