Autonomy, Integrity, and Values in Public Administration : A Dilemma and a Case

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Perspectives on Public Management and Governance ; 3 (2020), 2. - pp. 155-166. - Oxford University Press (OUP). - ISSN 2398-4910. - eISSN 2398-4929
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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.
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ISO 690SEIBEL, Wolfgang, 2020. Autonomy, Integrity, and Values in Public Administration : A Dilemma and a Case. In: Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. Oxford University Press (OUP). 3(2), pp. 155-166. ISSN 2398-4910. eISSN 2398-4929. Available under: doi: 10.1093/ppmgov/gvaa006
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  journal={Perspectives on Public Management and Governance},
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  author={Seibel, Wolfgang},
  note={Article Number: gvaa006}
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