The ethics and values ​​of the teacher in public educational institutions of the municipality of Barrancas, department of La Guajira, Colombia

Abstract

The study was oriented to analyze the values that regulate the ethical behavior of teachers in public educational institutions of the municipality of Barrancas, Department of La Guajira Colombia. It was based on theoretical -conceptual approaches, in terms of Management by Values, organizational ethics and codes of ethics, of authors such as Guédez (2007), Fernández (2005), Graterol (2008), Frontodona (2007), Contreras (2011), Rockeach (1974), among others. Methodologically, the research is of analytical type supported by a mixed documentary and field design, given the qualitative and quantitative nature of the study. The population was made up of the 175 teachers, belonging to the institutions under study, using the whole population as a sample, which gave it the character of a population census. For data collection, a questionnaire with a mixed response scale (Likert and open type escalation) was applied. The validity of the questionnaire was determined through the Expert Judgment, the discriminant analysis and the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, which resulted in 0.93. For reliability, Statistics of the two halves were used, yielding a result of 0.92. The results of the study indicated high presence of instrumental and final values within the moral behavior of the teachers.