Motivating Ministers to Morality

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-70496-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This book discusses the most prominent subjects - and occasional victims - of the ethics debate: government ministers.

Political ethics is a rapidly growing field in disciplines such as political science, philosophy, applied ethics and public policy and it has become a major topic in current affairs’ reporting of politics. It is the first major work to discuss institutional reforms around the world that target ministerial morality and asks: how are these reforms influencing the motivation and conduct of the most powerful of our politicians?

The book provides unique insights into ministerial behaviour and the changing role of institutions in influencing the ethics of the executive, with analyses from around the world. Contributors to the volume include international high-profile players in political ethics. They include Lord Nolan, the first Chairman of Britain's Joint Parliamentary Committee on Standards in Public Life; Professor Robert J. Jackson, a leading Canadian political scientist instrumental in establishing the Canadian Office of the Ethics Counsellor; and Associate Professor Noel Preston, the leading commentator on ethics in Australian politics, who has been involved in developing a number of its ethical regimes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holland, Ian

Fleming, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ministerial Ethics - The Problem and the Theory: The case for ministerial ethics, Jenny Fleming and Ian Holland; Motivating ministers to morality, The Right Hon. Lord Nolan; Educating devils: theoretical reflections on ethics and governance, Haig Patapan. Lessons From Westminster: Codes and Conventions: The role of ministerial responsibility in motivating ministers to morality, Diane Woodhouse; Ministerial codes, cabinet rules and the power of Prime Ministers, Patrick Weller; Lessons from Westminster: the Scottish executive and new improved codes of conduct?, Mark Shephard. Walking the Tightrope: Serving the Party: Institutional weakness, ethical misjudgement: German Christian democrats and the Kohl scandal, Wolfgang Seibel; Problem or solution? the role of ministerial staff, Anne Tiernan. Ethical Vigilance: Watchdogs and Guarddogs: Honesty and corruption in the Canadian federal government: regulating ethics, Robert J. Jackson; Integrity and ministerial office: the Queensland integrity commissioner, Noel Preston; Conduct unbecoming: independent commissions and ministerial adversaries, Jenny Fleming; The role of the auditor general in scrutinizing ministerial ethics, John Wanna and Alexander Gash; Ministerial ethics and the media, Stephen Tanner. Motivating Ministerial Behaviour: Prior advice is better than subsequent investigation, Charles Sampford; Moderating ministerial ethics: putting political ethics in its place, John Uhr; Advancing ministerial ethics, Ian Holland and Jenny Fleming; Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jenny Fleming is a Research Fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics Law Justice and Governance at Griffith University. She completed her doctorate at Griffith on public policy initiatives of new governments and is a former lecturer in the University's Faculty of Commerce and Management. Her research interests include party politics and the politics of criminal justice and police unionism, on which she has published widely. Ian Holland is a Research Fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics Law Justice and Governance at Griffith University. He was formerly lecturer in environmental policy and politics in the University's Faculty of Environmental Sciences. He has degrees from Sydney University, the University of New England and Griffith University. He has published on environmental policy and politics.