The Covid-19 Pandemic: Integrity among Civil Servants

The concerning situation of the COVID-19 epidemic forced the government to notarize Movement Control Order (MCO). The act caused lots of civil servants to be forced to execute the concept of Working From Home (WFH). There are many responses received; there were some who received the news well and there were some who rejected the idea. The discussion regarding WFH had caused some civil servants to take advantage of the leniency of working from home. Previously at the workplace, the employers were able to supervise organizational operations conduct almost entirely; but with the execution of WFH, there is difficulty in supervising the workers’ activities in ensuring their values of integrity, trust, and responsibility are preserved, supervised, and well-executed. Integrity problems like being indecent in conducting tasks, accuracy of work time, difficulty in communicating, not executing their actual tasks, and treachery have been the topics of discussion. The objective of this research is to discuss integrity problems among civil servants in WFH and to observe the effectiveness of Islamic management model in achieving organizational goals. Qualitative research method was chosen to analyze the integrity problems by gathering data and analyzing relevant documents in a descriptive manner. The research findings show that the concept of WFH is not the main factor of the integrity problem, instead, it is the individual appreciation of faith value that becomes the foundation of organizational success. Through this paperwork, researchers will analyze how Islamic management model is used to overcome the integrity problems in the WFH period.