Public sector officials’ commitment to Anti-Bribery Management System implementation: a case study in the Malaysian context

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had introduced the Corruption-free Pledge to be signed by public servants - showing their commitment to not engage in any corruption or misconduct throughout their tenure. Even though almost every public sector's officers have signed the pledge, there are still many corruption cases occurring among public sector officers (MACC Arrest Statistic 2019). Thus, the signing of a pledge does not indicate the true commitment of combating corruption. Due to the lack of empirical evidence in understanding factors that could enhance employees’ commitment to mitigate corruption, this study aims to explore whether demographic factors such as gender, age, service category, and the officers’ tenure have the relationships with their commitment in implementing Anti-bribery Management System (ABMS) among Malaysian public sector officers. An independent sample t-test was conducted to compare employees’ commitment in terms of gender, age, and service category. Besides that, a one-way ANOVA was conducted to compare the officers’ tenure in terms of their commitment. The study found that there were significant differences between gender, age, service category and officers’ tenure in relation to ABMS’s commitment implementation.