“…For me, I would give opportunities to those who may not be the best, but those who have made an improvement compared to performance in the past." (L7)4.1.3 | Virtue, integrity, and honestyBribery and favoritism have been widely recognized as issues that need to be addressed across the Thai public sector(Dyussenov, 2017;Prateeppornnarong & Young, 2019). In complementing this body of research, most of the interviewees involved in the current study stated that corruption is one of the most severe problems in the Thai public sector; they then emphasized that virtue, integrity, and honesty are core ethical values.…”