Ethical organization and psychosocial climate

This research work is concerned with the question of how to manage the social climate amongst students in the light of upsurge in deviant behavior in the school environment. According to the texts governing the organization and functioning of secondary education, the school must promote ethical values. While for most parents, school is a place of refuge for their children, this heavenly image of the school is increasingly watered down by numerous incidents. Violence is gradually finding a favorable breeding ground in Cameroon's schools and colleges. The purposive sampling technique was used to determine our sample size and the data collected using questionnaire administered to 166 students in secondary schools. The data was then analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The Pearson Chi-square test confirmed all the hypotheses. From the results, we concluded that school administration include a range of behaviors’ that can be judged as ethical or unethical. According to Evers &Lakomski (1991), ethics should be seen as an important component of administrative theories. And in this perspective, the quality of the psychosocial climate that results from it, is strongly dependent on it. It should be noted that there is a significant link between the organizational climate of an institution and ethical behavior. Consequently, a code of ethics can help to improve the social environment of an institution.