Tackling Conflicts of Interest: Policy Instruments in Different Settings. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ochoa, Rolando; Graycar, Adam
• Is Part Of: Public integrity. Volume 18:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 83
• Page End: 100
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: corruption -- international governance -- conflict of interest -- organization for economic cooperation and development; Civil service ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics; Political ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SERVICE; MORAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ETHICS; Periodicals; 172
• DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2015.1093398
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-9922

Abstract

Abstract : Corruption affects and even shapes public policy in both developing and developed countries. Prevention of the form of corruption known as conflict of interest is one of the most challenging tasks for governments and the international community. This theory-driven article provides a framework of policy instruments and explores mechanisms from two areas of the world where conflict of interest is an important issue: Asia and Latin America. It argues that the creation of effective mechanisms to prevent and prosecute conflict of interest depends on the adequate operationalization of governance and social-control instruments that can regulate conflicts of interest.