Reducing Corruption through Enhancing Public Service Ethics in Bangladesh

Fakhrul Islam and Anindyta Deb Ananya

International Journal of Social Science Research, 2016, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Corruption exists within and between government organizations as the form of bribing, swindling, favoritism and many other forms which destroys the public morale. It spreads its greedy clutches all over the country; Government officials are engaged in corruption for greed for power, selfishness, wealth and money. This paper is an attempt to identify the forms of corruption in civil service and how ethical code of behavior to reduce the level of malfunctions. Social survey method has been followed for this study where the factor has been explained to know the perception of general people. The study finds that lack of accountability and transparency, dishonesty, nepotism and favoritism are also responsible for corruption and made suggestions to combat corruption in Bangladesh based on the perception of civil servants and the general people.

Keywords: corruption; public service; ethics; people’s perception (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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