Investigating the Role of Organizational Ethics Philosophy on Creating Ethical Justice in University (Case Study: Branches of Islamic Azad University of Sistan and Baluchestan)

Universities are among the important and complex organizations that are more related to human resources than other organizations and are responsible for training the specialized and efficient human resources of the society. The purpose of this study was to design ethical justice structure in branches of Islamic Azad University of Sistan and Baluchestan.

The present study was a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) method based on judgmental sampling of 20 experts and based on Morgan table and stratified sampling of 248 managers and staff of Islamic Azad University of Sistan and Baluchestan branches. Based on the opinions of experts and the fuzzy Delphi process, three components of organizational ethics and seven dimensions of ethics-oriented justice were approved and conceptual model of research was designed and the reliability of the tool with Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability and validity was confirmed by convergent and divergent validity (with AVE index) and structural validity. The conceptual model was evaluated using Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling in LISREL software.

 In this study, maintaining fidelity in referring to resources and obtaining informed consent and voluntary entry of individuals were considered.

The questionnaire was designed based on a qualitative study including ethical justice (45 indicators) and Islamic work ethic (20 items) and the development of moral values in the organization (7 items) and existence of moral atmosphere in society (7 items). The results of the quantitative part of the study showed that Islamic work ethic with impact of 0.76 has highest impact and moral values of society and the organization with 0.16 have the least impact on ethical justice. Also, the effect of moral atmosphere on justice was equal to 0.22 and significant. The effect of moral philosophy on moral justice was 1.09, which indicates an increase in the components of this structure.

In the present study, Islamic work ethic had the greatest impact on moral justice, so religion has an important role in promoting organizational justice and universities can create a favorable atmosphere for justice by observing the value principles of Islamic ethics.