Evaluation of the Relationship between Professional Ethics of University Professors and Academic Progress of Students in Southern Tehran

Abstract

This research was performed with the purpose of evaluation of the relationship between professional ethics of university professors with academic progress of students and Payame Noor University, Southern Tehran. Statistical population consisted of 1969 Master’s Degree students at Payame Noor University, Southern Tehran from which 162 students were selected by stratified random sampling to participate in the study. For data collection, questionnaire for evaluation of professional ethics of professors by Babasafari (2013) was used for evaluation of professional ethics of professors by students with reliability coefficient of 0/92 and also mean scores of students from the relevant unit were used. For data analysis SPSS and AMOS software were used. Results showed that meaningful correlation existed between professional ethics of professors in five subcategories (teaching, research, manners, humane relations and organization) with academic progress of students. Additionally, the five subcategories mentioned were able to explain 0/48 of academic progress of students.