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15 Accountability/ethics Articles
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More than Writing on a Wall: Evaluating the Role that Codes of Ethics Play in Securing Accountability of Public Sector Decision-Makers
“This article argues that the essential factors of a public service code of ethics can be divided into five categories: fairness, transparency, responsibility, efficiency and conflict of interest. These principles are… the basic elements of democratic accountability.”
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Doing it for the Growers in Iraq?: The AWB, Oil-for-Food and the Cole Inquiry
blackwell-synergy.com— — “The Cole Inquiry was established following the report of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (the Volcker Report) which revealed that AWB Limited had paid over $US220 million to the government of Iraq through various mechanisms which bypassed the UN sanctions regime.”
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Sectoral Ethos: An Investigation of the Personal Values Systems of Female and Male Managers in the Public and Private Sectors
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“The personal values systems of 884 public- and private-sector managers are compared…inferences are drawn regarding the ethos of each sector, and [the] potential implications for managers. This study [also] states that personal-values systems of male and female managers do not significantly differ.”
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Taking Tough Choices Seriously: Public Administration and Individual Moral Agency
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“Using the concepts of thick and thin relationships as the basis for ethical behavior, this paper critiques the emphasis on discretion in the mainstream administrative ethics literature and argues that moral and other dilemmas facing public administrators provide a more useful frame.”
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The Web of Managerial Accountability
aas.sagepub.com— — “This article examines how government reinvention affects the accountability of public managers to different stakeholders by comparing the reinvention of federal welfare, education, and environmental programs.”
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Government Accountability For Outsourced Services
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“The effect of outsourcing on government accountability for public services…[is]contested. Analysts point to an accountability deficit while governments insist that accountability is retained. The existence of an accountability deficit is confirmed, using examples from the Commonwealth Job Network.”
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The AWB Scandal – a failure of governance
govnetconference2006.anu.edu.au— — “This paper addresses the underlying causes of the AWB kickbacks scandal. It argues that regardless of the findings of the Cole Inquiry, there is a strong case that the root causes of the affair lie in the closeness (and closed-ness) of the agricultural policy community in Australia.”
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Modernizing government accountability: a framework for reform
csps-efpc.gc.ca— — “In this publication we examine the basic architecture of accountability in the
Canadian system of governance and public administration in light of changes in
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Managerialist advocate or "control freak"? The Janus-faced Office of the Auditor General
blackwell-synergy.com— — “This article highlights the contradictions in the role of the Office of Auditor General (OAG) and identifies the sources as well as the consequences of the office’s Janus-like character as both a managerialist advocate and “control freak.”
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Searching for accountability in a government without boundaries
blackwell-synergy.com— — “Boundaries have been essential for defining distinct and specific roles for politicians and public servants. However, boundaries are creating a new world that opens up government to outsiders and calls for shared policy and administrative space…the implications [of this] are far-reaching.”
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The Accountability Paradox in an Age of Reinvention
aas.sagepub.com— — “Responsible interpretation and application of external accountability demands depends on the cultivation of the virtues that support good administrative judgment, but the institutions and mechanisms that are used… often threaten the very qualities that support responsible judgment.”
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Public accountability: Effectiveness, equity, ethics
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“This article tests a range of government activities against requirements for public accountability. [It] explores the incentives for ethical behaviour by public officials; the need for more outcome focused performance indicators; tensions between parliamentary and managerial accountability” etc.
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Public accountability: Effectiveness, equity, ethics
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“This article tests a range of government activities against requirements for public accountability. [It] explores the incentives for ethical behaviour by public officials; the need for more outcome focused performance indicators; tensions between parliamentary and managerial accountability” etc.
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‘Managing for Outcomes’: Accountability and Thrust
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“This article: (1)argues that the hard edge of accountability for deliverables must be dulled… (2)shows how managers can use evaluation tools… (3)proposes preliminary performance criteria for outcomes-focused management (4)attempts to sketch a new ‘managing for outcomes’ accountability bargain.”
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In the Wake of ‘A Certain Maritime Incident’: Ministerial Advisers, Departments and Accountability
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“This article considers the accountability of ministerial advisers and their relationship with departments in the light of ‘the children overboard’ incident. It argues that if ministers [won’t] accept responsibility for… their advisers… then the advisers should be separately accountable….”