摘要：The present study has aimed at delving the code of ethics in testing in Englishlanguage institutions to see how far adhering to these ethical codes will result inEFL teachers' professional behavior. Therefore, 300 EFL instructors teaching atEnglish language schools in Khorasan Razavi Province, Zabansara LanguageSchool, as well as Khorasan Shomali Province, Kish Air and Fatemi LanguageSchools were selected randomly to fill out two questionnaires, ProfessionalBehavior Inventory as well as Code of Ethics in Testing Inventory. Moreover, astructured interview was employed among the participants of the study, 30instructors, to obtain a more in depth data. After the qualitative and quantitativeresults were analyzed by running Multiple Regression, it was revealed that"Considering Content" as one of the subcategories of code of ethics in testingcould be considered as a significant predictor of teachers' professional behavior.Finally, limitations of the study and suggestions for further research are discussed.
关键词：code of ethics in testing; professional behavior; EFL instructors; language;institution; teachers
