Accountability and ethical governance form the cornerstones of any civil service because they foster confidence, integrity, and minimize loss of public resources. Accountability enables the public official to explain the actions taken by him in practice since decisions must be made in fulfillment of the public interest and law. Ethical governance involves immediate and other-ranking officials who uphold accountable, just, responsive, and professional standards of integrity and citizens’ rights-oriented behaviors as they discharge duties that focus on the common good.

The said principles help in efficient administration by promoting responsibility, discouraging corruption and encouraging the citizen to participate. Building people’s trust in the institutions, they make sure that what governments do is legal and ethical.

To uphold these values, the following measures are considered:

1. Tough Regulations:

Codes of ethical benchmark and accountability should clearly be spelled out in regulations and laws.
Creation of independent bodies such as anti-corruption commissions and ombudsmen fulfill the role of checks and balances in cases of unethical conduct.

3. Open Data Mechanisms:

Willingness and actual transparency of open data, self-organized check-ups, and timely public reporting can make government activities visible for the public.

4. Citizen Involvement:

Public consultations and feedback mechanisms have positive effects of including citizens in the decision-making processes increase transparency.

5. Protection of whistleblowers:

Protection of whistleblowers is a possibility of a man who has found or discovered some form of corruption or malpractice reporting on the vice without some reaction from the culprits of the vice.

All these measures preserve responsibility among public institutions, and businesslike honesty of them, people’s trust and proper organization of the process of administration.