Integrity Among Civil Servant in Malaysian Government Office
Afidah Yusoff, Samsudin Wahab. Mawarni Abdul Rashid, Mohd Nashriq Samsuddin
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Pulau Pinang
Abstract
High quality civil servants are an important asset to success organizations and countries. The nature of trust, transparency, responsibility and serving in the public interest is the essence of integrity and ethical terms. In other words, integrity and ethics in work and organization involve good actions done in the work and all of these have a strong connection with religious teachings and responsibilities as human beings. The lack of integrity among civil servants will result in administrative malfunction and corruption misconduct within the organization. Hence, the practice and understanding of integrity and ethics is essential implemented. Integrity and a good sense of identity need to be in every human being. This is because lack of integrity in an organization can cause many problems such as wastages, injuries, less productivity, illness and corruption. From integrity in workplace, employers, employees and leaders can get benefit in workplace. Every individual can work in harmony and enthusiasm. This indirectly increases productivity and fosters the spirit of mutual cooperation and integrity amongst one another.
Keywords: civil servants, ethics, integrity
Topic: Islamic Development Management