Designing a Model of Extra Organizational Professional Ethics for Deputies and Heads of Education Districts in Tehran

Purpose: Considering the role and importance of professional ethics in all organizations, including educational organizations, the purpose of this study was to design a model of extra-organizational professional ethics of deputies and heads of education districts. Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and combined (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of implementation. The research population in both qualitative and quantitative sections was the deputies and heads of education districts of Tehran in the academic year 2018-19. The sample size in the qualitative section was estimated to be 20 people who were selected by purposive sampling method and the sample size in the quantitative section was calculated according to Cochran’s formula to be 113 people who were selected by cluster random sampling. The research instruments were a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire whose psychometric properties were confirmed. Data were analyzed by coding and heuristic factor analysis. Findings: The results of the qualitative section showed that extra-organizational professional ethics includes 71 indicators in 14 categories of professional ethics, ethical or normative, ethical knowledge, organizational strategies, training, managerial factors, resources, institutionalization, evaluation, staff, organizational culture, structural factors, procedures or organizational regulations and the development of individual and organizational professional ethics. Also, the results of the quantitative section showed that the model of extra-organizational professional ethics had 40 items in 9 factors of self-efficacy, scientific responsibility, individual ethics, managerial factors, organizational factors, job ethics, extra-organizational factors, social responsibility and belonging to scientific community, among which the two factors of self-efficacy and belonging to the scientific community were removed from the model due to a factor load of less than 0.40. Finally, the model of extra-organizational professional ethics of the deputies and heads of education districts was designed. Conclusion: According to the designed model of extra-organizational professional ethics, the deputies and heads of education departments can improve the identified categories in order to promote the extra-organizational professional ethics in them.