Rules, policies and reporting requirements are essential—but genuinely effective public institutions require more than procedural compliance. Ethics and accountability must become embedded in how organisations are governed, how decisions are made and how performance is understood.
About this webinar
Join Associate Professor Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu and Dr Ernest K. Mutenda for a Journal Webinar conversation examining what it takes to move public-sector organisations beyond compliance.
The discussion will explore how ethics and integrity can be institutionalised rather than treated as isolated policies, training exercises or regulatory obligations. It will consider the relationship between ethical culture, public accountability, governance structures and organisational performance—and why these elements must reinforce one another if institutions are to earn trust and deliver effectively.
Drawing on Dr Mutenda’s experience in South African local government, the conversation will also reflect on how governance principles can be translated into practical systems, leadership behaviours and performance-management approaches suited to the realities of public institutions. His work focuses specifically on institutionalising ethics, strengthening accountability and connecting governance practice with improved organisational performance.
Who should attend?
This conversation will be valuable for:
- public-sector executives and senior managers;
- municipal and local-government leaders;
- board and committee members;
- ethics, integrity and compliance practitioners;
- governance, risk and internal-audit professionals;
- policymakers and public administrators;
- researchers and students interested in ethical governance and institutional performance.
Assoc. Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu
Professor Kahyaoglu is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Accounting and Finance Department of Izmir Bakircay University as well as the Edior and Chief of the ACG Journal. Her professional and academic interests include financial markets and instruments, applied econometrics, energy markets, corporate governance, risk management, fraud accounting, sustainable finance, ethics, and auditing.
Dr Ernest K. Mutenda
Dr Ernest K. Mutenda is a public-sector governance, ethics and performance-management practitioner and researcher with more than 18 years of experience in South African local government.
He is a Certified Ethics Officer and holds a PhD in Operations Management from the University of Johannesburg. His work centres on ethics institutionalisation, integrity management, public accountability, corporate governance and sustainable public procurement.
Dr Mutenda’s research and professional work connect policy, governance and practice in pursuit of public institutions that are ethical, accountable and effective.
EVENT TIMES
DATE:
26 August 2026
TIME:
01:00 Los Angeles
04:00 New York
05:00 Rio de Janeiro
09:00 London
10:00 Cape Town
11:00 Riyadh
13:30 New Delhi
16:00 Beijing
17:00 Tokyo
18:00 Melbourne
20:00 Auckland
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