Refusing Service from a Disreputable Character
January 01, 2025
Appears in January 2025: School Administrator.
Ethical Educator
Scenario: The
director of food services in a small school community learns that the owner/operator of a business providing daily meals to the district’s preschool programs has been accused of sexually assaulting several subordinates. This person is currently
under investigation, which some others in the district and community are aware of. The food services head knows some of the victims and believes them. The victims, for their own privacy, have avoided going public. The food services director believes
he is justified in severing the contract with the business. Is he?
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The Ethical Educator panel consists of
- Sheldon H. Berman, author of Implementing Social-Emotional Learning: Insights from School Districts’ Successes and Setbacks.
- Susan Enfield, superintendent-in-residence, ILO Group, Normandy Park, Wash.
- Baron Davis, CEO and founder, The Neogenesis Group, Columbia, S.C.; and
- Maria G. Ott, Irving R. and Virginia A. Melbo chair in education administration, University of Southern California.
Each month, School Administrator draws on actual circumstances to raise an ethical decision-making dilemma in K-12 education. Our distinguished panelists provide their own resolutions to each dilemma.
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