A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan

Background & Purpose: Ethical behavior is of particular importance to public agents and it can be seen both as a framework for improving political and administrative actions and a criterion for assessing the amount of commitment of public agents so as to achieve the public benefit. The purpose o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamed Mohammadi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University 2021-10-01
Series:مطالعات منابع انسانی
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.jhrs.ir/article_139117_97d862e9137e8a54116b285331d3d36c.pdf
_version_ 1797238518619045888
author Hamed Mohammadi
author_facet Hamed Mohammadi
author_sort Hamed Mohammadi
collection DOAJ
description Background & Purpose: Ethical behavior is of particular importance to public agents and it can be seen both as a framework for improving political and administrative actions and a criterion for assessing the amount of commitment of public agents so as to achieve the public benefit. The purpose of this study is to identify the ethical behavior of public agents based on Sa'di's Golestan.Methodology: The present study is exploratory in nature, conducted through inductive approach, and located on the framework of the interpretive paradigm. The second chapter of Sa'di's Golestan serves the data source of the study and theme analysis was used to analyze the data. Validity of the results was assessed and confirmed using census method done by an assessor and their reliability was assessed and confirmed Using Holsty method.Findings: The findings of the present study indicated that the ethical behavior of public agents, based on the second chapter of Sa'di's Golestan, has 48 basic themes, 16 organizing themes, and four comprehensive themes. Comprehensive themes include slavery ethics, individual ethics, social ethics, and political ethics.Conclusion: The explained model can be used as a guide to improve ethical behavior of public agents so as to pay more attention to public benefits, motivate staffs, increase the legitimacy of public agents, and develop political and administrative actions.
first_indexed 2024-04-24T17:36:55Z
format Article
id doaj.art-18e9fadfaeca4504aa6a0d42e5476c41
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2783-0624
language fas
last_indexed 2024-04-24T17:36:55Z
publishDate 2021-10-01
publisher Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University
record_format Article
series مطالعات منابع انسانی
spelling doaj.art-18e9fadfaeca4504aa6a0d42e5476c412024-03-28T04:32:38ZfasShahid Sattari Aeronautical Universityمطالعات منابع انسانی2783-06242021-10-0111314716910.22034/jhrs.2021.139117139117A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's GolestanHamed Mohammadi0PhD, Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, IranBackground & Purpose: Ethical behavior is of particular importance to public agents and it can be seen both as a framework for improving political and administrative actions and a criterion for assessing the amount of commitment of public agents so as to achieve the public benefit. The purpose of this study is to identify the ethical behavior of public agents based on Sa'di's Golestan.Methodology: The present study is exploratory in nature, conducted through inductive approach, and located on the framework of the interpretive paradigm. The second chapter of Sa'di's Golestan serves the data source of the study and theme analysis was used to analyze the data. Validity of the results was assessed and confirmed using census method done by an assessor and their reliability was assessed and confirmed Using Holsty method.Findings: The findings of the present study indicated that the ethical behavior of public agents, based on the second chapter of Sa'di's Golestan, has 48 basic themes, 16 organizing themes, and four comprehensive themes. Comprehensive themes include slavery ethics, individual ethics, social ethics, and political ethics.Conclusion: The explained model can be used as a guide to improve ethical behavior of public agents so as to pay more attention to public benefits, motivate staffs, increase the legitimacy of public agents, and develop political and administrative actions.http://www.jhrs.ir/article_139117_97d862e9137e8a54116b285331d3d36c.pdfethicsethical behaviorpublic agentssa'di's golestanthematic analysis
spellingShingle Hamed Mohammadi
A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
مطالعات منابع انسانی
ethics
ethical behavior
public agents
sa'di's golestan
thematic analysis
title A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
title_full A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
title_fullStr A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
title_full_unstemmed A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
title_short A Thematic Analysis of the Ethical Behavior of Public Agents Based on the Second Chapter of Sa'di's Golestan
title_sort thematic analysis of the ethical behavior of public agents based on the second chapter of sa di s golestan
topic ethics
ethical behavior
public agents
sa'di's golestan
thematic analysis
url http://www.jhrs.ir/article_139117_97d862e9137e8a54116b285331d3d36c.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT hamedmohammadi athematicanalysisoftheethicalbehaviorofpublicagentsbasedonthesecondchapterofsadisgolestan
AT hamedmohammadi thematicanalysisoftheethicalbehaviorofpublicagentsbasedonthesecondchapterofsadisgolestan