Survey of professional ethics observance degree among managers and staff of teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: professional ethics is a very important issue for managerswho are role models for students and staff. it can also be very effective inorganizational activities. the main objective of this research is to describe theresult of managers’ self assessment in shiraz teaching hospitals.methods: the present research is a cross-sectional study. the statistical societyof this research includes all senior, middle and executive managers of nemazi,faghihi and chamran hospitals. regarding the small volume of statisticalsociety and advice of a statistical counselor, the census method was used. thedata were gathered using questionnaires.results: the result of this research showed that there was a significantassociation between managerial ethics and education levels but there wasn’t asignificant association between average score of managerial ethics and the fieldof study, sex and age. also the mean for managerial ethics was the highest infaghihi hospital.discussion: according to research findings and positive association betweenmanagerial ethics and education levels, observance of professional ethics isessential. so we can train managers to observe professional ethics more in theirorganizations in order to improve organizational efficacy.