The Value Profile of Civil Servants in New European Democracies through the Lens of Embedded Ethics

Governance and Public Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 186-207

  Palidauskaite, Jolanta ^a  

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Author keywords

Civil Servant; Public Authority; Public Interest; Separate Chapter; Yugoslavian Republic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145184300     PISSN: 2524728X     EISSN: 25247298     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230353886_10     Document Type: Chapter

References (6)

1. The author has to acknowledge the difficulty of finding the right term for defining scope of the research. The adjective “new” helps the reader to understand that the focus will be on 17 countries (Central and Eastern European plus Balkan countries) which had to overcome rather radical changes in political, economic, and social spheres, establish new institutions, and change major “rules of the game” since the nineties. Political science scholars probably would recommend using terms “transitional democracies” post-socialist countries or emerging democracies “emphasizing that institutionalized democracy aren’t participatory one”.
2. Even finding that legislation in English, the author faced many difficulties. Some governmental internet pages did not have an English version; attempts to solicit information from governmental authorities rarely were successful and often the only solution was to seek help through personal contacts.
3. The author presumes that some legislation might have been changed since being passed. This analysis is based on those laws which were available on internet sites.
4. – Principles stressed in Constitution; 2 – Principles identified in Civil Service Act; 3 – Principles emphasized defining civil servants’ duties; 4 – Principles mentioned in code of ethics/code of conduct.
5. Data for Table 10.1 taken from Voslenky (1984), Vanagunas (1999: 226–227), Demmke (2004: 15–16); SIGMA.
6. Official translation of Lithuanian Code for civil servants was not adequate. It had to be—Ethical Rules for Civil Servants (2002).