Full Description
What are the right institutional settings and strategies for ensuring honesty and accountability in public life? How do these settings and strategies relate to one another, and how do we know what is working and what is missing from the whole complex tapestry? Taking Australia as a case study that is relevant to all countries where public integrity is an issue, this book offers some new answers to these larger questions. The collection reviews a variety of existing efforts to understand, 'map' and evaluate the effectiveness of integrity policies and institutions, not just in the government sector but across all the major institutions of modern society. It will be of interest to those in governance, politics, law and public policy.
Contents
Contents: Part 1 Understanding Integrity Systems: Introduction: integrity systems and democratic accountability, A.J. Brown, Brian W. Head and Carmel Connors; National integrity systems: the key to building sustainable, just and honest government, Jeremy Pope; What is a national integrity system? From temple blueprint to hip-pocket guide, A.J. Brown. Part 2 Integrity System Assessment in Action: Using national integrity systems to assess corruption: an international perspective, Alan Doig and Stephanie McIvor; Evaluating international action against corruption in the Pacific islands, Peter Larmour; Corporate business systems for integrity: a case study, Joel Lucas and David Kimber; Is there a New South Wales public integrity system? A preliminary assessment, Rodney Smith; A federal integrity system at the crossroads: Australia, Peter Roberts; When integrity breaks down: the Australian Wheat Board example, Stephen Bartos; Towards a federal integrity commission: the challenge of institutional capacity-building in Australia, A.J. Brown. Part 3 A Best Way to Assess Integrity Systems?: Police oversight agencies: measuring effectiveness, Colleen Lewis and Tim Prenzler; Integrity assessment tools: a preliminary comparison, Arthur Shacklock, Carmel Connors and Angela Gorta; Assessment strategies and practices for integrity and anti-corruption measures: a comparative overview, Stuart C. Gilman and Jeffrey Stout; Consequences, capacity, and coherence: an overall approach to integrity system assessment, A.J. Brown and Brian W. Head; Promoting integrity: trends and prospects, Brian W. Head; Appendix; Index.
