Ethical failure often begins quietly inside everyday human resource decisions and practices

Daily Maverick | 23.04.2026 04:23
As South Africa continues to confront the fallout from corruption inquiries, governance failures and public sector instability, a less visible but equally damaging issue is emerging: the breakdown of ethical people management inside organisations. While headlines often focus on senior leadership misconduct, the root causes are frequently embedded in everyday human resource practices, often long before misconduct becomes public.