International Aspects of Organizational Ethics in Educational Systems

Orly Shapira-Lishchinsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her research focuses on the relationships between perceptions of organizational ethics and teachers' withdrawal behaviors, and explores the development of ethical codes in educational systems throughout the world.

• Section I: International Aspects of Ethics 1. The ethical context: A global versus a national approach 2. The code of ethics in educational systems: International aspects 3. An integrative model of student inequality: Ethical school culture, External and internal school factors 4. Social justice in educational systems 5. Cross-national aspects: The process of developing a code of ethics 6. Ensuring assimilation of the code of ethics: A cross-national view 7. Codes of ethics as promoting teachers' professional status 8. The US code of ethics for educators: A case study 9. The hidden ethical 'ethical school culture' factor in TIMSS International Assessment: Updated Study Section II: International Aspects of Ethics and Leadership 10. Ethical aspects of educational leadership and training 11. Ethical aspects of transactional, transformational and authentic leadership styles 12. Ethical quandaries among educational leaders 13. Ethical decision-making among educational leaders Section III: Cross-National Aspects of the Relationship Between Perceptions of Organizational Ethics and Teachers' Withdrawal Behaviors 14. Organizational ethics in educational systems 15. Teachers' withdrawal behaviors 16. Ethical aspects of teachers' withdrawal behaviors 17. The relationship between organizational ethics and teachers' withdrawal behaviors 18. Organizational commitment as a mediator between organizational ethics perceptions and teachers’ withdrawal behaviors 19. The relationship between personal and organizational characteristics and teachers’ withdrawal behaviors 20. Withdrawal behaviors and organizational citizenship behavior 21. The relationship between organizational ethics perceptions and withdrawal and citizenship behaviors: Summary of updated studies 22. Analyzing the relationship between organizational ethics and teachers' withdrawal behaviors 23. Learner-centered education – Toward a decrease in teachers' withdrawal behaviors 24. Strategies for minimizing withdrawal behaviors among teachers Section IV: Critical Ethical Incidents in Team-Based Simulations with Educational Leaders 25. Critical ethical incidents in educational leadership 26. Team simulation based on critical ethical incidents among 27. The gap between official educational policies and practiced policies 28. Critical incidents in ethical context: Summary of updated studies 29. Scenarios as a tool for assimilation of the book's contents Summary and conclusion

Studying organizational ethical aspects in the international context of different educational systems of the world, Shapira-Lishchinsky focuses on teachers' withdrawal behaviors and the development of an ethical code for educators and teachers that can serve as a tool for reducing misbehaviors and withdrawal behaviors among teachers. Her topics include the code of ethics in educational systems: international aspects, ethical aspects of educational leadership and training, organizational commitment as a mediator between organizational ethics perceptions and teachers' withdrawal behaviors, learning-centered education: toward a decrease is teachers' withdrawal behaviors, and team simulations based on critical ethical incidents among educational leaders.