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 7: Sanctioning

 

Unit 7 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. Do parliaments punish members’ misconduct?

  2. What are the most common sanctions established to punish violations of the dispositions of a code of conduct?

  3. What institutions are generally in charge of administering these sanctions?

 

Relevant Internet Resources

Inter-Parliamentary Union
www.ipu.org

 

Select Bibliography

Dr. Andrew Brien (Consultant), A Code of Conduct for Parliamentarians? Research Paper 2, 1998-99, Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia.
Willa Bruce, “Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct: Perceived Contribution To the Practice of Ethics in Local Government ”, in Public Integrity Annual, 1996, pp. 23-30.

 

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