Title:
REVISITING THE ISSUE OF ETHICS IN PUBLIC OFFICE, SUBVERSION OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND SYSTEMATIC CORRUPTION: THEORETICAL ANTECEDENTS

Authors:
George O. Tasie, Ph. D, Uganda

Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to examine theoretically the issues of misconduct in public offices in an attempt to proffer solution to the problem. In this context, therefore, the paper commences its introduction with the necessary explanation of and define laconically individual behaviour in public service and the concept of corruption in the contemporary world. Above all, the paper also endeavours to unravel some of the misconceptions about public officers’ misconduct.