Investigating the Ethical Behavior of Engineering Students in University of Kashan with the Approach of Paying Attention to Fears and Hopes

Ethics refers to a set of value-based and non-value-based practices whose attitudes and practices are conducive to personal growth and excellence, organizational growth, and social development. Thus the purpose this research was study of ethical behavior of students in the academic year 2019. The research in terms of aim, applied and in terms of design, descriptive survey. The statistical population consisted of students in engineering faculty that through simple random 315 ones were chosen as sample. Data collection tools included a researcher-made ethical behavior questionnaire that questionnaires content validity confirmed. Through Cronbach alpha coefficient, reliability coefficients were calculated equal to 0.91. Data’s analyzed by using Spss 22 software and through one sample t-test, independent sample t-test and one way Anova. Finding showed mean of ethical behavior and components were upper than average. Also there was not a significant difference between students' ethical behavior in terms of gender, but this difference was significant in terms of academic degree. Therefore, it is suggested that the growth and education of engineering students in ethical & behavioral fields be a serious priority in the curriculum of these fields especially at the undergraduate level.