en Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy Original Research Original Research <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify"><strong>Background: </strong>It is the responsibility of each occupational therapist to always act ethically and professionally in a clinical setting. However, there is little information available concerning the factors influencing ethical behavior of occupational therapists at work. Since no study has been conducted in Iran on this topic, this qualitative study aimed to identify the factors influencing ethical behavior of pediatric occupational therapists.</p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify"><strong>Methods</strong>: Twelve pediatric occupational therapists participated in this study. The sampling was purposeful, and the interviews continued until reaching data saturation. All interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data were analyzed by qualitative content analysis, and the ethics of qualitative research was considered.</p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify"><strong>Results</strong>: The factors influencing ethical behavior were classified into four main categories including organizational factors, therapist related factors, client’s family issues, and social factors.</p> <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify"><strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study identified numerous factors influencing the ethical behavior of pediatric occupational therapists that could be used to train occupational therapists, human resources managers, professional policy makers, and could also be used to conduct future researches, and produce tools.</p> Ethical Behavior, Occupational Therapy, Content Analysis, Qualitative Research. 1076 1082 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-911&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Minoo Kalantari mn_kalantari@yahoo.com 200319475328460019337 200319475328460019337 No School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Occupational Therapy Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Kamali kamali.mo@iums.ac.ir 200319475328460019338 200319475328460019338 Yes Department of Rehabilitation Management, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Soodabeh Joolaee sjoolaee@yahoo.com 200319475328460019339 200319475328460019339 No Center for Nursing Care Research School of Nursing & Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, and Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Narges Shafarodi narges7@yahoo.com 200319475328460019340 200319475328460019340 No School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mehdi Rassafiani mrassafiani@yahoo.com 200319475328460019341 200319475328460019341 No Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, The University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.