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Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe

Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe

Peterson Dewah
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799866183|ISBN10: 1799866181|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799866190|EISBN13: 9781799866206
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch003
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MLA

Dewah, Peterson. "Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe." Handbook of Research on Records and Information Management Strategies for Enhanced Knowledge Coordination, edited by Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 42-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch003

APA

Dewah, P. (2021). Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe. In C. Chisita, R. Enakrire, O. Durodolu, V. Tsabedze, & J. Ngoaketsi (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Records and Information Management Strategies for Enhanced Knowledge Coordination (pp. 42-64). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch003

Chicago

Dewah, Peterson. "Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe." In Handbook of Research on Records and Information Management Strategies for Enhanced Knowledge Coordination, edited by Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita, et al., 42-64. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6618-3.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter aimed at establishing how corruption is hidden and perpetuated through use of some records in a public university, yet records should provide evidence to prove malpractices. Using a questionnaire data were collected from a purposively selected sample of participants employed in a university's four administrative sections. The findings revealed that corrupt malpractices such as employment or promotion of unqualified personnel, unfair tender awarding, forging of records and documents were concealed in the records yet things appear to have been done above board. The study recommends an anti-corruption strategy to campaign against all forms of corruption in the university.

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