The official's ethics - assumptions and reality. An attempt to evaluate against the background of selected ethical regulations Cover Image

Etyka urzędnika – założenia a rzeczywistość. Próba oceny na tle wybranych regulacji etycznych
The official's ethics - assumptions and reality. An attempt to evaluate against the background of selected ethical regulations

Author(s): Paweł Falenta
Subject(s): Civil Law, Public Administration, Business Ethics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: ethics; public sector; clerk; responsibility; ethics code;

Summary/Abstract: The article will deal with the issue of ethical behavior of officials, taking into account national and international standards in this regard. The paper will present basic regulations regarding the ethics of public sector employees, with particular attention to the possibility of irregularities in this area. A comparative analysis of the regulations included in the European Code of Good Administrative Behavior and the Code of Civil Officials Ethics will be made, which will show somehow the ethics from different points of view, which is of interest and which has been omitted in these two regulations. Also, individual case studies resulting from the author's experience will be shown as well as the issue of disciplinary responsibility discussed. The article will be an attempt to evaluate and refer theoretical regulations to practice, observed both by the author himself and from the results of research carried out in this field.

  • Issue Year: 22/2019
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 43-56
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish