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

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.