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The hospitality industry has undergone significant developments as new modes of environment-friendly tourism and hotels have emerged (including ecotourism, eco-hotels, ecolodges, and green hotels). These new features, however, have not been specifically investigated, especially in a considerably potential tourist destination like Iran. This study sought to develop a model for identifying and prioritizing the indicators that could determine the ecological features of hotels. Following a systematic review, exploratory factor analysis and analytic network process were used to construct a hybrid model and its elements were then prioritized in five-star hotels in the Fars province, Iran. The model consisted of five dimensions (totally including 19 indicators), namely “energy,” “ecological adaptation,” “materials and equipment,” “foods and drinks,” and “cultural-economic activities.” The findings revealed that the “energy” dimension was significantly important, while indicators such as “effective use of water,” “supply and efficient use of energy,” and “use of renewable energies” were the most important indicators, respectively. The results of this study can encourage managers/practitioners in hotel accommodation to concentrate on the indicators that could promote the ecological level of hotels. In doing so, they can consider energy, foods, and beverage indicators in developing green hotels and implement appropriate accommodation with ecotourism standards to attract (inter)national tourists.

Introduction owadays, mental health as an important factor affecting the lives of the staff has been taken into consideration by many of the specialists in this field. It has been investigated in terms of the two concepts of lack of mental disorder and the feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment in life (1). Various factors exist in the professional environments that influence the staff and their work mentally and psychologically. These factors can exert either positive impacts leading to happiness and enhanced welfare or negative effects. High workload, improper behaviors, argues between the colleagues, and failing to follow ethical principles are among the stressful occupational factors that impose negative effects on work (2). Morality regulates good or bad standards in organizational behavior and decision-making (3). Occupational ethics is considered as a type of morality evaluating ethical principles, occupational basics, and problems that occur in the organization environment (4). The following of ethics has numerous benefits, N

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