Title: Ethical Management in Teaching Profession:Input to Teacher Empowerment
Authors: Ismael C. Casquejo, Ed. D.
Volume: 7
Issue: 8
Pages: 96-127
Publication Date: 2023/08/28
Abstract:
Ethical educational management is something every school needs. The current crop of pupils and students is bombarded with confounding matters regarding right and wrong in part due to the influx of unrestricted information from the technologies that continue to evolve. Sometimes these young people can be overwhelmed by this unhindered information that they are confused whether which one is right, or which one is wrong. They sometimes cannot separate real life from what the innovation gives and what can be applied in their young lives. They sometimes take on practices and cultures which are very far from their culture as Filipino people. There is a need for ethical leaders in school and they can delegate some of their powers to the teachers. The teachers have to use the power responsibly, for it is true that with great power comes great responsibility. An ethical leader and an empowered teacher can somehow have a greater chance to influence the young people confronted by diverse issues today. Hopefully, these pupils and students cannot be easily overwhelmed by what is given to them and have a good fighting chance to continue a humane society in the future. Both the educational managers and teachers are called to be examples to the young people and such leadership calls for sacrifice as great leaders did. Jesus Christ made this statement, "You know that the rulers of the nation lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:25-28).