What is essential is that we respond to the existing climate by making more efforts than in the past to be, and to be seen to be, men and women of integrity.

-- Donald H. Oliver


  


Legislative Ethics & Codes of Conduct Unit 3: Ethical Reform and the Public Sector

 

Unit 3 Questions

Please answer each of the following questions.  If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

  1. When did the public sector become sensitive to ethics concerns?

  2. Why has the public sector become more sensitive to ethics violations?

  3. What is the purpose of ethics reforms in the public sector?

  4. Does the adoption of ethics reforms influence the ways in which public officials’ behavior is perceived?

 

Select Bibliography

Willa Bruce, “Ethical People are Productive People” , Public Productivity Review, vol. 17, n. 3, 1994, pp. 241-252.

Willa Bruce, “Controlling Corruption in Municipal Governments around the Globe”, in Uri Berlinsky, Aaron Friedberg and Simka B. Werner (eds.), Corruption in a Changing World, Comparisons, Theories, and Controlling Strategies, Jerusalem, Chen Press, 1994.  

Willa Bruce, “ Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct: Perceived Contribution to the Practice of Ethics in Local Government, Public Integrity Annual, CSG & ASPA, 1996, pp. 23-29.

 

 

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