Designing a professional ethics development model in organizations active in the public sector
Subject Areas : ddAmirmasoud Natanzi 1 , Karamollah Daneshfard 2 , Gholamreza Memarzadeh tehran 3 , Nazanin Pilevari 4
1 - Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit, Tehran, Iran
2 - College of Management and Economics, Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran
3 - Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University of Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran
4 - Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Gharb Branch, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Model design, ethics development, professional ethics, government organizations, municipality,
Abstract :
The present study aimed to develop professional ethics in the public sector in state organizations involved in public sector services, especially the municipality, using mixed methodology by theme analysis and structural equation modeling. In this study, "absorption and acceptance of professional ethics," "problem solving experience in professional ethics," and "professional ethics policy-making" were the components of the conceptual research model describing the development of professional ethics in the public sector. To reach the research objectives, 312 questionnaires were distributed, and the research sample encompassed 300 academic experts, professionals of state organizations involved in public sector services, especially the municipality, and professors and students in the fields of educational sciences, public administration, and educational management, who were selected using non-random purposive (Judgment) sampling and snowball sampling methods. According to the research results, the model of professional ethics development in the public sector consists of the following variables: (1) "Professional ethics policy-making," (2) "absorption and acceptance of professional ethics," (3) " problem solving experience in professional ethics,"