Investigating the effects of entrepreneurial education on the development of business ethics and social accountability

Subject Areas : business management

Lily Farhadi ¹ , Farhad Vafaei ² , Reza Shafei ³

1 - Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran
2 - Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran
3 - Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran

Received: 2021-11-07 Accepted : 2021-12-13 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: Business Ethics, entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurial Education,

Abstract :

This study aims to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial education on the development of business ethics and social accountability in industrial towns of Sanandaj . The present study is a descriptive - survey research . In this study , the statistical population is all employees of Sanandaj industrial towns and its number is 190 people. According to Morgan table, the sample size of 120 people has been selected by simple random sampling method . A standard questionnaire was designed to collect data . The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and AMOS and SPSS software . Findings of statistical data indicated that all hypotheses have been confirmed, so that entrepreneurial education has a positive and significant effect on business ethics . Also , the effect of entrepreneurial education on social accountability was confirmed and finally , social accountability has a positive and significant effect on business ethics .