TY - JOUR AB - This paper is a report of a study that looks at the practice of records management in the public sector in Zimbabwe and the extent to which records management, within Zimbabwe, can be regarded as a profession. The study reveals that records are mishandled and abused suggesting a lack of ethics. Those with the job title records manager have neither specialized training nor a code of ethics. The conclusions drawn are that, in Zimbabwe, records management has not yet been professionalized. The paper then suggests that the adoption of a code of ethics might lead to the professionalization of records management. VL - 10 IS - 3 SN - 0956-5698 DO - 10.1108/EUM0000000007262 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007262 AU - Ngulube Patrick PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/01/01 TI - Professionalism and ethics in records management in the public sector in Zimbabwe T2 - Records Management Journal PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 161 EP - 173 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -