Workplace Ethics and Organizational Sustainability in Deposit Money Banks, Bayelsa State
This research study investigates the relationship between workplace ethics and organizational sustainability in deposit money banks located in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. There has been a substantial surge in awareness regarding the unethical practices of the Nigerian businesses, banking, and other industrial sectors over the last decade. Consequently, this has a growing interest among researchers in the relationship between workplace ethics and organizational sustainability. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of workplace ethics, with dimensions of equity and integrity, on organizational sustainability. To accomplish this objective, a sample of 238 was selected from 16 deposit money institutions located in the Yenagoa Metropolis of Bayelsa State. The questionnaire served as the principal tool utilized to collect data. The obtained data underwent both descriptive and inferential analysis. The hypothesized statements were analyzed using the SPSS software and the Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient. The results of the analysis indicated the presence of a positive significant relationship between equity, integrity, and organizational sustainability. Additionally, from the results it was suggested that management should ensure that the policies and procedures that cover disciplinary measures to workplace deviance and should be dealt with as quickly as possible.
Keywords: Workplace Ethics, Organizational Sustainability, Ethics, Equity, Integrity.
