Document Type : Research Paper

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1 1. PhD student in Sports Management, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran.

2 Assiss\\\\\\\\tant professor of sport managment .payamnoor university,Tehran , Iran.

3 Asistan Professor of Physical Education and Sports Science, Islamic Azad University, Ilam , Iran

4 Assistant Professor of Marketing Management , Islamic Azad University, Ilam , Iran

10.30473/fmss.2023.68552.2542

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of achieving the business ethics framework of managers of sports organizations in Iran with the approach of Clark and Brown (2013). The current research was conducted with an exploratory qualitative approach and thematic analysis method using open, axial and selective coding. The main tool for data collection was a semi-structured in-depth interview, and the theoretical saturation of the findings was achieved in the 18th interview. The statistical population of this research included the senior managers of sports and youth departments of the country (8 people), a number of managing directors of sports clubs (8 people) and expert sports professors (4 people) who were selected by purposeful sampling. In order to measure the adequacy of the research process, the criteria of verifiability, transferability, reliability and truth were used. The result of the qualitative data analysis was the identification of 119 conceptual codes, 32 basic themes and 12 organizing themes, including adherence to ethical and competitive market behaviors, adoption of ethical financial behaviors, ethics-oriented professionalism, organizational awareness and nobility, insight and leadership-like management ability. , problem-oriented and realism in dealing with organizational issues, personality-behavioral stability, ethical view in organizational interactions, spirit of corruption and establishment of organizational justice and fairness, ethics-based management requirements, ethics-based educational requirements, ethical orientation in organizational incomes Was.

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