The Relationship between Perceived Organizational Ethical Climate and Teaching Professional Ethics

Abstract

This study which researched the affection status of professional ethics that integrates correctness, legality, competence, reliability, commitment principles of the profession, and followed by each employee through applications in their individual areas, with the organizational ethics climate that is produced within the organization where the professionals work and forms part of organizational culture, is a descriptive type correlation study. For this purpose, in order to obtain data from the employees of educational organizations, “The Organizational Ethical Climate Questionnaire” and “Teachers’ Code of Ethics Scale” have been used; and so, usability of the latest version of “The Ethical Climate Questionnaire” within the educational organizations reviewed, in other words the Questionnaire has been re-adapted to Turkish. The research results have shown an ethical climate in the education institutions where social responsibilities come to the forefront according to caring ethical standards, organizational codes, methods, laws and professional principles have been followed, based on friendship relations, and the organization’s interests and efficiency overseen; this climate demonstrates meaningful correlation with positive directions through sub dimensions of ethical principles of teaching profession; however, these correlations have not been affected by gender, seniority, institution type, number of teachers working together and tenure that are independent variables selected within the scope of the research.