Ethical Leadership: Implications for Enhancing Quality in Higher Education

EasyChair Preprint 9068

Abstract

 In a globalized, competitive world dependent on human ingenuity, the need for quality education has occupied the center stage of attention for public officials, professionals, and communities at large. Yet, the focus of stakeholders has largely been on the material rather than ethical factors in the change process. Departing from this conventional approach, this paper seeks to highlight the importance of ethics in the success of organizations, particularly the ways in which instructors’ ethical leadership can stimulate change and enhance quality across universities in Morocco. The paper draws on the theoretical and empirical literature to address a number of questions related to the nature of ethical leadership, its processes and its outcomes. The situational and individual characteristics affecting the perceptions and development of ethical leadership are discussed with an emphasis on the implications for language teaching and learning. What ethics are important and how ethical leadership affects attitudes and performance are also explored in this paper. By underlining the role of ethics rather than simply technical competence in driving success and teaching/learning quality, this paper provides insights and perspectives often overlooked but critical to the understanding and achievement of change.

Keyphrases: Ethical Leadership, educational change, educational management, educational policy

@booklet{EasyChair:9068,
  author    = {Abderrahim Amghar},
  title     = {Ethical Leadership: Implications for Enhancing Quality in Higher Education},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 9068},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}