The Institutionalization of Integrity in Local Government
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Scientific research and legal provisions offer more guidance on what regulations and instruments government organizations should apply to manage integrity than on how they should manage integrity, although the latter is at least as important as the former. Based on interviews with integrity officials in Dutch local government organizations, this exploratory study develops a descriptive typology of different approaches to the institutionalization of integrity. Its main contribution is a typology demonstrating that a "one-size-fits-all" approach does not exist. Combined with the critical elements and conditions for institutionalizing integrity, this typology can guide local authorities in making considered decisions in managing organizational integrity.
Source: Public Integrity
Authors: Alain Hoekstra, Muel Kaptein
Institution: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3123601010