The Application of Ethics in the Formation of a Virtuous University

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1 PhD student in educational administration, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

3 Associate Professor Department of Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

4 professor Department of Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

10.22081/jare.2024.68768.1900

Abstract

The application of ethics in the flourishing and formation of the university around the virtue-oriented axis has not been investigated clearly and expertly in previous researches. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is to investigate the application of ethics in the formation of a virtue-oriented university. The approach of the research is qualitative and has been carried out with thematic analysis approach and in a one-year period from the fall of 1401 to the fall of 1402. The statistical sample included an expert group of 20 university professors and researchers in the field under study, which was selected using a snowball approach. To check the validity of the information and pattern extracted from the interviews, two methods of retesting and intra-subject agreement were used and the validity of the findings was ensured. formation of a virtue-oriented university in the form of 219 open codes, 40 concepts and three core categories (the interference of ethics at the individual level, the interference of ethics at the university (professional) level and the interference and application of ethical standards at the macro level) which Each of them is divided into two categories: avoidance and support. The results indicate the undeniable and sensitive functions of ethics in the formation and development of the model of a virtue-oriented university, and in order to achieve it, special attention should be paid to the achievements of the present research in the form of the model of the interference of ethics in the formation of a virtue-oriented university.

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  • Receive Date: 20 March 2024
  • Revise Date: 04 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 18 May 2024

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