Governance and ethics in India
By: Sharma, Subhash.
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ArticlePublisher: 2013Description: p.534-547.Subject(s): Ethics - India | Public administration- India | Public administration
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Indian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: In order to fight corruption, the state is expected to promote integrity, honesty and responsibility among its public officials in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal systems. In a democracy all public functionaries derive their legal authority from the people, hence they are the trustees of the latter. The ethics is more than the absence of corruption as it is a positive and ideal parameter and frame of reference. Any state functions through a government that has three arms- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary and there is a clear separation of power between them. This article is an attempt to discuss the prime issues of ethics and corruption in the context of these three wings. - Reproduced.
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In order to fight corruption, the state is expected to promote integrity, honesty and responsibility among its public officials in accordance with the fundamental principles of its legal systems. In a democracy all public functionaries derive their legal authority from the people, hence they are the trustees of the latter. The ethics is more than the absence of corruption as it is a positive and ideal parameter and frame of reference. Any state functions through a government that has three arms- Legislature, Executive and Judiciary and there is a clear separation of power between them. This article is an attempt to discuss the prime issues of ethics and corruption in the context of these three wings. - Reproduced.
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