ETHICAL PERCEPTION IN RELATION TO MINDFULNESS OF POST GRADUATE STUDENTS

Ethical perception is concerned with the individual's recognition of a moral issue, and the realization that he or she is a moral agent (Jones, 1991) while, mindfulness refers to an individual's awareness about his/her present experience. Among different levels of education,the need of practicing mindfulness for ethical development is very crucial in post graduate level of education.Because,after post-graduation they have enter into the world of work.In this study,an effort has been made to compare post graduate student's ethical perception with different levels of mindfulness as well as to know the relationship between ethical perception and mindfulness.Descriptive survey method has been applied in the study and the sample consists of 200 Post Graduate students selected randomly from two University of Barpeta district. Ethical Perception Inventory and Five Facet Mindfulness Scale have been applied for collection of required data.Mean, S.d,'t' distribution and Pearson product moment coefficient of correlation 'r' will be employed for analyzing the data.It is expected that findings of the study will create interest on mindfulness practice and contribute towards developing strong ethical perception among the students through mindfulness practice in diverse aspects of life.