Autonomy, Integrity, and Values in Public Administration
A Dilemma and a Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15748815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang Seibel (0000-0003-2063-8514, University of Konstanz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-166 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-4910 • E-ISSN: 2398-4929 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ppmgov/gvaa006 |
| OpenAlex | W3005215779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article addresses a classic problem of public administration, which is the quest for institutional integrity in the presence of bureaucratic autonomy. It does so in combination with a history of ideas account of the subject with a case study of derailed autonomy at the expense of institutional integrity It does so in combination with a history of ideas account of the subject with a case study of derailed autonomy at the expense of institutional integrity with particularly serious consequences in the form of human casualties. Referring to literature on public values and moral hazard under the condition of bureaucratic discretion, the article argues that harmonizing bureaucratic autonomy and institutional integrity requires commitment to public values that prioritize the protection of basic individual rights over temptations of pragmatic decision making. It is, therefore, a plea for linking traditional lines of thoughts on public administration with a more fine-grained assessment of the ambivalence of governmental agencies as both guardians of, and a menace to, rule-of-law-based protection of civic values
Administration (probate law · Autonomy · Bureaucracy · Dilemma · Discretion · Law and economics · Plea · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Policy and Administration Research · Law · Public Administration
Inside Bureaucracy
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Leadership in administration
The Blame Game
Above Politics
Public Value Pragmatism as the Next Phase of Public Management
Public Value Management
Why Old Pragmatism Needs an Upgrade
Pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and Public Administration
Appraising Public Value
What Is the Public Value of Government Action? Towards a (New) Pragmatic Approach to Values Questions in Public Endeavours
The Quest for Responsibility
Maybe It Is Time to Rediscover Bureaucracy
Rediscovering the Taproot
Bureaucratic Politics
Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government
Public Value Accounting
Public Value Governance
Public Administration as Pragmatic, Democratic, and Objective
Carl J. Friedrich on Responsibility and Authority
Measuring Public Service Motivation
Governing the Hollow State
The Community of Inquiry
The Sense of Reality
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |