The formation of an integral system of ethics management in local self-government: the approach of political and administrative levels

Rita  Toleikienė; Vita  Juknevičiene

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL7_NO2_6

Published : 2019-06-30

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2019)

The formation of an integral system of ethics management in local self-government: the approach of political and administrative levels

Rita Toleikienė

Vita Juknevičiene

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL7_NO2_6

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Local self-government is the level of governance which is closest to citizens; therefore, it must formulate and use instruments for trust building and maintenance, such as an integral system of ethics management. The aim of the article is to reveal political and administrative peculiarities of the formation of the integral system of ethics management in local self-government (municipalities), presenting evidence from Lithuania. This article presents the results of the empirical research which was undertaken in seven Lithuanian municipalities in 2014-2018, by using scientific methods such as document analysis and expert interviews. Empirical research has revealed that the integral system of ethics management in the municipalities includes both political and administrative levels, so the consistent integration of measures, processes and structures as well as the integral support of representatives of both levels is one of the important conditions for the efficiency of ethics management.

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Anticorruption commission, ethics commission, ethics management, integral system, municipality, self-government

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Toleikienė, R. ., & Juknevičiene, V. (2019). The formation of an integral system of ethics management in local self-government: the approach of political and administrative levels. Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 7(2), 89–106. https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL7_NO2_6

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Rita Toleikienė

rita.toleik@gmail.com

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Rita Toleikienë, PhD, lecturer at Šiauliai University, Institute of Regional Development (since 2005), with more than 10 years of practical experience (training civil servants) in the field of ethics and anti-corruption policy. Scientific interests: ethics management in Public Administration, ethics in civil service, anti-corruption policy, and good governance in local self-government.

Vita Juknevičiene

v.jukneviciene@gmail.com

Affiliation:

Šiauliai University

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Vita Juknevičienë, PhD, associate professor and research fellow at Šiauliai University, Institute of Regional Development (since 2005), and Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Researchers’ Excellence Network (RENET) (since 2015). Scientific interests: the modernisation of Public Administration, good governance in local selfgovernment, and the management of innovation systems.