Unethical Behaviors and Violated Ethical Values ​​in Education: A Study Based on the Opinions of Prospective Teachers
Chapter from the book: Kırbaş, A. (ed.) 2025. Educational Sciences Research.

Sait Bulut
Akdeniz University
Hakan Sert
Akdeniz University
Gizem Şahin
Akdeniz University

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This study examines unethical behaviors and violations of ethical values ​​that occur in educational settings by gathering the opinions of prospective teachers. This study contributes to the understanding of ethical issues and violations of values ​​observed in teacher-student and academic-student relationships and provides an important framework for maintaining and developing ethical culture. To this end, unethical behaviors and violated ethical values ​​in education were identified based on the opinions of the participating prospective teachers. Phenomenology was chosen as a qualitative research design to gain an in-depth understanding of the participants' experiences. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview form and analyzed using thematic analysis. Based on the prospective teachers' opinions, the unethical behaviors they encountered in teacher-student and academic-student relationships; the individual tendencies, relational dynamics, and contextual reasons underlying unethical behaviors; the core ethical values ​​violated; the effects of ethical violations on prospective teachers and their responses to these effects; and the individual tendencies, relational dynamics, and contextual elements that contribute to the sustainability of ethical values ​​were identified. The results can guide the monitoring, prevention, and intervention of situations that lead to ethical value violations.

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Bulut, S. & Sert, H. & Şahin, G. (2025). Unethical Behaviors and Violated Ethical Values ​​in Education: A Study Based on the Opinions of Prospective Teachers. In: Kırbaş, A. (ed.), Educational Sciences Research. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub877.c3584

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October 18, 2025

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