Model and instrument for the analysis of organizational ethics of schools

Abstract

This paper highlights the most significant results of the study on the analysis of the conditions (barriers and facilitators) that promote the ethical and organizational development of schools in Catalonia. The methodology includes a literary and bibliographic review, 18 exploratory interviews, 442 questionnaires to school principals, two focus groups and the application in four schools of the CADEO (Institutional self-evaluation questionnaire for the organizational ethics development in educational centers) self-assessment instrument. The objective is to delimit theoretically and practically the object of study, to know about the barriers and facilitators for the ethical organizational development of schools, and to facilitate organizational and management proposals to promote, from school governance, the ethical development of educational institutions. The results and conclusions shed light on the need of a model and instrument of institutional self-assessment for the analysis of the organizational ethical development of schools and the protocol of application, and they show that ethical reflection must become a strategic approach in schools. Likewise, they make it clear that the promotion of organizational ethics involves transparency, dialogue, and consensus; that there must be explicit collective and individual commitment; and that the role of school leadership is of fundamental importance. Spaces are required for institutional dialogue and reflection, the shared delimitation of institutional ethical values is necessary, ethical and moral training is needed, and a systematic evaluation should be approached with ethical criteria.