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This study’s main purpose was to identify the role of school leadership in promoting professional ethics among secondary school teachers in Taif, Saudi Arabia from their point of view. The study also investigates if there is a difference by educational qualification, by experience, about the role of leadership in promoting professional ethics among secondary school teachers. The study used the descriptive approach, and the questionnaire was a tool for the study. The questionnaire included 28 items and consisted of four dimensions (the role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their work, the role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their classmates, the role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their students, the role of the leader in promoting the teacher's ethics towards society). A total sample of 335 female teacher participated in this study. In general, the findings showed that teachers have very high level of positive attitude towards the role of leadership in promoting professional ethics among secondary school teachers. The role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their students was the highestranked item. The next-highest rated items were the role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their classmates, followed by the role of the leader in promoting the teacher's ethics towards society. The role of the leader in enhancing the teacher's ethics towards their work was ranked last. There are no statistically significant differences about the role of leadership in promoting professional ethics among secondary school teachers due to the educational qualification variable. There are statistically significant differences between the study sample who hold a bachelor’s degree, and those who hold postgraduate studies towards a dimension (the leader’s role in enhancing the teacher’s ethics towards their students) for the benefit of the study sample who hold a bachelor’s degree. There are statistically significant differences between the averages of estimating the role of leadership in promoting professional ethics among secondary school teachers due to the variable years of experience, as it was found that the statistical differences came in favor of the category of more than 10 years due to their experiences and long experience in the teaching and learning process. (Published abstract)