The Effect of Work Ethics on Organizational Performance in Public Sector Organization

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background Of The Study
Many years ago, employees being looked upon as mere tools lined for the sole aim of achieving the organizational goals. During that time, employees were given task to perform whether they were willing or not. The managers never realized that were certain factors to be considered if a worker is expected to perform well in order to increase the productivity of the organization.
As time went by, the manager realized that for effective performance, workers welfare, conducive environment, wages incentives are basics in raising the morale of the employee. Thus facilitating management to meet the organizational goals and employers to work ethically.
Poor work ethics are very common in all levels of government that exist in the country, the federal and local. Also in most government owned establishment has been experiencing poor work ethics due to the failure of the government to play their roles efficiently as employer of labour.
This attitude of workers is such that they have set their own goals when are in contradiction to corporate objective. This unethical practices on the job has become a norm and means of survival. These have affected services rendered adversely.

1.1.1 Profile Of Power Holding Company Of Nigeria Statement Of Problem
It is certain that satisfactory final output of work is as a result hence a bad workman, staff or worker will undoubtedly produce a bad work.
The behavior of Nigerians to their work has gone a long way in affecting the quality of their work. One may therefore be asked what reason could be responsible for this poor behavior work.
In most organizations in Nigeria today, jobs are not secured, this insecurity leads to tear and Anxiety which often dampens workers morale, secondly many Nigerian who do the actual work in most organizations are not adequately paid. This can make the effective workers to be dissatisfied and consequently use unethical practices to make up.
This behavior has affected performance and productivity adversely.

1.2 Objective Of The Study
The major objective of this project is to determine the impact of work ethics on organizational performance.
Specific Objectives Include;

1. To find out the causes of poor work ethics in organization
2. To determine what constitutes work ethics in organizations
3. To find out the relationship between work ethics and job security
4. To ascertain how work ethics is affected by salaries and wages.

1.4 Research Questions
To guide the study, the researcher has designed the following research question

1. What is the relationship between work ethics and performance of organization?
2. What are the causes of poor work ethics?
3. What is the relationship between work ethics in the public sector organization?
4. What is the relationship between work ethics and job security?

1.5 Significance Of The Study
The wellness of most Nigerian workers do their work has drastically declined in the recent pears. Today most worker haves set their own goals outside the organizational goals which are in contradiction to the corporations aim.
The workers go as far as connecting and disconnecting people's metre illegally in an attempt to culled money from the affected customers into their own pockets instead of the firms. Based on the premise, the research work will be of immense theoretical and practical relevance.

1. To unveil those workers behavior that affects productivity in any organization especially in government establishment
2. To outline those factors underlying human behavior factor that determines how people behave or will behave on certain conditions.

1.6 Scope Of The Study
This study on the impact of work ethics on organizational performance in the public sector focused on power holding company of Nigeria Owerri
1.7 Limitation Of The Study
The researcher encountered lots of problems in the care of carrying this study effectively and efficiently, prominent among them are:
1. Non Disclosure Of Information:
The uncooperative behavior of most of the staffs of national electricity
power supply now called power holding company of Nigeria (PHCN) in respondent to some of our questions was a major drawback in the course of carrying out this research work.
2. Inadequate Finance:
The researcher being student and dependent on the older relations are greatly limited
in their source of finance to apply from school to the organization under study in order to obtain relevant information needed. This was rather involved on roads in trying to get in touch with the staff or workers who sometimes seemed not to be keeping appointment schedules.
3. Time:
Time contributed more to the problems the researcher limited was shared between scrambling for information and other academic works. That entire problem notwithstanding the researcher succeeded in getting information required for the study.

1.8 Definition Of Terms
Productivity:
How well or how efficient an economy resource is used in the process of production.
Leadership:
A managerial ability to accomplish group organizational goals by working with and through people.
Selection:
Choosing of both the number of people who are competent among the group of people, who are capable of working in favourable conditions.
Motivation:
As an internal organizer capable of directing behavior in a particular direction, is also what keeps and employee or worker in working process.