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Conference Theme and Call for Proposals
The overarching theme for the 2013 conference is: Ethical Leadership across Borders: Multiple Realities and Building Collective Capacity hosted by the University of Oklahoma at the Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City September 29-October 1, 2013 in Oklahoma City, OK.

For the annual Ethics, Values and Leadership conference, the research papers and poster displays are to address the ethical dimensions of leadership within the context of multiple stakeholder perspectives and contributions for building collective capacity in and across educational contexts, institutions and organizations. Building from the core concepts presented at the 2012 conference in Brisbane, that is, building capacity for moments of challenging choices, this conference focuses on the ways in which multiple perspectives across geographic, professional, cultural, and philosophical borders contribute to building collective capacity during challenging moments influencing decision-making and action planning.
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Aligned with the theme of multiple realities, ethical leadership is broadly defined as affecting all levels and domains of the educational pipeline to include non-traditional leadership roles. Unique to this conference is a focus strand on athletics and the ways in which organized sports impact education and ethical decision-making in both K-12 and post-secondary settings.


There are four strands for research paper and poster proposals aligning with the conference’s theme:​

• Building ethical cultures: Risk-taking and enabling distributed ethical leadership across multiple domains to bridge the theory/practice divide.

• Technology and the changing facets of leadership: Exploring ethical leadership within online communities and non-traditional educational experiences.

• Man vs. machine: Understanding people as a part of and apart from the education or organizational system.

• Student voice and the moral purpose of activism: validating marginalized voices across the border of underrepresentation.

Conference paper and poster proposals are due May 31, 2013. Please submit your abstract and proposals (limit 3 pages, single spaced, plus references) via email to Dr. Hollie Mackey at valuesandleadership@ou.edu
PAUL BEGLEY AWARD SUBMISSIONS:
Now is the time to be encouraging your outstanding Doctoral or Masters student, whose research has focused in some way on the study of values and ethics in educational leadership and administration, to be submitting a letter of application along with a copy of their completed research thesis, to the Chair of the Paul Begley Award Selection Committee, Prof Anthony Normore, at the Department of Educational Leadership, Graduate School of Education, California Lutheran University, E-Mail: anormore@callutheran.edu