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Examining the Moral and Ethical Implications of Title IX Compliance

Zilmer, Jeremy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1667997701700111

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2022, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Bowling Green State University, Leadership Studies.
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the ethical and moral implications for higher education administrators as they navigate minimum expectations regarding compliance with federal and state laws and regulations regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. This study attempted to navigate the way administrators balance Title IX from both an ethic of justice and an ethic of care approach, while maintaining compliance with often changing federal regulations. Interviews were conducted with nine (9) individuals who had experience with Title IX compliance. The study sample were members of the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) and the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) who resided in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, or Tennessee. The data were organized into 41 final codes and eight (8) categories of themes were identified: Research Question 1 – (1) External Factors Influence Compliance Experience and (2) Personal Impact of doing the Work; Research Question 2 – (1) Humanistic Elements including Values Matter and (2) Regulations & Legal Requirements Establish Minimum Response; Research Question 3 – (1) Balance of Individual Rights & Individual Regard and (2) External Influences Complicate Decision Making; and Research Question 4 – (1) Making Decisions for the Right Reasons and (2) Frequent Challenges. The findings indicate that while the participants aspire to make decisions from an ethic of care lens, overall, they rely heavily on federal and state regulations as well as relevant case law as their operating framework. Then, within that framework, they apply aspects of care such as empathy, care, and support. What this suggests is that campus administrators mainly make decisions from an ethic of justice. Implications for practice include the need to invest in compliance, understanding that ethical and moral decision-making is critical but so is the need to abide by requirements, and the acknowledgment of the versality and importance of those doing the work. These individuals serve in capacities that heavily impact campus safety and institutional liability and thus need to be appropriately trained, compensated, and staffed to avoid costly mistakes for the institution that come with OCR complaints and investigations, fines, civil lawsuits, and negative publicity.
Patrick Pauken, J.D., Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Juan Bes, Ph.D. (Other)
Matthew Caires, Ed.D. (Committee Member)
Christy Galletta Horner, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Judith Jackson May, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
150 p.
Higher Education
title ix; leadership; compliance;

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  • Zilmer, J. (2022). Examining the Moral and Ethical Implications of Title IX Compliance [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1667997701700111

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zilmer, Jeremy. Examining the Moral and Ethical Implications of Title IX Compliance. 2022. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1667997701700111.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zilmer, Jeremy. "Examining the Moral and Ethical Implications of Title IX Compliance." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1667997701700111

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