Qualitative Analysis on the Institutionalisation of the Ethics and Integrity Standard within the Romanian Public Administration
Qualitative Analysis on the Institutionalisation of the Ethics and Integrity Standard within the Romanian Public Administration

Summary/Abstract: Ethical values and integrity define standards in the Romanian legal pursuit of strengthening public administration performance. The institutionalization of the ethics and integrity standard within the administration is analysed in the context of recent debates on the politics-administrative relations and the issue of political discretion. The methodology of this study implies a qualitative research of the literature and of the primary legislation, regulations, codes of conduct using as a toolkit the OECD Questionnaire on Managing Ethics in the Public Service. The study aims at assessing the regulation of ethical values and integrity for the public service and testing the strength of the relation between the institutionalization of the ethics and integrity standard and the political action and administrative/bureaucratic action.

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