Designing a Professional Ethics Model for Iranian Premier League Football Clubs with Foundation Theory Approach

Given the special place to football clubs and their cultural, social, and economic importance in society, it is expected that the issue of professional ethics in clubs will be emphasized., so the purpose of the research was to design a career ethics model in Iran soccer premier league. This is a qualitative approach and grounded theory method has been used as a research method. To collect data, in-depth interviews and semi-structured interviews with 27 knowledgeable experts was used. This study was analyzed by specialist professors . The research findings were analyzed using coding method in three stages: Open, Axis and Selection using MAXQDA 10 software. In the three stages of coding, the main and sub-categories of professional club ethics were identified and related to each other, which are: Causal conditions (structure, law, education, modeling, institutionalization of ethics, political interference); Interactions (lack of transparency, poor oversight, behavior of officials, and encouragement and punishment); And Consequences (Developmental Consequences, Moral and Social Improvement Consequences, and Harmful Consequences) were identified and the relationships between them were presented in the form of a model.