A Comparative Approach to the Professional Ethics of Scientific Board Members from the Viewpoint of Faculty Members and Students (Case Study: Tehran University)

The present study aims to compare the professional ethics of scientific board members from the viewpoint of faculty members and students. 

The research method is descriptive-survey. The population of the study was all faculty members of the University of Tehran (N=2059) and all students of Tehran University (N=15654). Proportional stratified sampling method, 267 faculty members and 484 students were selected randomly. For data collection, questionare of professional ethics of teachers of Ghamooshi's et al (1396) with five components of professional ethics: Towards ultra self, towards oneself, towards learners, towards the environment and toward the profession was used. The reliability of the questionnaires was calculated using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the faculty members α =0.95 and for students sample α =0.97. Validity of the instruments was confirmed by content and construct validity.

The results showed that the status of professional ethics of faculty members from the viewpoint of students was at the average level, while in the view of the professors was above average. MANOVA results showed that the ethics components of faculty members based on the place (student-teacher) had significant difference and the status of component towards learners, towards the environment and towards the profession of faculty members in faculties of Tehran University had significant difference, At the end status of component based on the environment from the viewpoint of interaction between faculties and position had significant difference.

Universities and higher education institutions, should give the priority to explore the status of faculty members professional ethics from the viewpoint of individuals and different stakeholders.