The Impact of Ethical Competence on Training of Human Resources from Perspective of Islamic Azad University Teachers in West Mazandaran

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of ethical competence on human resource education from the viewpoint of professors of Mazandaran Islamic Azad University in 1395. The research method was applied for the purpose of the research and the method of data collection was descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the study consisted of 274 full-time faculty members of Mazandaran Islamic Azad universities. Using Cochran's formula and simple random sampling method, 160 subjects were considered as sample size. The data collection method was based on a researcher-made moral competency questionnaire based on the Whiton model (2007) and staff training of Najafizadeh (1393). After collecting questionnaires, data analysis and testing of hypotheses were done using Structural Equation Modeling Method and using Smart PLS 2 software in two parts of the measurement model and structural part. In the first part, technical characteristics of the questionnaire including reliability, convergent validity and divergent validity of PLS-specific questionnaire were investigated. In the second part, the software's significant coefficients were used to examine the research hypotheses. Finally, the findings of the research confirmed the effect of moral competency and its components including subject knowledge, logical skills, problem solving skills, defensive skills, consensus-building skills and self-awareness on human resources training at Islamic Azad universities in Mazandaran province.