...Alan Lawton; Emile Kolthoff; Rodney Erakovich; Karin Lasthuizen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of ethical leadership and ethical culture as a safeguard against corruption. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data from public managers in local authorities...

...Alan Lawton; Werner Webb Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between public management reform and ethics management in the South African public service. A case study, the Department of Correctional Services, is used to illustrate the impact of reforms. The paper sets...

...Alan Lawton; Ari Salminen; Rinna Ikola‐Norrbacka Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical study and contribute to the discussion of administrative ethics and integrity by investigating three ethical issues, namely trust, good governance and unethical actions in the Finnish...

...Göran Svensson; Greg Wood; Michael Callaghan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the measurement and structural properties in a model of organizational codes of ethics (OCE) in Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The measurement and structural properties of four OCE constructs (i.e...

...Göran Svensson; Greg Wood; Michael Callaghan Purpose The objective of this paper is to develop and describe a construct of the “ethos of the codes of ethics” (i.e. an ECE construct) in the private and public sectors of Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The paper takes a cross‐sector approach...

...Göran Svensson; Greg Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation, communication and benefits of codes of ethics in the public sector of Sweden. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a longitudinal approach. It examines the ethos of codes of ethics...

..., from 1974 until 2007, has been covered and also related to the politico‐administrative tradition. It contains summarised but complete information and suggests a new approach based on the ethical values of the public service. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Business administration...

...Sylvia Horton; Daniel J. Caron; David Giauque Purpose To compare and contrast the changes introduced in Canada and Switzerland as a result of public management reforms and explore the ethical challenges they entail. Design/methodology/approach This is a case study of two countries based...

...Colin Palfrey; Paul Thomas; Ceri Phillips Purpose Sets out to examine arguments that attribute a lack of an ethical dimension to the management function. Design/methodology/approach Discusses the role of health service managers in the context of the NHS and the political and economic contexts...

...Göran Svensson; Greg Wood This article examines the results of a study conducted of the top 100 public sector units in Sweden. The aim of the study was to examine and describe the codes of ethics in these Swedish public sector units. Reports on the responses of 27 public sector units that possessed...

...Charles Garofalo The results to date of the contemporary organizational ethics movement are not encouraging; credible, empirical evidence of more ethical individuals and institutions remains to be discovered. This is not surprising, given the daunting nature of organizational change, multiple...

... the neutrality ethic is based on the constitutional principle of conferring executive power on elected politicians, neutral public servants will obey politicians so long as they act within the law. However, these officials are not bound to obey political officials when they act outside the law. In a neutral...

..., professional competence in administration, political competence and ethical competence. Each competence area includes both value and instrumental competences. Relatively permanent value competences are understood as commitments. The assumptions of new public management question not only the instrumental...

...Ruth B. McKay When making decisions about budget expenditures, governments often confront stakeholders with dramatically opposing positions. These stakeholders attempt, through lobbying, to impress on politicians a preferred decision. Frequently forgotten in the process are issues of ethics...