Abstract
This study aimed to assess the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK), a program intended for the internal cleansing of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The descriptive research design was used employing a researcher-made survey questionnaire distributed to police officers (228), community members (262), and values coaches (49). The assessment of the three groups of respondents showed that MBK as an internal cleansing program of the PNP, anti-corruption component was absolutely and essentially important by both community members and values coaches. Meanwhile, professionalism was seen as truly essentially important by the PNP personnel, and moderately important by the community members and values coaches. Results further showed PNP personnel and community members agreed that problems exist with personnel involved in the implementation of the MBK Program. The results uphold that MBK program is essentially important to the members of the PNP as it influenced positively their work performance, interpersonal relationship, and self-perceptions.
Keywords: Anti-Corruption, Internal Cleansing, Philippine National Police, Professionalism, Police Officer
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