Identifying Indicators of Social Responsibility of Managers in the Universities of Medical Sciences
akhlāq-i pizishkī i.e., Medical Ethics,
Vol. 16 No. 47 (1401),
28 June 2022
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Page 1-15
https://doi.org/10.22037/mej.v16i47.39082
Abstract
Background and Aim: The social responsibility of managers includes various indicators such as legalism, moral responsibility, communication development, organizational leadership, financial and administrative affairs and innovation. The social responsibility of managers is one of the important issues in the field of organizational ethics, with the understanding of this important; the present study aims to Identification of indicators of social responsibilities of managers in Medical Sciences University of Mazandaran was done.
Methods: This study is a mixed research (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative section, the method of qualitative content analysis with inductive approach was used and in the quantitative section, the descriptive-survey method was used. The participants in the qualitative section were experts, faculty members and managers of medical sciences universities and the statistical community in the quantitative part included the employees of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Sampling was done in the targeted qualitative section through interviews with 19 experts. In the quantitative section stratified random sampling method was used. 289 employees were selected as a statistical sample for investigation. The data collection tools included semi-structured interviews in the qualitative section and researcher-made questionnaires in the quantitative section. Validity and reliability of research data collection tools were confirmed. Data analysis was done through confirmatory factor analysis in SPSS 22 and Lisrel software.
Ethical Considerations: Respecting honesty and trustworthiness, explaining the objectives of the research to the participants and ensuring the confidentiality of information are among the ethical principles of this study.
Results: Based on the research results, Indicators of social responsibility model of managers in medical universities It includes eight indicators of legal responsibility, ethical responsibility, communication responsibility, organizational responsibility, administrative responsibility, financial responsibility, innovation responsibility, public responsibility.
Conclusion: Indicators of social responsibility of managers as a management strategy can be used by managers in medical universities.
Please cite this article as:
Asgari Johadeh M, Yousefi R, Zameni F. Identifying Indicators of Social Responsibility of Managers in the Universities of Medical Sciences. Faṣlnāmah-i akhlāq-i pizishkī, i.e., Quarterly Journal of Medical Ethics. 2022; 16(47): e12.
- Social Responsibility; Managers; University of Medical Sciences
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