Abstract:
The research in its logical flow delved into various areas relating to Public Service ethical values and compliance by staff so as to find solutions to the issue of ethics existing in unscrupulous public servants in Bayelsa State. In order to arrive at the various findings, the combination of questionnaire, interview and personal observation were used for data collation or gathering. To direct the study, two hypotheses were formulated, and to validate the hypotheses or otherwise, a statistical formula called Chi-square was used. Notable among the findings of this study includes: The public service ethical code as contained in the Public Service Rule Book of 2008 and the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is feasible and practicable, but public servants in Bayelsa State did not strictly adhere to the Public Service ethical code of conduct before the investigation was carried out. It was also discovered that external political, social and economic influences impede the effective administration of government business by Civil Servant in the State. The study does not only present striking objectives but also workable recommendations among which are; establishing anti-corruption units in all the states and be manned with incorruptible officers to combat the business holistically to promote national development, etc. The study hinged on the monumental work of Max Weber whose main concern was the rationalization of authority into impersonal and bureaucratized institutions with high sense of merit and strict obedience to an impersonal body of rules.
