Towards unlimited transparency? Morals and facts concerning leaking to the press by public officials in the Netherlands

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-225

  de Jong, Jurgen ^a,b   de Vries, Michiel S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Leaking; Secrecy; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS; MORALITY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547811355     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.457     Document Type: Article

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