diff --git a/app/controllers/sectors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/sectors_controller.rb
index 7cef37be8..cdad9b8e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/sectors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/sectors_controller.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ def index
     authorize!
     per_page = params[:number_of_items_per_page].presence || 25
     base_scope = authorized_scope(Sector.all)
-    filtered = base_scope.sector_name(params[:sector_name])
-                         .published(params[:published])
+    filtered = base_scope.filter_scope(params)
     @sectors = filtered.order(:name).paginate(page: params[:page], per_page: per_page)
 
     @count_display = filtered.count == base_scope.count ? base_scope.count : "#{filtered.count}/#{base_scope.count}"
diff --git a/app/models/sector.rb b/app/models/sector.rb
index bb794ff5e..929ddec68 100644
--- a/app/models/sector.rb
+++ b/app/models/sector.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ class Sector < ApplicationRecord
     sector_name.present? ? where("sectors.name LIKE ?", "%#{sector_name}%") : all }
   scope :has_taggings, -> { joins(:sectorable_items).distinct }
 
+  scope :filter_scope, ->(params) do
+    filtered = self.all
+    filtered = filtered.sector_name(params[:sector_name])
+    filtered = filtered.published if params[:published] == "true"
+    filtered = filtered.where(published: false) if params[:published] == "false"
+    filtered
+  end
+
   private
 
   def expire_sectors_cache
diff --git a/app/views/sectors/_search_boxes.html.erb b/app/views/sectors/_search_boxes.html.erb
index 8ec02cdb8..80d57b6bf 100644
--- a/app/views/sectors/_search_boxes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/sectors/_search_boxes.html.erb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                   class: "block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700" %>
 
       <%= f.select :published,
-                   options_for_select([["All", ""], ["Published", "true"], ["Hidden", "false"]], params[:published]),
+                   options_for_select([["All", ""], %w[Published true], %w[Unpublished false]], params[:published]),
                    {},
                    class: "mt-1 block w-full rounded-md border border-gray-300 p-2",
                    onchange: "this.form.requestSubmit()" %>
diff --git a/spec/system/sectors_controller_spec.rb b/spec/system/sectors_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..275b7c4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/system/sectors_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe SectorsController, type: :system do
+    describe "#index" do
+      let!(:admin) { create(:user, :admin) }
+
+      before do
+        sign_in(admin)
+      end
+
+      subject { visit sectors_path(params) }
+
+      let!(:sectors) do
+        [
+          create(:sector, name: "Sector1", published: true),
+          create(:sector, name: "Sector2", published: true),
+          create(:sector, name: "Sector3", published: false),
+          create(:sector, name: "Sector4", published: false)
+        ]
+      end
+
+      context "without filters" do
+        let(:params) { {} }
+
+        it "returns all sectors" do
+          subject
+          within "table" do
+            sectors.each do |sector|
+              expect(page).to have_content(sector.name)
+              expect(page).to have_content(sector.published ? "Yes" : "No")
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "with published filter" do
+        let(:params) { { published: "true" } }
+        let(:published_sectors) { sectors.select(&:published) }
+
+        it "returns only published sectors" do
+          subject
+          within "table" do
+            sectors.select(&:published).each do |sector|
+              expect(page).to have_content(sector.name)
+              expect(page).to have_content("Yes")
+            end
+            expect(page).to have_css('table tbody tr', count: published_sectors.size)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "with unpublished filter" do
+        let(:params) { { published: "false" } }
+        let(:unpublished_sectors) { sectors.reject(&:published) }
+
+        it "returns only unpublished sectors" do
+          subject
+          within "table" do
+            sectors.reject(&:published).each do |sector|
+              expect(page).to have_content(sector.name)
+              expect(page).to have_content("No")
+            end
+            expect(page).to have_css('table tbody tr', count: unpublished_sectors.size)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "with name filter" do
+        let(:params) { { sector_name: "Sector1" } }
+
+        it "returns sectors matching the name filter" do
+          subject
+          within "table" do
+            expect(page).to have_content("Sector1")
+            expect(page).not_to have_content("Sector2")
+            expect(page).not_to have_content("Sector3")
+            expect(page).not_to have_content("Sector4")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end