TEACHERS' VIEWS ON ETHICAL BEHAVIOR OF ADMINISTRATORS IN WITTAYAPRAKARN SCHOOL CLUSTER UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 6

Abstract

The purpose of this research were 1) to study teachers' views on the ethical behavior of school administrators of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 6 under the Wittayaprakarn School Cluster and 2) to compare views on the ethical behavior of school administrators of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 6 under the Wittayaprakarn School Cluster. This study was a survey research and the questionnaires were used as a group of 235 teachers under the Wittayaprakarn School Cluster. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way analysis of variance. The results of the study revealed as follow. Firstly, the ethical behavior of the executives in general in 7 aspects according to ethical standards is at a high level. Which is arranged in descending order as follows: 1) to cherish the main institutions of the country which are nation, religion, monarchy and democracy with the monarchy as head of state, 7) to be a good role model and maintaining the image of the government, 6) to perform their duties fairly with no discrimination, 4) to think about the general benefits more than the personal benefits and to have a public mind, 3) to decide to do and do what is right, 2) to honestly have a good conscience and be responsible for duty, and 5) to focus on job achievement, respectively. Secondly, the comparison of views on the ethical behavior of school administrators of Secondary Educational Service Area Office 6 under the Wittayaprakarn School Cluster by gender, age, educational level and work experience was found to be not significantly different at .05 level in all aspects.