The Ethical Values between Self and Others and Their Level of Commitment among University of Baghdad Students.

Abstract

#This research aims to identify the level of ethical commitment among University of Baghdad students and determine the significance of statistical differences in ethical commitment among students based on variables such as gender, academic stage, and residential area. The study also seeks to identify common ethical values according to the concepts of self and others, and determine the significance of statistical differences in these values between students' self-evaluation and their evaluation of others. A multi-stage random sample of 400 male and female students was selected from the University of Baghdad, representing 10.42% of the total population. The researcher developed a scale of ethical values consisting of 32 items, each representing an ethical value. The scale met all the psychometric requirements for scale development. After using appropriate statistical methods, the following results were obtained: 1. The percentage of students characterized by high ethical commitment was 26%, while the percentage of students with moderate ethical commitment was 74%. No students showed weak ethical commitment. 2. There were statistically significant differences at a significance level of 0.01 in ethical commitment between male and female students, with female students showing higher commitment. 3. There were no statistically significant differences at a significance level of 0.05 in ethical commitment among students based on academic stage (first year, fourth year) or residential area (rural, urban). 4. Twelve common ethical values were identified among students based on their self-evaluation (self-domain), including honesty, spreading peace, modesty, protecting others' secrets, peacefulness, contentment, confidentiality, humility, respect, sexual chastity, integrity, and emotional participation. These common values accounted for 37.187% of the total ethical values included in the scale. 5. No common ethical values were identified in the evaluation of others (others-domain) by students. Additionally, there were statistically significant differences at a significance level of 0.01 between self-evaluation (self-domain) and evaluation of others (others-domain) by students.