RT - Journal Article T1 - The Relationship of Ethical Climate with Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment and Turnover Intention JF - ethicsjournal YR - 2013 JO - ethicsjournal VO - 8 IS - 3 UR - http://ethicsjournal.ir/article-1-641-en.html SP - 54 EP - 67 K1 - ethical climate K1 - job satisfaction K1 - organizational commitment K1 - turnover intention AB - Background: Examining the relationships among the ethical climates and employees behaviors is an important research area because ethical climate is one of the factors shaping employees attitudes and having considerable impact on the organizational outcomes. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of ethical climates (caring, law& code, rules, instrumental and independence climate) with job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Methods: This research is descriptive and correlation design. Survey participants include 250 employees of the Esfahan Gas Company [NIGC (National Iranian Gas Company)-Esfahan] were selected by simple random method. For data analysis used from pearson correlation, canonical correlation and backward regression method analysis. Results: Results indicated that all types of ethical climate were correlated with job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Canonical correlation analysis revealed that linear combination of different ethical climate types were correlated with linear combination of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. Moreover, multiple regression analysis revealed that linear combination of different ethical climate types accounts for 45.8 percent of variance of organizational commitment, 30.6 percent of variance of job satisfaction and 28.2 percent of variance of turnover intention. Conclusion: With regard to these results, all types of ethical work climate are related with important organizational outcomes including job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention which show the importance of consideration of ethic concept in organizations and work environments. LA eng UL http://ethicsjournal.ir/article-1-641-en.html M3 ER -