Ethical leadership in education

Ethical leadership is tantamount to accountable and uncompromised public service in the field of education. This study explored the ethical leadership styles of public secondary school heads in the country who were randomly selected. It was participated by 85 school heads and 85 teachers among the selected public secondary schools in the Philippines. The study employed phenomenological research in order to explore school heads’ ethical leadership as they manage, supervise and administer day-to-day school operations. The study concluded that integrity, fairness, empathy and commitment to social justice were the major themes generated which represent contextualized meaning of ethical leadership in education. In this line the study recommended that school heads should create specific actions and program interventions to monitor higher level of work ethics as fruit of effective ethical leadership. In addition, the study recommended that future empirical analysis on the influence of ethical leadership to teachers’ efficiency and competence should be pursued.