Ethical Leadership Decision Tool

Outputs ALLOW, DON’T ALLOW, ALLOW WITH CONDITIONS, or NEED MORE INFO. Includes Role Perspective weighting plus checks for graded/competitive outcomes and disability/accommodation context.

Role toggle changes weighting Outcome + accommodation checks Shows theory + flags

Decision you’re making

Context

Who is affected

Role Perspective (changes weighting)

Employee (policy and duties) Mentor (care and student impact) Leader (culture and consistency) Balanced (all three)

Outcome type (what changes if you allow it?)

Participation only (no ranking, no grade) Privilege or recognition (points, prizes, public winners) Graded or high-stakes outcome (grade, eligibility, assessment)

Accommodation context

None / not relevant Possible need (disability, ELL, or access issue suspected) Documented accommodation (IEP/504 or formal plan)

Purpose of the rule or expectation

Duty clarity (policy, rights, obligation)

Low: informal norm Medium: rule exists, has discretion High: explicit policy or rights issue

Explainability

Hard to explain publicly Mostly explainable Easy to explain and apply

Harm if you enforce strictly

Low Medium High

Harm if you allow it

Low Medium High

Unfair advantage risk

No Maybe Yes

Reversibility

Easy to undo Some cost to undo Hard to undo

Leadership value you want to model

Tip: If Outcome is graded/high-stakes or Accommodation is documented, expect “Allow with conditions” more often.

Decision Output

Role + model + theory + conditions + equity flags.

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Role: (none yet)

Model: (none yet)

Theory behind the decision

Complete the form and click Get Decision.

Recommended action

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Conditions

None yet.

Context, bias, structure checks

None yet.

Duty weight0%

Consequence weight0%

Virtue signal0%

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