Public Sector Ethics in Practice

Insights from Swedish Public Administration
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-40840-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Political Corruption and Governance

This book explores how public sector organisations work to promote integrity and fight ethics violations. Integrity and ethical conduct are key to maintaining public confidence in these organisations. Many established and wealthy democracies face a paradoxical situation. While various performance indicators suggest that public governance works comparatively well and with relatively low corruption levels, citizens still perceive corruption and other ethics violations to be pertinent problems. In such contexts, ethics management plays an important role for upholding integrity. This book examines these issues in the context of Sweden, at both national and local levels of government. It analyses ethics management strategies in public sector organisations and the bodies that support their ethics work, offers new insights on staff and stakeholder inclusion, and presents practical solutions based on theoretically informed in-depth empirical research.

It will appeal to students and scholars of public policy, public administration and governance, as well as practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andersson, Staffan

Ekelund, Helena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I.- Introduction: Ethics Management in Public Sector Organisations.- Part II Theoretical and methodological foundations.- Organisational Ethics: Theory and Concepts- Research Design and Study Framework.- Part III The Swedish Public Administration Context.- The Organisational Context: Swedish Governance and Ethics Regulation.- The Swedish Agency for Public Management: a State-level Coordinator for a Sound Administrative Culture.- Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions: Promoting Ethics Management at the Local and Regional Level.- Part IV Ethics Management in Organisations.- The Medical Products Agency: Ethics Management in a High-Risk Regulatory Environment.- Pursuing Ethical Tax Administration: Ethics Management at the Swedish Tax Agency.- Treetop Municipality: Rules-Based Ethics with Emerging Values Integration.- Lakeside Municipality: Navigating Rules and Values.- Part V.- Ethics Management in Good Governance Settings: Findings and Implications.

Über Autor(innen)

Staffan Andersson is Associate Professor in Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His research interests include political and administrative ethics, corruption and anti-corruption. 

Helena Ekelund is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Her research interests include agency governance at national and EU levels.