Research Papers

When employees become dissatisfied at an organization, they may develop unethical behaviors like absenteeism, misuse of company resources, unprofessionalism, moonlighting, theft and accepting bribes that impede servicedelivery and organizational performance. The main thrust of the research was improving work ethics fororganizational performance in Zimbabwe local authorities. The paper found that work ethics is the acceptedprinciples […]

The prevalence of misappropriation of funds, abuse of resources and all forms of corrupt activities have beenattributed to limited audit autonomy in public sector organizations particularly local authorities. The paper seeks toassess the independence of internal audit in local authorities. The papers cite that the independence of internal auditis compromised by various factors such as

AbstractCorruption is recognized as one of the utmost challenges affecting urban councils inZimbabwe. The dominance of corruption in urban councils has largely contributed to thefailure of several urban local authorities to provide services effectively and efficiently. A closerlook at the state of service delivery in most urban councils in Zimbabwe discloses thatcorruption is one of