In Search of Ethics Infrastructure in U.S. Local Governments: Building Blocks or Dead End?

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dc.contributor.authorDemir, Tansu
dc.contributor.authorReddick, Christopher G.
dc.contributor.authorPerlman, Bruce J.
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6502-368X
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-18T15:06:42Z
dc.date.available2023-10-18T15:06:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-23
dc.description.abstractThe literature in public administration has advanced various propositions to promote ethical behavior. Local governments have undertaken various efforts in that direction. Those efforts are considered critical for building ethical leadership and culture in the long run. Based on a literature review and use of Social Learning Theory, we identify four building blocks of an ethics infrastructure for public organizations. Employing a comprehensive survey of local governments, this paper shows that displaying awareness and knowledge of ethics, enforcing rules and norms, demonstrating policy support for ethical behavior, and incentivizing the right behaviors are key building blocks of ethics infrastructure that still need improvement in local governments. The reality of ethics infrastructure revealed by the survey is far from the idealism promoted in the literature. We discuss the results and offer some insights and remedies.
dc.description.departmentPublic Administration
dc.identifier.citationDemir, T., Reddick, C. G., & Perlman, B. J. (2023). In Search of Ethics Infrastructure in U.S. Local Governments: Building Blocks or Dead End? Administration & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997231190571
dc.identifier.issn1552-3039
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00953997231190571
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2100
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdministration and Society
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United Statesen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectethics infrastructure
dc.subjectlocal governments
dc.subjectsurvey research
dc.titleIn Search of Ethics Infrastructure in U.S. Local Governments: Building Blocks or Dead End?
dc.typeArticle

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