Background: Ethics is defined as a set of principles used to guide and direct. Professional ethics has an important impact on the activities and outcomes of an organization. Professional ethics promote efficiency, improve communication, and reduce threats.
Methods: The present study is qualitative and has an applied purpose. Based on the opinions of experts, the researcher pursued the identification of the components of professional ethics among the experts of the Vice President of Treatment of Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. Information was obtained through interviews with experts. Given the complexity and multidimensionality of the issue, the concepts were examined from the experts' perspective to discover the hidden dimensions of this issue. Purposive sampling was carried out until data saturation and interviews were conducted with 40 experts. The information was collected and, after confirming the face and content validity by the experts, open, axial and selective coding was carried out and the result was determined.
Results: Information includes 8 topics, including responsibility, honesty and integrity, justice and fairness, loyalty, respect for others, sympathy for others, compliance with laws and guidelines and competition were detected.
Conclusion: In order to improve professional ethics among experts, it is necessary for the authorities to pay attention to the categories of responsibility, honesty and integrity, justice and fairness, loyalty, respect, sympathy for others, compliance with laws and guidelines, and competition. Given its importance in organizational culture, appropriate incentive and punishment mechanisms should be used to improve the current situation.
Type of Study:
Original article |
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General Received: 2025/07/9 | Accepted: 2025/05/20 | Published: 2025/05/20