Trust in Government Ethics Measures in OECD Countries

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-...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2000.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705887206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""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""