Abstract—The issue of ethics is beginning to gain ground in
public Organization. Ethics are Standards and rules that are
meant to be guiding principles for any institution such as public,
private and Governmental. This research work examines the
ethical issues in public services sectors in Nigeria. This paper is
concerned with unethical behaviours in the public service
among the public servants in Nigeria. Adopting the historical
and literature review methods, this paper examines the
historical antecedents of Civil Service in Nigeria; and reveals
some specific unethical behaviour among the career Civil
Service System proposed which include; Searching and Tracing
of files and other documents, Gratification for service render,
Deliberate Deception, Sale of Information or Espionage,
Unlawful Conduct. All these come under the umbrella of
corruption and indiscipline. The paper recommended some
possible solutions that improve the Ethical standard in the
public service.
Index Terms—Ethics issues, standards and rules, public
services sectors, Nigeria.
Adebayo Adeyinka O. is with the Social Science and Entrepreneurial
Studies, Department of Public Administration, Lead City University, Toll
Gate Area. P. O. Box. 30678, Secretariat, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria (e-mail:
adebayoadeyinka20@yahoo.com).
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Cite: Adebayo Adeyinka O., " Ethical Issues in Public Service," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 410-412, 2014.