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Organizational accountability is important to remain competitive in today's world. The purpose of this research was to analyze the mediating role of job passion in the relationship between professional ethics and professional competence of professors with organizational accountability among faculty members of Payam Noor University in West Azerbaijan province.

The current research is applied and among descriptive-correlation researches. The statistical population of this research included the academic faculty members of Payam Noor University of West Azarbaijan province, from among them a sample of 150 people was selected in a simple random manner, and finally only the results of 129 people were analyzed. Standard questionnaires were used to measure research variables. Structural equation modeling and partial least squares approach and Smart PLS version 3 software were used for data analysis in the inferential statistics section.

The results showed; Professional ethics have a positive and significant effect on job enthusiasm, professional ethics on organizational accountability, professional competence on job enthusiasm, professional competence on organizational accountability, and job enthusiasm on organizational accountability.

Organizational accountability, which is somehow responsible for keeping managers and executive employees in an organization, is affected by the ethics and professional competence of employees and managers, and the results of this research show that in this connection, job passion can play a mediating role.

The realization of Islamic civilization based on religion, rationality, science and ethics is the goal of the Islamic Revolution. Culture-oriented knowledge and technology-oriented knowledge is a factor for reproducing the original Iranian culture with a leap in production, which is achieved with the approach of a civilization-building university. The present study is conducted to identify the antecedents of the Civilization University.

The paradigm of the present study was interpretive with a qualitative approach. Research data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The study participants included 12 academic experts familiar with the concept of a civilization-building university. For this purpose, by reviewing the documents and purposeful sampling, the interviews with the experts continued until the theoretical saturation was reached. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data.

Dimensions related to the antecedents of this approach include: 1. Utilization of knowledge by society; 2. Combining the function of the university with civilization; 3. Paying attention to the production of science in accordance with the needs of society; 4. Use of communication and information technology; 5. The formation of the pillars of civilization;6. How to manage the university; 7. Value and spirituality; 8. Curricula are world-class and civilization-building.

The authors of the survey conclude that by providing the necessary basis for the civilization of the university based on the identified indicators, universities are on the path of civilization.