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Konferencija: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY OF GOVERNANCE
2006-03-22 22:08
Fourth workshop of the EGPA Study Group on ETHICS AND INTEGRITY OF GOVERNANCE
Subtheme: “Research methods in corruption and integrity”
Milan, Italy, 6-9 September 2006
The Study Group on Ethics and Integrity of Governance brings together academics and practitioners interested in the ethical dimension of administration and organisation. The group's mission is to establish a long-term network aimed at stimulating research on public sector integrity and ethics in Europe. The Study Group was launched at the 2003 EGPA Annual Conference and had an average attendance of about 40 participants in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 sessions. The aim of these annual sessions is to present an overview of European research on ethics and integrity of governance with relevance for the practice of European governance and government. The Study Group will have its fourth annual meeting at the 2006 EGPA Annual Conference, in Milan (Italy).
In June 2005 the Study Group organised a conference in Leuven (Belgium) together with the Section on Ethics of the American Society for Public Administration. About 90 papers were presented, which can all be found on the conference website: http://www.soc.kuleuven.ac.be/io/ethics
We are also very happy to announce the launch of the new website of the study group at: www.fsw.vu.nl/egpa-ethics
For the Milan conference in September 2006, we invite papers for two tracks:
1. General track: ETHICS AND INTEGRITY OF GOVERNANCE
For this track, we will accept papers in the broad field of ethics and integrity of governance. Possible themes could include (but are not limited to) the following:
- What is the state of the art of our knowledge on ethics and integrity, nationally as well as internationally?
- What really works in ethics management: what helps organisations to improve the ethics and integrity of their staff and their organisation as such?
- What are the big questions for (future) research as well as policy development on administrative ethics in Europe and is a common agenda thinkable for the ‘western’ and the ‘transitional’ European countries?
- What are the main integrity dilemmas and problems governmental organizations are currently confronting?
- What are the central values of governance in today’s society, what differences do exist between the values of governance in the public and private sector (including civil society) and what changes in ethics and integrity (including values) have resulted from developments like e.g. New Public Management and Corporate Social Responsibility?
- At a time of natural and man-made disasters, what role can ethical leadership play?
- How to achieve desirable levels and types of accountability and responsibility in the public sector?
As usual, the principle remains that the study group particularly welcomes comparative research (comparing respectively countries and organisations) and that single case studies can only be considered on the condition that they go beyond mere description and are embedded in a theoretical framework.
2. Track on the subtheme: RESEARCH METHODS IN CORRUPTION AND INTEGRITY
The previous 3 meetings of the Study Group suggest that advances in the field of administrative ethics are significantly hindered by limits in our methods of researching corruption, ethics and integrity. Within this subtheme, we invite all presenters to reflect on their own research methods and to systematize their experiences in a paper. We also invite participants from other fields who have experience with researching sensitive topics (e.g. in criminology, sociology or political science) that might be relevant for the study of ethics and integrity of governance. Possible topics could be the following:
- What are the limits as well as possibilities of research on corruption and integrity?
- What is the available research methodology (both qualitative and quantitative); which useful new methods should be considered; what are the problems with reliability and validity and how can they be overcome?
- What can we learn from our management school colleagues who specialise in post-modern critical management research?
- The study group also welcomes critical reviews of existing research methods.
Given that it is our first meeting on this topic, we invite both short, reflective papers as well as full academic papers. The main aim of these papers is to support in-depth discussion of the comparative (dis-)advantages of certain methods for studying corruption and integrity. The group intends to develop this focus at least for the next two sessions and plans to publish a volume with papers presented during these sessions.
In addition to the traditional sessions about specific themes, two additional sessions are planned for the Milan meeting:
- At least one joint session is planned with the Research Group on “Public values and public interest – normative questions in the evaluation and development of the public sector”
- When there is sufficient interest, an extra session for doctoral researchers will be organised. This session might involve the presentation of doctoral research projects and will also include discussions about how to organise research and how to get research published. Please inform the organisers if you are interested in such a session.
Paper proposals for the Milan Workshop Sessions should be e-mailed before MAY 31st, 2006 to:
- Jeroen Maesschalck, Department of Criminology, Faculty of Law, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, e-mail: jeroen.maesschalck@law.kuleuven.ac.be
- Leo Huberts, Department of Public Administration & Organisation Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, e-mail: lwjc.huberts@fsw.vu.nl
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