Profiling fraud committed by public sector employees: evidence from the Malaysian media reporting
Journal Title: Religación. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 17
Abstract
Fraud cases such as bribery, misuse of power, and misappropriation of assets have been reported among the public sector employees (PSE) in Malaysia. Incidents of fraud cases tarnish the image of public sector institutions which uphold high integrity and accountability to the public at large. The main platform to the public in highlighting the fraud cases among the public sector’s employees is the media. It is the public rights to be informed on how the authorities managed the public assets, and whether these employees have misused their responsibilities. To date, there is no profiling on the fraud committed by the public sector servants have been exposed to the public, thus the public is not aware of how serious and extensive the fraud have been committed. Such exposure may force the involved agencies to monitor their employees’ activities stringently, and utilize effective preventive measures to prevent such events to recur. This study investigated the type and frequency of media reporting on fraud among the PSE reported by the mainstream newspapers in Malaysia. The study also revealed the type of media reporting on fraud according to agencies and the states where the fraud cases took place. To achieve the objective of this study, a qualitative approach by content analysis over fraud cases reported online through websites of the respective mainstream newspaper agencies were scrutinized. The findings show that the English medium newspapers reported more fraud cases involving the PSE compared to the Bahasa Malaysia medium newspaper. The highest media reporting on fraud was fraud cases involving Sabah Water Department (SWD), while the highest fraud cases were reported among the state government, followed by the federal government and local authority.
Authors and Affiliations
Nor Aishah Mohd Ali, Nor ‘Asyiqin Abu, Wan Shafizah Hussain, Enylina Nordin
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