Assessing the Effectiveness of Ethics Committees for Good Governance in the Public Sector: A Case Study of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Effective ethics committees are essential to the public sector's successful governance. Over time, unethical behaviour in the public sector has become an issue because of inadequate ethics management. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of ethics committees for good governance in the public sector in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The research approach applied for this study was a qualitative method using document analysis technique. The study revealed that although ethics committees have been established and functional inside the provincial departments of Limpopo province, there are still incidents of unethical behaviour to be kept track of, which leads to inadequate ethics management. The study recommends that an independent chairperson of the ethics committee be appointed, as well as capacitating all officials on effective ethics management for good governance in the public sector.