Is Government Setting a Good Example?
Rule Breaking by Government in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
To what extent and in which manner do government bodies break laws and rules? What are the reasons for doing so and what are the consequences? Are public bodies less law and rule abiding the private organizations and corporations?
This book discusses these issues based on research in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It pays attentions to rule and law breaking in areas such as environmental protection, fire safety and working conditions. It is concluded that government bodies break rules across the board and in all policy sectors. Governement organisations regularly violate administrative law regulations and - to lesser extent – commit criminal law violations. This is true for all levels of government and all policy araes. The reasons only relate to deliberate intent but are also increasingly linked to the complexity of managing and delivering public functions. Thus, rule and law breaking warrants more attention in policy and regulation as well as in reasearch in public administration, criminology, public ethics, law and political science. A state that ignores its own rules and laws cannot expect citizens to be willing to obey the laws, rules and policies of its political and administrative system. Governments that do not set a good example could seriously jeopardize their own credibility and integrity.
Auteursinformatie
Leo Huberts is Professor of Integrity of Governance and André van Montfort is Associate Professor in Public Administration, both at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Alain Doig is Professor of Public Services Management at the Teesside Business School in the United Kingdom.
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Leo Huberts
To what extent and in which manner do government bodies break laws and rules? What are the reasons for doing so and what are the consequences? Are public bodies less law and rule abiding the private organizations and corporations?
This book discusses these issues based on research in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It pays attentions to rule and law breaking in areas such as environmental protection, fire safety and working conditions. It is concluded that government bodies break rules across the board and in all policy sectors. Governement organisations regularly violate administrative law regulations and - to lesser extent – commit criminal law violations. This is true for all levels of government and all policy araes. The reasons only relate to deliberate intent but are also increasingly linked to the complexity of managing and delivering public functions. Thus, rule and law breaking warrants more attention in policy and regulation as well as in reasearch in public administration, criminology, public ethics, law and political science. A state that ignores its own rules and laws cannot expect citizens to be willing to obey the laws, rules and policies of its political and administrative system. Governments that do not set a good example could seriously jeopardize their own credibility and integrity.
Auteursinformatie
Leo Huberts is Professor of Integrity of Governance and André van Montfort is Associate Professor in Public Administration, both at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Alain Doig is Professor of Public Services Management at the Teesside Business School in the United Kingdom.
In de media
- Staatscourant, 2006, nr. 175
