Professional Ethics Standards for Officials in a Decent Management System (in the Light of Imam Ali's Thoughts)

The standards and criteria of professional ethics are clear examples of a correct professional approach for officials. They help officials and those involved in the administrative system use this pattern in their duties and choose the right way. Observing these standards is necessary in any decent administrative system. In order to have a professional behavior with an Islamic identity, it is appropriate to use the most deserving Islamic administrative system, i.e. the government of Imam Ali. The main question of this research concerns the criteria and norms of professional ethics that, after the prophet, were emphasized in the rule of Imam Ali as the most decent system for government officials. The aim is to identify the ethical standards governing the behavior of officials in the decent system of Imam Ali, use them as the bases and criteria governing the behavior of managers and officials in other administrative structures and systems, and achieve an optimal administrative system within the framework of Islamic thought. This research is a descriptive- analytical study and its results indicate that adherence to ethical standards in the government of Imam Ali can be identified and explained in four general sections: the general criteria governing the behavior of officials, the criteria governing the duties of agents to people, the criteria governing the duties of agents to the higher-ranking officials and the criteria governing the duties of agents to the employees.