Abstract
This study determined the prevailing ethical climate in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Region XII and its relationship to the faculty’s three mandated functions; including instruction, research and extension. The descriptive method of research utilizing the correlation analysis was used in this study. This was conducted in four SUCs in Region XII, namely: Cotabato City State Polytechnic College in Cotabato City, Sultan Kudarat State University (ACCESS) in Tacurong City, University of Southern Mindanao in North Cotabato, and Cotabato Foundation of Science and Technology in North Cotabato. The respondents were the 268 selected faculty members taken through random sampling method. The researcher-made questionnaire was used to gather the data pertaining to the ethical climate and faculty’s trifocal functions. The findings generated: The prevailing ethical climate in professional values has the mean of 4.59 described as ”excellent”, work ethics is “excellent” with the mean of 4.79 and cultural values is also “excellent” with its mean of 4.52; the faculty productivity in instruction is “excellent” with its mean of 4.79, “poor” in research with the mean of 2.23 and “good” in extension with the mean of 3.06; The ethical climate in terms of professional ethics with.942 manifests very high positive relationship, work ethics with.897 denotes high positive relationship, and cultural values with.864 also show high positive relationship with faculty productivity in their trifocal functions. The study concluded that the ethical climate influenced the faculty productivity. The faculty professional ethics, work ethics and cultural values contributed significantly to the faculty productivity in their university trifocal functions.
Highlights
Educational institutions are aspiring to achieve world-class status
The descriptive method of research utilizing the correlation analysis was used in this study. This was conducted in four State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Region XII, namely: Cotabato City State Polytechnic College in Cotabato City, Sultan Kudarat State University (ACCESS) in Tacurong City, University of Southern Mindanao in North Cotabato, and Cotabato Foundation of Science and Technology in North Cotabato
The prevailing professional ethics is excellent with the mean of 4.59, the work ethics has the mean of 4.79 described as excellent and the cultural values obtained the mean of 4.52 described as excellent
Summary
Becoming a world-class university is not achieved by self-declaration; rather, elite status is conferred on the basis of international recognition (Salmi, 2009). This aspiration for excellence in various areas of academic undertakings includes faculty and instruction, curriculum, physical environment, equipment and facilities, students’ support, and administration. In line with the presented idea, Martin and Meezan (2003) stated that organizations viewed as being ethical have greater loyalty among clients and employees. This can payoff in increased profits for private sectors corporations and in improved public trust for public sector organizations. Organizations are paying increasing attention to ethics because good ethics makes good business sense
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