Viewpoints: Ethics in Public Service for the New Millennium

Abstract

Corruption in local government - some ethical issues of the last 25 years, Rodney Brooke Parliament and ethical behaviour, Michael Hunt the ethics of equal opportunities, Susan Corby courts, Parliament and public authorities under the British Human Rights Act 1998, George J. Szablowski the public interest - a political and administrative convenience, Barry J. O'Toole setting standards in a new organization - the case of the British Civil Service Commission, Richard A. Chapman the inherently unethical nature of public service ethics, Lawrence Pratchett is democracy a substitute for ethics? Administrative reform and accountability, B. Guy Peters democratic accountability and models of governance - purchaser/provider, owner/trustee, Colin Campbell contracting, the enterprise culture and public sector ethics, Martin Painter between autonomy and accountability - Hong Kong's senior civil servants in search of an identity, Anthony B.L. Cheung ethics, governance and constitutions -the case of Baron Haussmann, John A. Rohr ethics in public service for the new millennium, Richard A. Campbell.