TY - JOUR T1 - The Linkage Between Professional Ethics and Organizational Performance Iran Insurance Branches in Guilan Province AU - Pasdar, Elnaz AU - Rezvani Chamanzamin, Mousa AU - Reza Zamzami Sotudeh, Mohammad JO - Journal of Economics Theory VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 14 EP - 18 PY - 2014 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1994-8212 DO - jeth.2014.14.18 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeth.2014.14.18 KW - Business ethics KW -organizational performance KW -Iran insurance agencies KW -Guilan Province KW -Iran AB - This study investigates the linkage between professional ethics and organizational performance (case study: Iran insurance agency in Guilan Province). The study population is consisted of all employees in 5 cities of selected Iran insurance agency that represents more branches than other cities in Guilan Province including 319. Total 240 employees out of 319 employees were randomly selected as sample of the study. Gregory C. Petty’s standard moral questionnaire was used to gather data. To test these hypotheses, the results of questionnaires and data given out by the insurance company on behalf of institutional performance in the selected cities were analysed with Excel Software for descriptive statistics and SPSS-inferential statistical analysis software. One way ANOVA and Duncan specialized test result showed that there is a significant positive relationship between work ethic of the employees and organizational performance in Iran insurance branches in Guilan Province. The research also showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the three aspects of ethical perspectives out of four aspects defined by Gregory C. Petty's: Dependable, considerate, ambitious and copperative and organizational performance in Iran insurance agency branches in Gilan Province. ER -