ETHICS, VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS: COMPARISON OF THREE CASE STUDIES EXAMINING THE PAUCITY OF LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT

KAKABADSE, ANDREW; KORAC-KAKABADSE, NADA; KOUZMIN, ALEXANDER

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 3/2003, pág. 477

I. INTRODUCTION. II. ECONOMIC RATIONALISM AND CHANGING ETHICS. III. GOVERNMENTS' RESPONSES TO DECLINING ETHICS. IV. THE AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: APS ETHICS INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE. V. THE CANADIAN RESPONSE: "GETTING GOVERNMENT RIGHT" INITIATIVE. VI. THE UK'S RESPONSE: CITIZEN'S CHARTERS AND THE MODERNIZING GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER. VII. LEADING ETHICALLY IN GOVERNMENT. VIII. THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: THE WAY FORWARD IN THE AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN AND UK CONTEXTS. IX. ETHICS, LEADERSHIP AND LIMITATIONS. X. CONCLUSION: PARADOX OF ETHICAL DISPOSITION.