**8. Conclusion**

It is not a secret that the South African public sector is discoloured by corruption. Corruption is one element of unethical conduct that eats away public resources. South Africa has a good legislative framework that is developed to assist in addressing issues of unethical conduct in the country. These prescripts are all good on paper but implementing them becomes a major problem. Promoting ethics is one block that can assist in this whole puzzle of trying to address corruption. Suggestions are made of how ethics can be promoted in order to create a trustworthy, fair, honest and respectful public sector that has integrity. It is important that the leadership in government institutions and entities model an ethical behaviour so that their subordinates can follow. This may result in citizens gaining confidence and trust towards government.
