Management of public relations for supporting the anti-corruption national program in Indonesia

This research aims to identify the management of government public relations on the socialization of anti-corruption national program in Indonesia. Level of corruption in Indonesia is still high because the corruption perception index still appears below median level. Most of these corrupt agents are government officials in government institutions. The government public relations, who has also a function to maintain the morality and attitudes of the government officials' staffs, is demanded to convey programs that enable those government officials to avoid corruptive behaviour on performing their duty. Online interviews were conducted, through which 50 government public relations practitioners agreed to participate. The research reveals that the high level of corruption and multitude number of corrupted government officials are determined by the function of communication performed by government public relations, which is not yet optimal in implementing regulation mandate related to the openness of information and public communication about corruption.