Ethics and Accountability in a Context of Governance and New Public Management: EGPA YearbookAnnie Hondeghem, European Group of Public Administration Ethics and accountability have become important themes for modern government, as in most of the countries there is a severe crisis of legitimacy. Increasingly there is a feeling that performance management alone will not solve this crisis. Citizens also expect from politicians and public servants ethical responsible conduct. As to the ethics, however, there is a problem. Governance and new public management have raised new problems which cannot be solved by referring to the traditional bureaucratic ethics. Devolution and decentralisation processes have enhanced the responsibility of public servants. The increase of transparency and openness and the service orientation of public organisations have challenged the traditional values of discretion and equality before the rule. The growing interaction between the public and the private sector have raised the question of integrity. In light of these developments, it is important to update the ethical system, or reversibly, the traditional values of the public service can question some actual evolutions in government. |
Contents
changing the mix but not the ingredients? | 9 |
Ethics in the Public Service Current Issues and Practice Maria Maguire | 23 |
Report of the Working Group on Responsibility Mark Bovens Andrew Massey | 41 |
Les réformes comptables et budgétaires et la responsabilisation des agents | 59 |
Vers une refonte du régime de la responsabilité des fonctionnaires en Belgique? | 73 |
postmodern reflections | 87 |
Report of the Working Group on Transparency Openness and Service | 107 |
xii | 108 |
Searching for a Set of Values in the Ethical Behaviour of the Public Sector | 189 |
Nouvelles perspectives de la lutte contre les conflits dintérêts dans la fonction | 207 |
Report of the Study Group on Agriculture J Chr Van Dalen | 233 |
Report of the Study Group on Cooperation in Continuing Education Training | 247 |
Lévolution de la contractualisation dans le secteur public depuis 1980 | 253 |
Risks in Value for Moneyrelated Performance Measurement Jarmo Vakkuri | 263 |
the case of transport in the UK Enid Wistrich | 279 |
The organisation its objectives and activities | 293 |
in the Public Sector Christoph Reichard | 123 |
Baromètre de qualité dans le cadre de la Charte Belge des Utilisateurs | 139 |
The Gatekeepers of the Common Good Power and the Public Service Ethos | 162 |
Author Index | 299 |
Common terms and phrases
1997 IOS Press accountability Belgium Bertelsmann Foundation British Civil Service budgétaire bureaucracies citizen civil servants Civil Service competition comptabilité comptable compte concept Conseil Conseil d'État context contracts corruption Cour des comptes crédits culture d'une decisions democracy dépenses droit economic effectiveness EGPA Annual Conference été ethical behaviour être evaluation fait faute finances Finnish fonction publique fonctionnaires franchise H.M. Treasury Hondeghem important institutions integrity interest KGST l'administration l'autorité l'État l'organe l'utilisateur Leuven 1997 IOS Management EGPA Annual managerial ministers moral powerlessness OECD officials operations organisation pantouflage participation performance measurement personnel perspective peut political political corruption politicians politique post-modern private sector privé problem public administration Public Management EGPA public sector ethos public servants public service ethos qu'il Railtrack rapport reforms regulation responsabilité responsibility role secteur Selznick social society standards traditional transparency United Kingdom value for money
References to this book
Administrative Law In The Political System: Fourth Edition Kenneth F Warren No preview available - 2004 |