A Study of The Ethical Behaviors in The Performance of Human Resource Officials in The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study: (1) the ethics of human resource officers in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), (2) the ethical behaviors of human resource officers when performing their tasks and duties, and (3) human resource officers’ views on ethics used for making decision when performing difficult tasks.

                The results were as follows: (1) the ethics that the BMA used as a practical framework for organizational officers are the discipline and the Code of Ethics of the BMA Officers and Employees (2007), (2) the ethical behaviors of human resource officers were very high. The results revealed that the officers in the BMA strictly followed the four elements of principlism. The most practical level of ethics among human resource officers ranged from justice, non-maleficence, beneficence, and autonomy respectively, and (3) overall, they gave the highest score on the items evaluating their views on ethics used for the task performance. They gave the highest score on the items relevant to the principle of justice and autonomy. In addition, the lower score was given to the items relevant to the principle of  non-maleficence and beneficence respectively