Ikeanyibe, O. M. and Ibietan, Jide (2018) THE EFFECT OF PAY AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL ON ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE. Public Administration Issues Research and Educational Journal. pp. 24-44. ISSN 1999-5431
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Abstract
This study investigates the eff ects of pay vis-à-vis elements of the ethics infrastructure that contribute to eff ective administrative control; and to unethical practices in the Nigerian public service. Based on critical analysis of primary offi cial and secondary data, the study reveals that corruption and fi nancial impropriety are far more common and intense among higher public offi cials who, incidentally, are better remunerated, than among the lower cadre offi cials, who are poorly remunerated. Th e study shows that despite the emphasis on the compliance or sanction approach to administrative ethics rather than the virtue approach, there is still wide incongruence between the ethical approach adopted and the expected results. Th is is because of the existence of a weak political and administrative control system at the higher administrative functions. The study suggests that reducing unethical practices should aim at improvingopenness and transparency at the high level through more citizen involvement and civil society action, reviewing the criminal justice system to ensure severe punishment that can serve the purpose of deterrence and prevention, speedy dispatch of corruption cases and strengthening of oversight linkages between the public institutions and ethics coordinating institutions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Administrative ethics, pay; administrative control; ethics infrastructure; Nigerian public service. |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2018 11:59 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2018 11:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12120 |
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