Hard rules and soft constraints: Regulating conflict of interest in china

Journal of Contemporary China

Volumn 22, Issue 79, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Gong, Ting ^a   Ren, Jianming ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of Aeronautic and Astronautic   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; CIVIL SERVICE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CORRUPTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84912090229     PISSN: 10670564     EISSN: 14699400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716941     Document Type: Article

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1. The articles in this special issue were presented at a conference on ‘Controlling Corruption in Greater China: Practices and Trends’ held at the City University of Hong Kong on 3 June 2011. The co-editors wish to thank Brian Brewer, Peter Cheung and Paul Heywood, who served as discussants on the conference versions of these papers, and Alfred Wu and Joyce Lam for their research assistance. Note
2. Kilkon Ko and Hui Zhi, ‘Fiscal decentralization: guilty of aggravating corruption in China?’, Journal of Contemporary China 22(79), (2013), DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716943.
3. Andrew Wedeman, ‘The challenge of commercial bribery and organized crime in China’, Journal of Contemporary China 22(79), (2013), DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716942.
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5. Ian Scott, ‘Institutional design and corruption prevention in Hong Kong’, Journal of Contemporary China 22 (79), (2013), DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716945.
6. Eilo Yu Wing-yat, ‘Anti-corruption approaches in Macao: lawmaking and legal enforcement’, Journal of Contemporary China 22(79), (2013), DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2012.716946.
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22. For example, the profiteering business activity of a leading official’s relatives by taking advantage of his influence was regarded as corruption.Note
23. Zhuang, Fangzhi liyichongtu yu lianzhengjianshe yanjiu, p. 235.
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34. Guzzetta, ‘Legal standards and ethical norms’, p. 27.
35. Stark, Conflict of Interest in American Public Life, p. 138.