A Smarter Fight Against Corruption

Contexts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-65
Author(s):  
Marina Zaloznaya ◽  
Freda B. Lynn
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level

According to a recent study, in forty-eight countries around the world, more than a quarter of citizens pays bribes in exchange for service. In this article, the authors suggest that a key to a more effective and socially responsible fight against corruption lies in sequencing. Here, they explain how initiatives targeting high-level corruption in government and business must take priority, preceding the reforms of the public sector.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Success of ERP System Implementation in the Public Sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Mohamed Bukamal ◽  
Rami Mohammad Abu Wadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
System Implementation ◽  
Erp System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Management Commitment ◽  
Top Management Commitment ◽  
High Level

<p>This study aims empirically to analyze the critical factors that impact the success of ERP system implementation in the public sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and to clarify the benefits gained from the implementation. The study used a detailed questionnaire as a measuring instrument across the sample group to measure two main variables, the first being critical success factors (CSFs), and the second whether ERP implementation was successful or not. The CSFs are top management commitment and support, ERP system matching organization, business process re-engineering, vendor support, and training users.</p>Those factors found to have a significant impact on ERP system implementation and the results illuminate the high level of success in implementing ERP systems. While simultaneously demonstrating that an organization with a functioning ERP system does not achieve the desired benefits by default, but rather the organization requires certain Critical Success Factors (CSFs) to be present and in effect for those benefits to be achieved.

scholarly journals Socially Responsible Organizational Governance in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Gita Lasytė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
Corporate Social

The present paper aims to examine the theoretical assumptions of socially responsible organizational governance in the public sector. In public authorities, corporate social responsibility is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the paper focuses on the interaction between social responsibility and the New Public Governance. The article puts forward the assumption that the principles of governance of public goods and public services provided by the public sector are very close in content to the concept of social responsibility. The goal of the public governance process is efficiency and effectiveness not only in public administration institutions, but also in building a welfare society. In this context, the New public governance is in line with the principles of social responsibility. The similarities between the new public governance and social responsibility can be recognized in an understanding the values, processes and elements the primary standards of which are accountability, openness, efficiency, responsibility, compliance with procedural norms, division of power (involvement of stakeholders). The article also discusses the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility and provides criticism on the CSR phenomenon.

A Process Model for Successful E-Government Adoption in the Least Developed Countries

2012 ◽  
pp. 341-369
Author(s):  
Ahmed Imran ◽  
Shirley Gregor
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Level

Least developed countries (LDCs), have been struggling to find a workable strategy to adopt information and communication technology (ICT) and e-government in their public sector organizations. Despite a number of high-level initiatives at national and international levels, the progress is still unsatisfactory in this area. Consequently, the countries are failing to keep pace in the global e-government race, further increasing the digital divide. This chapter reports on an exploratory study in a least developed country, Bangladesh, involving a series of focus groups and interviews with key stakeholders. A lack of knowledge and entrenched attitudes and mindsets are seen as the key underlying contributors to the lack of progress. The analysis of the relationships among the major barriers to progress led to a process model, which suggests a pathway for e-government adoption in an LDC such as Bangladesh. The chapter introduces important directions for the formulation of long-term strategies for the successful adoption of ICT in the public sector of LDCs and provides a basis for further theoretical development.

Performance Measurement and E-Reporting

2012 ◽  
pp. 544-560
Author(s):  
Kathryn Kloby
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Agency Staff ◽  
Data Manipulation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Performance Measurement Systems ◽  
High Level

Public sector performance measurement systems are often designed by high-level administrators and agency staff. In many instances performance reports are treated as internal documents or provide limited information of how government actions impact the lives of citizens or fall short of expectations. Performance measurement and reporting approaches, however, are gradually changing to include citizens in the process and to communicate results in a more robust way to the public. This chapter explores the topic of e-reporting and the potential it offers to engage the public in the assessment of government performance. Three exemplary programs are examined: Virginia Performs, Maryland’s BayStat, and King County AIMs High. Each offers useful techniques for describing program objectives, showing government progress, making data available, and exploring interactive mechanisms that support data manipulation or customization. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future areas of research.

scholarly journals The state of heritage and cultural property policing in England & Wales, France and Italy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Economies

Presenting a large threat to irreplaceable heritage, property, cultural knowledge and cultural economies across the world, heritage and cultural property crimes offer case studies through which to consider the challenges, choices and practices that shape 21st-century policing. This article uses empirical research conducted in England & Wales, France and Italy to examine heritage and cultural property policing. It considers the threat before investigating three crucial questions. First, who is involved in this policing? Second, how are they involved in this policing? Third, why are they involved? This last question is the most important and is central to the article as it examines why, in an era of severe economic challenges for the governments in the case studies, the public sector would choose to lead policing.

scholarly journals Will Public-Private Partnerships Solve Nigeria’s Infrastructure Problems?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
George Nwangwu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
As If

Nigeria, like most countries around the world, has turned to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to finance its infrastructure deficit. However, it appears that the government of Nigeria looks towards PPPs as the major solution to the country’s infrastructure crisis. In a sense PPPs are being sold to the public as if they were free, that the private sector would come in with its funds, provide the desired services and that the problem with the country’s infrastructure would automatically cease. This paper argues that this supposition is a myth and that the role of PPPs in the provision of public infrastructure is more nuanced than is being bandied around. PPPs are not the panacea to all of the country’s infrastructure problems and also are far from being completely free. It is however the case that if appropriately deployed, in most cases PPPs provide some advantages over conventional public sector procurements. This paper explores the different advantages and disadvantages of PPPs and suggests ways in which PPPs may be effectively used to improve the country’s infrastructure with reduced fiscal exposure to government.

scholarly journals Analysis of Professional Dispositions Taught to Prospective Teachers in Public Sector Universities of Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-264
Author(s):  
Muhammad Riaz ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Uzair ul Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Professional Dispositions ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Core Subject ◽  
The World

Due to the importance of dispositions, the National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE) in Pakistan like many other countries of the world has included dispositions in its standards. NACTE also entails that teacher-training institutes are responsible to develop and impart dispositions among pre-service teachers. The current study analyzed the professional dispositions taught to prospective teachers at public sector universities of Punjab. The quantitative survey research design was employed to accomplish the study. The accessible population of the study was 1592 teacher-candidates of the final semester of BS/B. Ed. Honors in Education and M. A. Education programs. The sample was selected through multi-stage sampling. A questionnaire was developed for data collection keeping in view the dispositions described in the document of National Professional Standards for Teachers in Pakistan (NPSTP). The study concluded that dispositions related to the categories “moral values and commitment to students’ learning” are being taught in the public universities to a greater extent as compared to other categories. The study also concluded a positive correlation between dispositions taught to prospective teachers and academic achievements (CGPA). Researchers recommend that policymakers may introduce a core subject based on professional dispositions having more dispositions-oriented content, so as to produce effective teachers for future needs of the educational institutes of Pakistan.

scholarly journals Knowledge Management in the Public Sector

2019 ◽  
pp. 484-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousif Abdullatif Albastaki ◽  
Adel Ismail Al-Alawi ◽  
Sara Abdulrahman Al-Bassam
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Although knowledge is recognized as a very important element of any business, the public sector does not fully explore the depth of the knowledge management (KM) as compared to private sector business. As days are passing by, public sector business has also started to realize the importance of KM. The public sector is a business that is run by the government. This sector includes organizations like government cooperation, enterprises, militaries, education, health, and related departments public services. In the public sector, the managers have started to adopt and develop practices of KM. Government organizations are facing many challenges to adapt and engage themselves in an electronic work environment. Over the years KM has grown and has been in continuous change in the public sector and has become essential to any organization in the world. Managers have been looking for a more futuristic approach for the past years. The purpose of this chapter examines the ongoing change in KM in the public sector and tackles the gap in the literature.

scholarly journals Public Sector Transformation in the Digital Age: Obstacles and Challenges for the Government of Indonesia

2019 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Putri Hening ◽  
Gozali Harda Kumara
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level

The world has now entered the digital era. Rapid technological developments spur the transformation from the manual era to the digital era. A series of trends in this era are present such as high-level usage of the internet, the birth of social networks, the development of various applications, and fast amount of information dissemination. This trend has brought a series of changes to various sector including the public sector. The presence of digital tools in this era has changed the way Indonesian government in providing public services. This era has also changed the community's approach to interact with the government through online platforms. The transformation into the digital era also influences the process of drafting public policies, from the agenda settings, policy formulation, implementation, until evaluation. Privacy and data security issues are also present in this era. This paper analyzes how the digital era has transformed the public sector in Indonesia and the obstacles and challenges faced by the Indonesian government. This paper will also provide recommendations to overcome these obstacles and challenges. This research is conducted by using qualitative and quantitative method. In analyzing data, researcher do three simultaneously activities based on Miles and Huberman model.  

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