%A Nwaodike, Chibuzor Ayodele
%A Owolabi, Oluwayoyin Yetunde
%A Oni, Michael Abiodun
%D 2020
%T  Ethical Standards and Public Service Delivery in South East, Nigeria
%K 
%X  Public service is responsible for the execution of governmental programmes and provision of social services such as transportation, rural electrification, water etc. However, these services are not adequately provided despite the enormous resources allocated to the MDAs in southeast, Nigeria. It is on these shortcomings that necessitated various reforms in Nigeria and institutionalisation of ethical standards, culture of work ethics, yet output is poorly delivered. The study adopted Descriptive research design. The population was the public service in Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, Nigeria. The three states were purposively selected with numerical population of 51,102. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select three MDAs (Ministry of Works and Infrastructure/Transport, Civil Service Commission and Water Corporation). The sample size was 786. Questionnaire was the major instrument of data collection complemented by interview guide. Reliability test of the instrument yielded Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the construct ranging from 0.77 to 0.82. The response rate was 87%.  Data collected were tabulated, while mean as well as standard deviation were calculated, and content analysed. Findings revealed that nonadherence to ethical principles for effective operation, lack of commitment and low sense of integrity leading to conflict of interest, corrupt practices and undue award of contracts to associates as well as recruitment not based on merit were observed in the public service of the three states. State governments of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo should legislate policies and practices that encourages sense of integrity and commitment, encourage consistent on the job training and development, motivation of public servants to encourage ethical behaviour.     Keywords : Ethical Standard, Public Service, Service Delivery, Culture, Commitment. 
%U https://www.ijhumas.com/ojs/index.php/kiujoss/article/view/733
%J KIU Journal of Social Sciences
%0 Journal Article
%P 55-66%V 6
%N 1
%@ 2519-0474
%8 2020-04-30