Public service Ethical Dilemmas: A Case study of All the Queen’s Horses

Muhammad Tanzeel Jabbar (Department of Library and Information Science, Minhaj University, Lahore)

Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities
Vol 6, No 2 (2026)

Fraud, embezzlement, corruption, bribery, theft and money laundering are serious violations of ethical standards and legal rules and regulations. Rita Crundwell, who served as the comptroller and treasurer committed the crime of abuse of power, corruption, money laundering, embezzlement, fraud, and breach the trust of the public for 20 years because there was no other person responsible to do all these duties, no cross-commission to verify what have been told or shown about Rita’s financial status and official matters. No advanced techniques are utilized to detect fraud and prevent embezzlement, instead traditional administrative process is practiced. The people of Dixon lost their trust in the commission form government and wanted to have new form of government with new officials who have competencies, are vigilant and aware of advanced strategies, carefully review management and financial process to spotlight fraudulent activities.