Measurement of the status of professional ethics based on districts of the the city of Isfahan from the viewpoint of the citizens

The present study aims to measure the status of professional ethics based on the districts of Isfahan from the viewpoint of citizens. The research method is combined (qualitative and quantitative). In the qualitative section, qualitative content analysis method of conventional type including open and axial coding was used; and the statistical population consisted of 91 municipal managers of Isfahan among whom 15 were purposefully interviewed. In the quantitative section, data collection was descriptive and survey type; and, using the results of the qualitative method of the first stage, the criteria of professional ethics were obtained through findings of the interview and then a researcher-made questionnaire of professional ethics was developed. To answer the questions, one-sample t-test, Friedman test, and Pearson correlation coefficient test were used. The results showed that the average professional ethics in all districts of Isfahan Municipality, except for District 5, is at an average level. Application of professional ethics criteria in urban management measures is at a favorable level. From the citizens’ point of view, the priorities of observing the subscales were moral solution, recognizing moral issues, norms and values, trying to implement ethics, and effective factors and conditions.