Ethics of Politicians and Public Officials with Political Stability

Abstract

The research aims 1) to study the level of ethics among politicians and state officials and their impact on political stability and 2) to investigate the relationship between the ethics of politicians and state officials and political stability. The researchers developed a questionnaire based on a literature review and collected opinions from individuals aged 18 and above in the northeastern of Thailand. A total of 400 respondents. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Correlation.

The research results were found that:
1) The overall, ethics of politicians and state officials are generally at a low level. The aspect with the highest average score is their commitment to achieving job efficiency, maintaining standards, ensuring transparency, and being subject to scrutiny. On the other hand, their confidence in the constitutional monarchy is rated lower, and the lowest score is attributed to their provision of complete, accurate, and unaltered information to the public.
2) Overall, political stability is at a high level. The aspect with the highest average score is the coalition government, followed by the legal system, while the lowest score is attributed to the general populace.
3) The ethics of politicians and state officials are statistically significantly correlated with political stability at a high level, at a significance level of .01.