Relationship between Perception of Professional Ethics with Social Responsibility and employees’ productivity

This study aimed to determine the relationship of professional ethics perception with social responsibility and employees’ productivity in the General Directorate of Roads and Urban Development in Isfahan. It was a descriptive and correlational study. The study population included all employees of the Department of Roads and Urban Development in Isfahan who were 388 people. Among them 193 employees were selected as sample using Cochran sample size formula and stratified random sampling proportional to size. Data collection tools included three questionnaires; professional ethics questionnaire (Kadozir, 2002) with 14 items, productivity questionnaire (Hersey, Blanchard & Goldsmith, 1980) with 26 items and a social responsibility questionnaire (Gylbers, 2010) with 19 items based on 5 Likert scale. Validity of the questionnaires was confirmed using the comments of supervisor and some members of the population. The coefficient of reliability of three questionnaires was estimated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, respectively (0.80), (0.90) and (0.82). In order to analyze data, descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression and multi-way ANOVA tests were used. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between professional ethics and its aspects with social responsibility (p<0.01, r=0.502) and also between professional ethics and its aspects with productivity (p<0.01, r=602). Stepwise regression analyses showed that among aspects of professional ethics in the first step competitiveness and striving for superiority and in the second step justice and fairness are the best predictors of productivity and social responsibility. In respondents' views there was a significant difference in professional ethics based on degree of education and work experience. However, based on demographic factors there was no significant difference in productivity and social responsibility.

Key Words: Professional Ethics, Productivity, Social Responsibility.