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008			180718b1999 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aHarris, Tony
245			_aCompetition, marketisation, public services and public ethics
260			_c1999
300			_ap.32-38
362			_aDec
520			_aThe topic I address provides an embarrassment of scope. At the same time, it allows the development of a theme that is worthwhile discussing. When in the public sector is it worthwhile to import private sector concepts, principles and practices and when would the adoption of a private sector model be injurious to the state's constituents? The theme is worthwhile discussing, in part because some of Australia's jurisdictions appear to be adopting what they consider to be private sector practices, without an adequate framework to guide them. Because there is no proper framework, mistakes are made which could have been avoided. There is also some evidence that the public is uneasy about the loss of `public' from the term public services. It would not be in the public's own interests to resist, for no good reason, the adoption of private sector principles where that would allow more cost-effective services. The topic also allows a discussion on the influence on public sector ethics of the trend to place senior public servants on contracts that can be disposed of without a reason or prospect of appeal. - Reproduced
650			_aEthics
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aCivil service
773			_aAustralian Journal of Public Administration
909			_a43522
999			_c43522 _d43522