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100 1 _aSMITH, Robert W
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245 1 0 _aEnforcement or ethical capacity :
_bconsidering the role of state ethics commissions at the millennium
260 _aMalden, MA :
_bBlackwell Publishers,
_cmay/june 2003
520 3 _aLooking back on the twentieth century, the American public has witnessed numerous incidents of unethical behavior by a variety of federal, state, and local government officials. Ongoing cases of political and bureaucratic corruption raise questions about what governments are doing to prevent these "ethical lapses." Most state governments have comprehensive ethics laws and ethics commissions to enforce these laws. Very few studies have examined the role of ethics commissions in state government. This article stems from research conducted during 1997–98 involving more than 60 anonymous interviews with ethics officials and stakeholders in Connecticut, Florida, and New York. This analysis reveals that ethics commissions are instruments and symbols, policemen and consultants, politicians and neutral technicians, and interpreters of and prisoners to the ethics laws. The article concludes with 10 recommendations to improve ethics enforcement and the ethics-building capacity of state governments as society enters the next millennium.
590 _aPublic Administration Review PAR
590 _aMay/June 2003 Volume 63 Number 3
773 0 8 _tPublic Administration Review: PAR
_g63, 3, p. 283-295
_dMalden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, may/june 2003
_xISSN 00333352
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