Evaluating the Ethical Behavior Management Criteria in the Culture of Iranian Society

Subject Areas : INTERCULTURAL STUDIES QUARTERLY

mohsen farhadinejad ¹ , sakineh jafari ²

1 - Assistant professor, Faculty of Economics, Management and Administrative Sciences, Semnan University
2 - Assistant Professor of Department of Education Management Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University

Received: 2019-06-29 Accepted : 2019-12-08 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: Iranian culture, ethical behavior, ethical practice, unethical practice,

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to evaluate the ethical behavior management criteria in the context of Iranian society culture. The study is applied research in terms of the purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. Statistical population consisted of all citizens aged 18-45 years living in Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Ahvaz, Karaj and Semnan cities in the year 2019. A sample of 500 people (306 women and 194 men) was selected using cluster sampling method. All subjects completed the Ethical Behavior Management Criteria Questionnaire. A reliable Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the scale (0.752) was established by the researcher. The data were analyzed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, one-sample t-test, Friedman test, using SPSS and LISREL software. The results showed that ethical behavior management criteria were classified into three factors: Individual, Social, and Religious. The average of ethical behavior management criteria (i.e., Media Criterion, Mother Criterion, Quality of Sleep Criterion, Personal Interests, Golden Criterion, Personal Virtues, Behavior Generalization, being a Role-Model, Legality, Mirror Criterion, becoming a Lesson to Others, Belief in Continuous Monitoring, Altruism Criterion, Following Religious Orders) was higher than the acceptable level. Also, amongst the ethical behavior management criteria, the golden criterion ranked first, personal virtues ranked second and mother criterion ranked third, while altruism criterion ranked last

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