Proud to Belong: The Impact of Ethics Training on Police Officers in Ghana
Donna Harris,
Oana Borcan ,
Danila Serra,
Henry Telli,
Bruno Schettini and
Stefan Dercon
No 19141, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Abstract:
We examine the impact of ethics and integrity training on police officers in Ghana through a randomized field experiment. The program, informed by theoretical work on the role of identity and motivation in organizations, aimed to re-activate intrinsic motivations to serve the public, and to create a new shared identity of “Agent of Change.†Data generated by an endline survey conducted 20 months post training, show that the program positively affected officers’ values and beliefs regarding on the job unethical behavior and improved their attitudes toward citizens. The training also lowered officers’ propensity to behave unethically, as measured by an incentivized cheating game conducted at endline. District-level administrative data for a subsample of districts are consistent with a significant impact of the program on officers’ field behavior in the short-run.
JEL-codes: D73 H76 K42 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-06
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