Background: Unethical behaviors in organizations are among the most important difficulties of the present age which emphasize the necessity of developing ethical issues. The more unethical behaviors are shown on the part of personnel, the more organization performance in affects and its external image is altered. It can be claimed that dominance of ethical values on the organization and observing them by the personnel have significant effect on the success of organizations and lead to the institutionalization of ethical values in the organization which enhance the effective relations of personnel and organization.
Methods: the present study, besides identification of the ethical climate dominating organizations and organizational anti-citizenship behaviors, intends to propose suggestions for promoting ethical climate of the work environment and reducing organizational anti-citizenship behaviors aiming at promoting social and mental maturity of personnel, developing ethical climate of the organization, directing managers' policies for human resources on the basis of ethical requirements, and developing criteria as well as reconstructing dominant ethical climate. Survey method has been used in this study and 100 top and middle managers of Refah Kargaran Bank constituted its participants.
Results: The findings of this study reveal that first, there is a significant relationship between promotion of general ethical climate in the organization and reduction of organizational anti-citizenship behaviors; second, there is a significant relationship between the aspects of the defects of ethical climate in the organization and types of organizational anti-citizenship behaviors.
Conclusion: Development of ethical issues dominating the organization which affect professional behaviors of the personnel must be considered as a self-control and self-supervision instrument in the organizations. Further, development of the constitution of professional behavior in which criteria of ethical behaviors are explained, enhancement of religious beliefs, work conscience, promotion of ethical culture, and institutionalization of ethical issues through education must be the focus of organizations. Identifying ethical dimensions accepted by the personnel of every organization guarantees the survival and growth of the organization on the one hand, and directs managers in making policies on development and improvement of human resources, on the other.