Influences of Personal, Political, Legal and Economical Climates on Ethical Decision-Making of Professional Soccer Players

The purpose of this study was a survey on influences of personal، political، legal and economical climates on ethical decision-making of Iranian premier league soccer players. For this purpose، dilemmas in professional soccer questionnaire (DPSQ) with 28 questions developed by Shajie et al. (2012) and environmental perceptions questionnaire with 23 questions were employed and randomly administered to 162 Iranian premier league soccer players from Rahahan، Naft Tehran، Shahid Sepasi، Foolad Khoozestan، Shahin Booshehr، Sepahan Esfahan، Malavan Anzali، Naft Abadan، Peykan Tehran، Pas Hamedan، Alominium Hormozgan teams. The content validity of instrument was confirmed by experts and the internal consistency of the DPSQ proved in a pilot study. The data were analyzed by employing ANOVA and Path analysis tests. Results showed that there is no significant relationship between environmental perceptions and ethical decision-making of Iranian premier league soccer players. Also despite of political environment، personal، legal and economical climates have effective role on determination of environmental perceptions variance within Iranian premier league soccer players. On the basis of results، environmental situation changes do not influence ethical decision-making of players directly and there are more important factors that have to studies at future surveys.