Conceptual Review of Decision-making Practices, Teachers’ Work Ethics Compliance and Secondary Schools Effectiveness

Abstract

The study examined the extent of teachers' compliance with work ethics and 
decision-making procedures in public secondary schools. If efficient 
instruction and service delivery are to be achieved in public secondary 
schools, the results of the current study have significant implications for 
effective school administration and management. The efficacy of the school 
will increase when principals encourage high ethical leadership behaviour 
through participatory decision-making on the part of the members. The 
chances of having committed teachers who aid in achieving the goals of the 
schools are increased by principals who apply sound ethical principles in 
respecting the rights of their teachers, demonstrate professional competence 
and responsibility, while fostering honesty and integrity in their professional 
relationships with teachers, and demonstrate responsibility to schools, 
families, communities, and society at large. This makes it necessary for 
public secondary school principals to cultivate and uphold very high ethical 
leadership behaviours while acting in their instructional leadership roles, 
making decisions, carrying out their supervisory functions, communicating 
and working collaboratively with teachers, and holding themselves accountable, in order to foster an environment that will encourage high levels 
of teacher commitment. It was concluded that teachers who are deeply 
committed to their jobs develop ethical values and conduct.