Abstract:

Ethics topic is a matter which has been discoursed too much in recent years. Since human being comes across various ethical dilemmas throughout his/her life, this causes the topic to remain on the agenda all the time. Ethical behaviour is defined as conduct which is expected from individual in interpersonal relations. One of the basic objectives of education is to generate permanent changes in people’s behaviours. From this aspect there exists a compulsory relation between education and ethics. The basic purpose of this study is to theoretically examine the reflections of ethics subject in education field and to reveal whether there is significant difference between university students’ faculty, class, gender and ethical perceptions. The application part of the study is realised in Erciyes University and differences between behaviours which students demonstrate against ethical states in the three faculties in the university are examined. According to the research result, it is specified that there are significant differences between university students’ genders, faculties which they study and ethical assessment and it is found that there is not a difference between the class which they study and ethical assessment.

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