Codification of Ethics Principles for Physical Education Managers of Armed Forces

The aim of this study was to design codes of ethics for the physical education managers of Iran’s armed forces.
This was an applied research work based on goal, exploratory by type and field study by the data gathering method. The statistical population included the physical education managers of Iran’s armed forces (N = 560) according to the Morgan statistical samples estimated (n = 234) using the stratified random sampling method. In order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The content validity was approved by the Lawshe test (CVR = 0.84) using Cronbach's alpha, the reliability of which was approved (α = 0.83). For statistical analysis, the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used.
The results of the exploratory and confirmatory analyses revealed that codes of ethics could be explained and fitted in six categories including the behavior toward law, team work, honesty in speech and justice in behavior, financial responsibility, and professional behavior and deontology. Also all factors had significant positive relations with the concept of code of ethics of managers of armed forces.
According to the findings, it is recommended to the physical education managers of Iran’s armed forces to behave their subordinates and clients according to the developed codes of ethics.