Open AccessA case for public sector ethics
Author(s) -
Colin Hicks
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v3i3.4228
Subject(s) - code of conduct , trustworthiness , commission , ethical code , state (computer science) , public sector , political science , public relations , code (set theory) , business , public administration , engineering ethics , law and economics , computer security , law , sociology , computer science , engineering , set (abstract data type) , algorithm , programming language
In June 2007, as part of the achievement of its development goals, the State Services Commission (SSC) published a revised code of conduct (SSC, 2007a) to apply to most state service employees. The code is about ‘standards of integrity and conduct’ – essentially, to be fair, impartial, responsible and trustworthy. The initiatives of the SSC in recent times are to be commended, but do they go far enough?