Common Ethical Issues in Delta State Schools: An Empirical Analysis

Abstract

The study identified/analyzed unethical conducts and possible ways to reduce them in Delta State schools. A twenty items questionnaire on 3000 participants was used in this study with two research questions and two hypotheses raised and administered. The study revealed  school closing due to strike action, unconstitutional methods of admission of students, inaccuracy of books and records, misleading advertising for admission, and misuse of school properties are unethical conducts in schools. Use of whistle-blowing preparation and utilization of formal codes of ethics in schools and provision of ethics training lesson as possible ways to reduce unethical conducts in schools.

Keywords: Ethics, Issues, School, Whistle-blowing