IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Education and Evaluation (IJEE )

E-ISSN 2489-0073
P-ISSN 2695-1940
VOL. 9 NO. 7 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijee.v9.no7.2023.pg117.126

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Office Ethics and Effective Administration in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State

Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi PhD, Igweka Ugochi Victoria PhD

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Abstract

The paper examined Office Ethics and Effective Administration in Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State. The paper used the qualitative approach in which literature were sourced to enhance the opinion of the authors. It looked at office ethics in the light of integrity, competence and mutual respect of higher school administrators as major character traits required for effective administration of tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The paper adopted the the Utilitarianism theory which is considered to be an ethical theory as an action is judged on whether its end result maximises good. It is also a consequential theory since the criterion for judging whether an action is right or wrong relates to its consequences. It concluded that integrity, competence and and mutual respect enhances the administrators performance in the judgment of members of the organizations as well as customers or stake holders. The paper suggested among others that termly integrity test should be conducted on administrators’ on regular intervals.

Ethics, Integrity, Mutual respect, Competence, Tertiary Institutions, Rivers State

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