Trust in Government [electronic resource]: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service ethics--OECD countries.

Civil service ethics.

Public administration--Moral and ethical aspects--OECD countries.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public service is a public trust. Citizens expect public servants to serve the public interest with fairness and to manage public resources properly on a daily basis. Fair and reliable public services inspire public trust and create a favourable environment for businesses, thus contributing to well-functioning markets and economic growth. Public ethics are a prerequisite to public trust and a keystone of good governance. At a time when there is a growing consensus among governments on what should constitute the essential elements of an effective and comprehensive ethics strategy, this book constitutes a unique source of comparative information on ethics management measures in OECD countries. It is designed to facilitate mutual learning and to support the development of modern ethics strategies in both OECD and non-member countries, by providing, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of ethics measures in all 29 OECD countries, including overall trends and promising practices.

Contents:

""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Charts""; ""Chart 1. The 8 most frequently stated core public service values in OECD countries""; ""Chart 2. How to communicate core values to public servants""; ""Chart 3. Stating standards for behaviour: activities""; ""Chart 4. Forms of misconduct criminalised by OECD countries""; ""Chart 5. Management measures to ensure high standards of conduct and assist prevention""; ""Chart 6. Identifying and reporting conflict of interest""; ""Chart 7. Human resources management measures to develop an ethical environment""

""Chart 8. Information disclosure: who must disclose""""Chart 9. Information disclosure: what must be disclosed""; ""Chart 10. Information disclosure: frequency of disclosure""; ""Chart 11. Reporting misconduct or suspected corruption: procedures and obligations for public servants""; ""Chart 12. Reporting misconduct: procedures and institutions for the public""; ""Chart 13. Bodies investigating misconduct and corruption in the public service""; ""Chart 14. Independent scrutiny of the administration""; ""Chart 15. Ensuring the consistency of ethics and anti-corruption policy""

""Chart 16. Institutions co-ordinating ethics policy""""List of Tables""; ""Table 1. Public service core values stated in public documents in OECD countries""; ""Table 2. Core values as part of the legal framework""; ""Table 3. Revising core public service values in the last decade""; ""Table 4. Communicating core values in OECD countries""; ""Table 5. Formal sources for standards of behaviour""; ""Table 6. Professional groups subject to specific guidelines""; ""Table 7. Legal prohibitions and restrictions for public officials""

""Table 8. Vulnerable activities: receiving special attention""""Table 9. Supplementary measures for vulnerable activities""; ""Table 10. Training public servants on ethic issues""; ""List of Boxes""; ""Box 1. The Ethics Infrastructure""; ""Box 2. The Seven Principles of Public Life in the United Kingdom""; ""Box 3. Documents stating the expected standards of behaviour in New Zealand""; ""Box 4. Disclosure policy in Italy""; ""Box 5. The tasks of the Auditor General in Canada""; ""Box 6. The Mandate of the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Finland""

""Box 7. Assessing ethics rules and measures in the United States""""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""The report shows the increasing efforts and progress in ethics management in the OECD area""; ""Statements of core values provide the basis for public service operations within OECD countries""; ""Legislating standards of behaviour has become the primary way to elaborate on stated core values throughout the public service""; ""Putting values into effect needs communication of core values as well as training to raise awareness within the public service""

""Reviews of management measures should build a working environment that emphasises integrity, core values and transparency""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-08385-9

9786610083855

92-64-18798-7

OCLC:

642661585