Research Catalog

Title

Ethics and accountability in African public services / edited by Sadig Rasheed and Dele Olowu.

Publication

[Nairobi] : ICIPE Science Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rasheed, Sadig
• Olowu, Dele
• United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
• African Association for Public Administration and Management (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Description

308 p.; 21 cm.

Subject

• Civil service ethics > Africa
• Political ethics > Africa

Note

• "United Nations Economic Commission for Africa."
• "African Association for Public Administration and Management."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Deeper into original sin : the context of the ethical crisis in Africa's public services / Claude Ake (14 p.). -- Ethical standards and behaviour in African public services / W.N Shellukindo (16 p.). -- Causes and consequences of ethical crisis in Africa's public services / William N Wamalwa (8 p.). -- Socio-cultural dimensions of ethics and accountability in African public services / Kwesi Kwaa Prah (14 p.). -- Economic crisis, resource scarcities and the decline in ethical standards in public agencies / A.D Yahaya (12 p.). -- Ethical dimension in Africa's economic recovery and development / M.J Balogun (18 p.). -- Ethical violations in Nigeria's public services : patterns, explanations, and remedies / Dele Olowu (26 p.).
• Organizations for upholding administrative ethics in Africa : the case of Ethiopia / Girma Wolde Selassie (28 p.). -- Promotion of good ethical standards and behaviour in public services in Africa : the case of Zimbabwe / S.T Agere (18 p.). -- Civil service ethics and corruption in Côte d'Ivoire / Sarasoro H Cabogo (18 p.). -- Watch-dog organizations for upholding administrative ethics in Africa : the case of Tanzania / Muhammed Aboud (18 p.). -- Ethics and accountability in the Swaziland civil service / N Holpe (12 p.). -- Education and training in democratic ethical values for African public services / Peter Anyang' Nyong'o (12 p.). -- Organizational and institutional mechanisms for enhancing accountability in Anglophone Africa / Dele Olowu (8 p.). -- Mechanisms for enhancing ethics and public accountability in Francophone Africa / Mouftau Laleye (18 p.). -- Ethical codes for African administrations : nature, content, limitations and required improvements / C.H.M Barlow (16 p.). -- Relevance of research : size, cost and effectiveness of the civil service reform programmes in Africa / J.H Oyugi (16 p.). -- Conclusion : towards an agenda for action in enhancing ethics and accountability in African public services / Sadig Rasheed (14 p.).

ISBN

9290640677

LCCN

^^^93849648^

OCLC

• 30436939
• SCSB-12812751

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library