Assessment Of Organizational Ethics In Ministry Of Agriculture-Jahad And Its Role In Agricultural Development

The Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad, as one of the important centers for food security, plays a critical role in offering public goods and services to citizens. So, upgrading the level of organizational ethics in the ministry will improve the performance (agricultural development) and its social responsibilities. This study was an exploratory type; the qualitative part used the content analysis method and the quantitative part used the factor analysis method. Participants in the qualitative part consisted of elites and agricultural exports, and 12 people were interviewed until a saturation point was reached. In the quantitative part, the statistical population was top, middle, and basic managers of the Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad, of which 291 people were selected by stratified random sampling method. The findings of the qualitative part showed 75 Basic content themes, 13 organizer themes, and 6 comprehensive themes. The findings of the quantitative part showed that in the ministry of Agriculture-Jahad and dependent organizations, the dimension of "rules, procedures, and structure of the organization" was less than the expected frequency. According to the importance of governmental structures in the development of agricultural development, the promotion of the level of ethics at the Ministry of Agriculture-Jahad will facilitate the realization of the fundamental purpose of this organization, namely agricultural development.