Communication Skills of the Leader in the School Unit: Applied Ethics and Rule Utilitarianism

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Published: Dec 31, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/cjp.39149
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communication skills education utilitarianism leader decision making
Christos Kanavas
University of Western Macedonia, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0469-6776
Sotiria Triantari
University of Western Macedonia, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8484-1469
Georgios Tzartzas
University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of developing and cultivating the communication skills of school unit leaders and teachers, and the connection between these skills, based on rule utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is fundamental for maximizing the benefits for the greatest number of people. Rule utilitarianism, through its moral norms, values, and principles, sets the foundations for human thought and behaviour regarding decisions and actions that do not harm society as a whole, but create a sense of moral perception of the good, the just, and self-interest. The communicative rationality of utilitarianism contributes significantly to making critical and difficult decisions in the school unit, in which the principal and teachers are the main guides in learning and understanding the ethical and social value of communication in the transformations of contemporary social reality.

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