Identifying and Prioritizing the Components of Professional Ethics of Factually Members from the Perspective of Factually Members and Students of Allameh Tabatabae’i University

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the components of professional ethics of factually members from the perspective of factually members and students of Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Allameh Tabatabae’i University.

This is an applied and developmental study and a descriptive survey. Using simple random sampling, the study sample consisted of 53 faculty members and 270 students. The data collection instrument for this survey was a research-made questioner. The analysis was performed with SPSS version 22.

The major finding of this study is that professional ethics and its components are highly important from the perspectives of both students and faculty members. However, in terms of prioritizing the components of professional ethics there is a significant difference between the perspectives of students and faculty members.

According to the findings, the personal andethical characters of faculty members are greatly important in the university campus and society as well. Because the personal and ethical characters of faculty members are directly influential on the quality of education and thinking of students and citizens. It is, then, suggested that factually members should apply ethical principles on their professional tasks such as instruction and research, on and off campus.