ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM, PRACTICES, AND BEHAVIOR IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AMONG ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN EAST IV CALAMBA DIVISION: AN INPUT TO COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM

The study aimed to determine the relationship among ethics, professionalism, practices, and behavior in the work environment among elementary teachers in East IV, Division of Calamba. The descriptive research design was utilized in the study using modified survey questionnaire as the primary source of data. It was found out in the study that majority of the teacher-respondents age range from 30-39, most of them are female, with masters? units and rendering teaching services of more than 10 years and attended more than 10 trainings for the last three years. There is no relationship between teacher-related factors such as age, sex, highest educational attainment, length of service and number of trainings attended for the last three years to the ethics, professionalism, practices and behavior of teachers. Moreover, the study found out significant relationship between the teacher?s knowledge and behavior in the workplace at .01 level of significance. Nonetheless, a significant portion of teachers? level of practices in ethics and professionalism was explained by the teachers? practices and behavior in the workplace at .01 level of significance. Hence, research study may be conducted on determining the factors affecting the ethics and professionalism in relation to the teachers? behavior in the work environment.