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Institutional Constraints on and Solutions to Conflicts ofInterest for US Federal Government Employees(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2016年02期
Page:
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Research Field:
政治理论与实践:制度建构与实施研究
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Title:
Institutional Constraints on and Solutions to Conflicts ofInterest for US Federal Government Employees
Author(s):
CAI Xiao-shen ZHANG Cun-da
Keywords:
government employees conflicts of interest institutional constraint formal institution informal institution
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Abstract:
Since the 1950s, in order to solve the problem of the conflict of interest among the US government employees, which give rise to corruption and crisis of public confidence, the federal government has gradually established a system of institutional constraints adjusted to the social and cultural background. On the one hand, through the introduction of a series of formal institutions including improving criminal law, establishing moral codes and issuing social norms, the federal government has established a framework of rigid constraints that can externally identify and penalize the acts of conflicts of interest committed by the government employees. On the other hand, a set of informal institutional constraints including the cultivation of the desired socio-cultural ecology, public spirit and individual morality can also help form a soft power guiding the management of the conflict of interest among the government employees. Moreover, the US government has also brought in a set of mechanisms such as organizational support, education and supervision to ensure the effective implementation of the formal and informal institutional constraints mentioned above. This has played a key role in effectively resolving the conflicts of interest confronting the US government through the three dimensions of institutional system.

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Last Update: 2016-03-15