The Conflict of Interest and Public Administration: A Citation Analysis

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه خوارزمی

2 گروه مدیریت، دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران

3 گروه مدیریت دولتی، دانشگاه تهران.

4 استادیار، دانشکده مدیریت، دانشگاه خوارزمی، تهران، ایران

چکیده

Conflict of Interest is a familiar phenomenon among Public Administration experts yet research wise, it has not received much attention. While government officials are accused of corruption and having Conflicts of Interest more than any other individual, research shows that only 1% of Conflict-of-Interest studies has been devoted to investigating the subject in the field of Public Administration. A Conflict of Interest occurs when an official is forced to choose between carrying out his/her administrative duties or following his/her personal interests. These interests include an individual’s financial or non-financial interests as well as the financial and non-financial interests of his/her relatives or friends. None of the prominent thinkers of Conflict of Interest specialize in the field of Public Administration because many situations of Conflict of Interest arise from the change of approach in Public Administration such as the emergence of New Public Management. Contradictory effects of disclosure show that disclosure is not a suitable mechanism for managing Conflicts of Interest. Finally, it should be noted that given the results of this research, the concept of Conflict of Interest will remain a foundation for corruption in governments and public organizations if Public Administration experts and scholars remain as inattentive to the issue as before. Research into Conflict of Interest has been mainly focused on normative and behavioral approaches which means that there is a need for new researchers taking new approaches to break out of this cycle.

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