Rating and Evaluation of Ethical Behaviors of Education Managers with AHP Analysis Technique, one of the Modern Decision Support Systems

Abstract

This study aims to create a model for rating and evaluation the ethical behaviors that education administrators will use in decision-making processes by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), which is one of the modern decision support systems. The research used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, one of the modern decision support systems developed by Saaty (1980), which allows the joint analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The data collection instrument for the study is the Ethical Leadership Scale developed by Ylmaz (2006). Research data were collected from 15 school administrators and teachers working in Kartal, Pendik, Maltepe, and Sultanbeyli districts on the Anatolian side of Istanbul province during. The purposive sampling method was used to determine the study group. The ethical behaviors identified using the sub-dimensions of the scale were compared in pairs and ranked according to their importance. The results revealed that the most important ethical behaviors managers should have in all their values and behavioral ethics are truthfulness and honesty. In the dimension of environmental ethics, managers are expected to create the freest environments, while managers are expected to be the fairest in the dimension of communication ethics. Managers are expected to have these values and apply them in their lives. When managers make decisions in the management process, they should act rationally and consider the ethical dimensions of the decisions.