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100 _aGarcia-Sanchez, Isabel Maria
245 _aEffectiveness of ethics codes in the public sphere: Are they useful in controlling corruption?
260 _c2011
300 _a190-195.
362 _aFeb
520 _aThis study aims at determining the real effect of the implementation of a code of ethics on the solution of ethical problems in the public sphere, considering corruption as the most important non-ethical behavior. With that aim, 154 national administrations whose information on ethical codes is available on the UN's website are analyzed. Our findings stress the absence of any influence of codes on corruption problems in thepublic context, both in developed and developing countries. The level of education is the most important determining factor in the control of corruption, especially in developing countries. - Reproduced.
650 _aCorruption
650 _aEducation
650 _aCivil service
650 _aEthics
700 _aGallego-Alvarez, Isabel
700 _aRodriguez-Dominguez, Luis
773 _aInternational Journal of Public Administration
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999 _c96620
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