A Nolan Committee for the German ethics infrastructure?

Behnke, Nathalie

A Nolan Committee for the German ethics infrastructure?

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2002

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European Journal of Political Research. 2002, 41(5), pp. 675-708. ISSN 0304-4130. eISSN 1475-6765. Available under: doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.00026

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An international trend towards establishing and conforming standards of ethical behaviour in the public sector has repeatedly been stated. Germany, however, remains surprisingly reluctant to adopt such recommendations. This article argues that the likelihood of German decision makers implementing new, and especially soft, ethics measures depends on the demand for such measures, on the one hand, and their supply, on the other. The analysis shows that contradictory forces have an impact on Germany. The demand for new ethics measures is relatively low as a high level of hard ethics measures incorporated in the longstanding formal legal system of rules and regulations make the implementation of new measures seem unnecessary. Also, the demand for soft ethics measures is less marked in Germany than in the United Kingdom. This comparatively weak pressure meets the natural inertia caused by cognitive and institutional path–dependency in institutional choices of political decision makers. On the other hand, external bodies (such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD) provide blueprints for soft ethics measures and encourage the implementation of uniform standards across countries. Which of these forces will prevail in the long run, however, cannot be deduced from the present situation.

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320 Politik

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German Ethics

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BEHNKE, Nathalie, 2002. A Nolan Committee for the German ethics infrastructure?. In: European Journal of Political Research. 2002, 41(5), pp. 675-708. ISSN 0304-4130. eISSN 1475-6765. Available under: doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.00026

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@article{Behnke2002Nolan-36243,
  year={2002},
  doi={10.1111/1475-6765.00026},
  title={A Nolan Committee for the German ethics infrastructure?},
  number={5},
  volume={41},
  issn={0304-4130},
  journal={European Journal of Political Research},
  pages={675--708},
  author={Behnke, Nathalie}
}

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