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implementing EFFECTIVE ETHICS STANDARDS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE 1 ' implementing EFFECTIVE ETHICS STANDARDS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE' Howard Whitton Transparency International February 2001 1. Introduction This paper sets out a number of practical mechanisms for setting and institutionalising high STANDARDS of ethical conduct integrity and good Governance for elected officials and civil servants, based on the experience of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK, Korea, Morocco and Ethiopia. In summary, the introduction of relevant Codes of ETHICS and Conduct, to be EFFECTIVE , needs to be supported by a range of other mechanisms, training, and leadership by managers and political leaders alike.

IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE ETHICS STANDARDS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE 3 It is now generally recognised that meaningful and enforceable Ethics codes…

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