Ma`rifat Modiriyati

Imam Ali's conduct is a great source of Islamic lifestyle. His conducts and behaviors, which are derived from revealed teachings, show prophetic ethics. In the meantime, the behaviors used in the regulation of interpersonal and social relations are of great importance, because many problems are the result of incorrect behaviors that occur when people face each other in "convergent" and "divergent" variants. With regard to convergent variants of work relations, it should be mentioned that the life of Amir al-Mu'minin contains practical guidelines in the field of work culture and regulation of work relations. His teachings show the correct way of interaction between superior-subordinate human factors based on human dignity and moral requirements. The present article, which was carried out using the "descriptive-analytical" method and library sources, shows that Imam Ali did not agree with power distance and wanted the relationships of human agents in the work environment to be focused on ethics and human dignity. His most important measures included reducing the dignity of the power distance by ordering people to avoid exaggeration, flattery and sycophancy before senior officials. Also, through measures such as not determining the term of responsibility, dismissal of offenders, and avoiding political and kinship relations in business relations, the followed the policy of removing excessive comfort zones. It is also necessary to mention that he considered moral and occupational merits in setting a model of professional behavior and selection of meritorious people. In his model, the ability and expertise of people played an important role in appointments and the inferior ones were not superior to the worthy ones.