An Assessment Survey of Integrity and Transparency in Local Government Organizations

Abstract

The level of Local Government Organizations’ Integrity and Transparency as well as ways to enhance it in Mukdahan Province of Thailand was investigated in this study, which employed document and survey research methods. The result pertaining to the overall integrity and transparency of Local Government Organizations in the Mukdahan province area was equal to 69.47% -a high level. As the indexes/sub-indicators were considered, it was found as follows: 1) Average transparency index gained 65.45% of the full score, while the indicator of organizational operations gained an average percentage of 68.42 of full score and that of complaints gained a percentage of 44.24. 2) Average accountability index gained 74.47% of the full score. 3) Average corruption-free Index of performance gained 83.46% of the full score. 4) Average organizational Integrity and Culture Index gained 58.37% of the full score. 5) Average work Integrity Index in the agencies gained 63.03% of the full score.