Receiving Gift in terms of Teacher Professional Ethics: An evaluation in the Case Study

The purpose of this study is to identify the approaches, teachers use to justify and rationalize receiving gifts. For this purpose, the opinions of the teachers were asked. In this study qualitative research method and a case study design were used since the opinions of teachers, who tried to justify and rationalize receiving gifts, were deeply examined. The study group is comprised of 15 teachers working in public primary and secondary schools in Ankara. In this study, a case about receiving gifts was given to the teachers and then what they would do in this case and the underlying reasons for these decisions were asked. In addition, it has been tried to determine which approaches are being used to justify and rationalize these decisions. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis. According to the research findings, it is seen that most of the teachers make ethical decisions in the case given to them, but it has been indicated that some teachers accept gifts for various reasons. It has been seen that teachers use the approach of "trap of fake necessities" while rationalizing and justifying these unethical decisions