Researching Ethics for Public Service Organizations: The View From Europe

Lawton, Alan; Doig, Alan

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“…) The public sector in many countries is nowadays facing many ethical dilemmas and challenges, and this has led to increasing interest in public sector ethics (e.g. Salminen and IkolaNorrbacka, 2010;Fredrickson and Ghere, 2005;Cooper, 2006;Lawton and Doig, 2006). This growing interest can be regarded as a reaction to global New Public Management reform (e.g.…”

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The ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness

Riivari

Lämsä

Kujala

et al. 2012

European Journal of Innovation Management

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness. Methodology:A quantitative empirical analysis was conducted on the basis of a survey of 147 respondents within the public sector in Finland. A multivariate linear regression analysis was done to examine how the ethical culture of organisations is related to organisational innovativeness.Findings: A positive link was found in the ethical culture of an organisation and organisational innovativeness: ethical culture was important to behavioural, strategic and process innovativeness.Within the ethical culture of an organisation, the dimension of the congruency of management in particular had an important role in organisational innovativeness. Research limitations/implications:The data was collected from the public sector, and therefore, future studies from the private sector organisations are needed. The results lend support to previous research arguments for the positive effect of an ethical organisational culture on organisational outcomes, particularly the organisational innovativeness described in this article. Practical implications:It is suggested that congruency of management, discussability and supportability are the organisational virtues which can most effectively enhance organisational innovativeness, specifically behavioural, strategic and process innovativeness in practice. Originality/value:The research paper provides empirical evidence on the interrelation between the ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness, evidence which is scarce in existing literature on organisational innovativeness. Thus, the paper helps fill this gap in the literature in the field.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness

Riivari

Lämsä

Kujala

et al. 2012

European Journal of Innovation Management

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“…The interpretation is quite different from the probably most-favored definition of corruption in terms of private interest and profit from (public) office (Lawton/Doig 2006;Menzel 2005;. This interpretation is widespread but has to compete with an 'even more' specific interpretation that concentrates on where the private profit is coming from.…”

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confidence: 84%

The Good Cause: Theoretical Perspectives on Corruption

Hickey

2011

Public Management Review

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“…After reviewing and assessing the research on ethics and integrity in governance published in ten US print journals from 1999 to 2004, Menzel (2005a;2005b) identified five interrelated themes: ethical decision-making and moral development, ethics laws and regulatory agencies, organizational performance, ethics management, and the ethical environment. A similar review by Lawton and Doig (2006) of the body of European ethics research 5 -which focused on journal articles published between 1999 and 2003-also identified several common themes: the public service ethos, regulation of individual (ethical) behavior, the role of professionals, and cultural and political influences. They also found the literature rich with real-world accounts (by the European Commission, OECD, and others), which contributed to a plethora of descriptive studies on a broad range of topics.…”

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“…Integrity, ethics, and corruption have also become more important research topics in many academic disciplines, leading to an international academic dialogue on these subjects that is more cooperative, intellectually challenging, vigorous, and substantive (Menzel, 2005a;Lawton and Doig, 2006). There also seems to be a trend toward more international networks (after a period of domination by American scholars), as well as some progress toward bridging geographical, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries.…”

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“…The crucial question, however, is how successful or effective such integrity instruments and institutions actually are. Despite continual calls to pay more attention to "what works" (Bossaert and Demmke, 2005;Menzel, 2005a;Lawton and Doig, 2006;Huberts, Jurkiewicz, and Maesschalck, 2008;Demmke and Moilanen, 2011), significant research on actual practice is limited. 1 This chapter, therefore, examines the extant research on integrity policies and policy instruments, with special attention to what is known about their effects.…”

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The Integrity of Governance

Huberts

2014

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The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) is an NGO with scientific purpose established in 1930 whose seat is still in Brussels.The Institute is a worldwide platform providing a space for exchanges that promote knowledge and practices to improve the organization and operation of Public Administration and to ensure that public agencies will be in a position to better respond to the current and future expectations and needs of society.It thus provides a forum where practical experiences and theoretical analyses of experts (academics and practitioners) in public administration worldwide and from all cultures are presented and discussed.To cover the diversity of its members, the IIAS has set up four sub-entities: This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition

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Researching Ethics for Public Service Organizations: The View From Europe

Cited by 47 publications

References 37 publications

The ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness

The ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness

The Good Cause: Theoretical Perspectives on Corruption

The Integrity of Governance

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