The impact of a mediator variable (ethical climate) on the relationship between ethical leadership with innovation, and ethical behavior of employees of the Melli Bank of Mashhad

This research with the introduction of concepts such as ethical leadership, ethical climate, ethical behavior, creativity and innovation, study the relationship between these concepts and how to influence them. The main issue of this study, the influence of the ethical leadership on innovation and ethical behavior is with the use of a mediator. The purpose of this research is application and the method of data collection is like Survey-descriptive research. Target population was employees of the National Bank of Mashhad and used data collected from 186 employees of the National Bank and to analyze the findings and confirm the pattern of research is used of structural equations modeling. The result of research indicate that the ethical leadership has a significant and positive influence on innovation and ethical behavior. The research results suggest that although ethical leadership is effective on ethical behavior but the severity of this impact through ethical climate is higher. In addition, The ethical leadership is effective on innovation but the severity of the impact has not increased through creativity but has increased through ethical climate.