scholarly journals Reducing Corruption through Enhancing Public Service Ethics in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhrul Islam ◽  
Anindyta Deb Ananya

Corruption exists within and between government organizations as the form of bribing, swindling, favoritism and many other forms which destroys the public morale. It spreads its greedy clutches all over the country; Government officials are engaged in corruption for greed for power, selfishness, wealth and money. This paper is an attempt to identify the forms of corruption in civil service and how ethical code of behavior to reduce the level of malfunctions. Social survey method has been followed for this study where the factor has been explained to know the perception of general people. The study finds that lack of accountability and transparency, dishonesty, nepotism and favoritism are also responsible for corruption and made suggestions to combat corruption in Bangladesh based on the perception of civil servants and the general people.Keywords: corruption, public service, ethics, people’s perception

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
S. О. Nishchymna ◽  

The article analyzes the approaches to the civil service organization in Ukraine and examines the regulations of the civil service establishment since independence time. The attention is payed to the regulatory uncertainty of the separation of civil and public service in Ukraine. It is emphasized that the legal basis of the civil service in Ukraine is determined by the Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service”, which was adopted in 2015. The first such laws were adopted in 1993 and 2011. The Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” of 1993 for the first time established a special legal status of civil servants – persons authorized to perform state functions. The Civil Service recognized the professional activity of persons holding positions in state bodies and their staff for the practical performance of tasks and functions of the state, receiving salaries at the expense of state funds. The Main Department of the Civil Service under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine was designated as the civil service government body in the state bodies. At that time, the procedure for serving in local self-government bodies was not legally regulated in Ukraine, which hampered the establishment of the public service institution in Ukraine. With the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine, there was a division of public service into civil service and service in local self-governments. The Laws of Ukraine “On Local Self-Government in Ukraine” and “On Service in Local Self-Government Bodies” became an additional basis for distinguishing types of public service. In 2011, a new Law of Ukraine “On Civil Service” was adopted, which provided for changes in the legal regulation of the civil service in Ukraine. Civil service was recognized as a professional activity of civil servants in preparing proposals for the civil policy formation, ensuring its implementation and provision of administrative services, ie the categories of political positions and positions of civil servants were distinguished. The current legislation defines the role of the civil service and its features, as well as the conditions of service in local governments, which is actually the basis for the public service system formation in Ukraine. Key words: civil service, public service, service in local self-government bodies.


2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginie Forest

At a time when the civil services of most OECD countries have embarked on a process of modernization of their practices, we are questioning the relevance of introducing performance-related pay systems, particularly in view of the, more often than not, negative effects on the work motivation of civil servants. The French civil service has recently decided to pay a part of its public officials on the basis of their performance, and we show how these individualized remuneration practices can, in the long term, undermine the public service motivations that drive some civil servants. Our reasoning is supported by the empirical results of studies conducted in the United States, in England and also in France, as well as on the developments of intrinsic motivation theories, combined with the developments of the public service motivation theory. Points for the practitioners Whereas the implementation of performance-related pay as an instrument of motivation has become widespread within the civil service, this article focuses on the difficulties inherent to these compensation practices. We underline in particular the negative effects of performance-related pay on the public service motivations of civil servants. As these specific motivations can be pushed aside, human resource management tools should be adopted that encourage the development of intrinsic motivation, such as task enlargement or enrichment or the implementation of participative management methods.


Upravlenie ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Борщевский ◽  
G. Borshchevskiy

The concepts of rational bureaucracy, New Public Management and Good Governance were studied. It is indicated that wrongly assume that one of them is more progressive, because all concepts originally aimed at the rationalization of the public service and subordination its own interests according the interests of society. A set of conditions for the participation of citizens in governance exists today. There are a networked organization, a partnership, a production of public goods, and value of public interest. It is proved that in the Concept of the Russian Federation civil service reform (2001) laid the modernization potential for building an open and democratic public service. We postulate the classification of the barriers and challenges that hinder the civil service reform, and we formulate the growth points and the alternative transformation vectors. Then we consider the risks of each alternative in the short, medium and long term, and how to overcome them. It is indicated that the priority should be the harmonization of the legal framework for civil service and public sector. In the first step is need the convergence of the legal content of civil service with other activities in the public sector, and the renouncement the civil servants to serve to politicians, which is aimed at increasing their personal responsibility. It is necessary to implement the new basic legal principle of targeting efforts of the civil servants to achieve economic growth and improve the quality of citizens life. In the next step a new phenomenon – the public service – should be formed. The new public service will include the civil service, municipal service and the public sector organizations, as well as some other types of organizations. This requires some changes in the personnel policy: the formation of a single personnel reserve for the entire public service, improving the qualification requirements for all public positions based on professional specializations, and ensuring the effective public control. A systematic approach to the creation of the public service will increase the efficiency of public institutions and their resilience in the face of global instability. Our conclusions were tested in draft the Strategy of socio-economic development of Russia for the period till 2030.


2021 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-69
Author(s):  
Yu. Kim ◽  

Object: It is a social relations, developing in the sphere of formation of the civil service in the Republic of Kazakhstan. National and other countries experience indicate that it is impossible to create an effective public service system without developing scientifically based and verified concepts and features of personnel management in the public service system, which would eliminate systemic contradictions in the legal regulation. The growth of scientific interest in the problems of theory and practice of public service has objective grounds of the study. Methods: Methods of grouping and classification, as well as methods of mathematical modeling, were used in the processing and systematization of data. An econometric model was constructed. Findings: While investigating the features of personnel management in the system of civil service of Kazakhstan, it was revealed that the civil service is based on certain principles, on the basis of which it is possible to carry out personnel planning to respond to changes in the needs of the public service. The authors hypothesized, there is a relationship between the indicator "Services in the field of public administration; services in the field of mandatory social security" and the factor "The list number of employees in the field, mandatory social security" and "The average monthly salary of civil servants". A regression analysis was performed to prove or disprove this hypothesis. Conclusions: Based on the analysis we can say with confidence, the hypothesis put forward about the relationship between the indicators in previous stage are confirmed. The authors comes to the conclusion that the staffing of civil servants is a necessary management process, since the effectiveness of the activities of public authorities is largely determined by the quantity and quality of resources for effective public administration


2020 ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Mariia HORDIICHUK ◽  
Nadiia KOTENKO

Introduction. With the implementation of public sector reforms in Ukraine, issues of increasing public confidence in the civil service as a whole and its representatives - civil servants - in particular, are updated. Ethical education measures for both existing and future civil servants (which over time must be filled by the ranks of state bodies - students and cadets of specialized universities) are highlighted. From the very beginning, future civil servants have the need to form and maintain a positive image of the representatives of the state apparatus, using the best examples of service to the people and the state, patriotic, highly professional and conscientious civil service. In Ukraine, as in all EU countries, the assessment of the effectiveness of public authorities is directly linked to the level of trust in relations between society and government, in the formation of which the image of public servants formed in the public consciousness is of paramount importance. In turn, personal experience of interacting with specific officials is often equated with the image of the public service as a whole. Thus, the image of a particular civil servant depends largely on the image of the entire public service. Purpose. This scientific article focuses on the problem of forming the image of the modern Ukrainian civil servant as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of the civil service as a whole. Results. It is established that the positive image of a civil servant in Ukraine is not so much in an unstable position as it is in general unformed. Even the creation of new government bodies and the practice of recruiting individuals after numerous competitions and inspections have failed to create a positive image of these bodies and their employees in the population. Conclusion. To create and maintain a positive image of a civil servant, it is advisable to use the following measures: setting up public relations, increasing the openness of civil servants; cooperation with non-governmental organizations, public institutions; control over the performance of their duties by the state enhancement of ethical education of civil servants, starting with high school; rigorous selection for the civil service, taking into account the competence, communication skills and external qualities of the future civil servant; providing services to coaches specializing in management, etc.


Author(s):  
Rakhmonov Zafarjon Zayniddinovich ◽  

This article describes the civil service in the Republic of Uzbekistan, including the civil service system, regulatory documents, the need and importance of their improvement. At the same time, the article focuses on improving the procedure for admission, passage and termination of civil service, labor and responsibility of civil servants in general, reducing a number of legal gaps in the legislation on civil service, creating a transparent mechanism for admission and transition to the civil service, including the development of selection procedures , training and placement of modern and innovative personnel in the public service. In addition, proposals and recommendations have been developed to improve the civil service in the Republic of Uzbekistan.


Author(s):  
Л. О. Дорогань-Писаренко

У статті висвітлено сучасний стан оплати працідержавних службовців. Проаналізовано досвід зару-біжних країн з організації державної служби. Запро-поновано врегулювати систему оплати державнихслужбовців шляхом реформування структури їх до-ходу. Визначено необхідність уніфікації різниці вокладах і заробітних платах службовців різних рівніввиконавчої влади. Визначено основні напрями удоско-налення організації праці державних службовців та їїоплати. The article highlights the current state of civil service pay. Analysis of the experience of foreign countries in the public service. A system of payment to settle civil servants by restructuring their income. The necessity of unification of the difference in salaries and wages of employees of various levels of government. The basic directions of perfection of the civil servants and their pay.


Upravlenie ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Mirzoyan ◽  
E. V. Vasileva

The level of development of the state as a whole depends on the professionalism of public servants, because the public servants participate in all processes of making state decisions and their further implementation. Professional staff can ensure successful implementation of all government development programs, because the personnel potential is thus the driving element affecting all the processes taking place in the state apparatus.The purpose of this paper is to identify the weaknesses of the management of the civil service personnel and to determine the methods for assessing competencies and labor functions of civil servants of Armenia. While carrying out the scientific research, the tasks were set to study the best foreign practices in the management of public servants’ competencies, to conduct a survey among public servants to look at the issues from their perspective, and to determine the most popular competencies in the civil service. Within the scope of the research international practice of personnel management in the public service as well as some related legal acts have been studied, and an internal survey has been conducted among the civil servants of the Republic of Armenia (40 people), including the civil servants from the State Social Security Service and the Ministry of Territorial Administration of Kotayk region.The study has revealed, that in Armenia personnel potential management in the public service sector is carried out at a rather low level, which requires fundamental changes. In that respect, timely and efficient staff training has been offered along with the implementation of competency assessment methods to job requirements. Also features of the ontological approach in solving the problems of personnel formation have been presented in the paper.


Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Louis C Gawthrop

The essay examines four of Graham Greene's "administrative" novels.The focus of the article is on three basic perspectives that characterizeGreene's treatment of bureaucratic systems, in general, andpublic sector careerists, in particular. The central theme that Greeneseems to pursue in all of his novels-the persistent human struggle inthe attempt to attain a sense of authentic being-is developed withparticular effectiveness when he focuses on career civil servants andtheir organizational environments. His treatment of the public sectorserves to inform us of the ever-present danger of pursuing aninauthentic career in the service of democracy.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 770-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunkui Zhu ◽  
Chen Wu

Purpose This paper aims to examine different hypotheses concerning the effects of public service motivation (PSM) and other attitudinal or institutional dimensions on organizational performance (OP). Specifically, based on the experience of Chinese provincial governments, this study provides new evidence about how PSM may affect OP. Design/methodology/approach This study collected data from a survey of different provincial government departments in Sichuan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province and Chongqing Municipality in 2011. Using data from 761 respondents, Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to explore the relationships between related factors. Findings PSM, job satisfaction, affective commitment and job involvement have statistically significant effects on OP, and these results are consistent with the findings of previous researches that PSM positively affected OP at a significant level. The results suggest that, if civil servants have a strong PSM, the performance of their organizations will be high. Research limitations/implications Future research should look for additional factors that affect OP, comparing employees’ perceptions of an organization’s performance with objective data to determine whether, and to what degree, subjective measures of performance are valid measures of OP in the public sector. Practical implications In the process of improving government performance, it is significant to give attention to the government employees’ mentality. The government training and promotion system should encourage civil servants to care about the public interest. A more flattened organization should be considered as part of the next steps in government reform, and more opportunities should be provided to involve more government employees in policy making. Originality/value This study helps to clarify the effects of individual factors of PSM on OP in China in a tightly controlled bureaucratic environment, where related data are hardly accessible.


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