Shaping Clean Governance: An Organizational Behavior Perspective
Jong H. Huang*, Yi-Chang Yeh**
Abstract
From the perspective of the evolving of public administration, every government reform is a system choice, and one of the keys to the success or failure of the system is whether government members can establish trust with the people. The establishment of a “clean governance” image is the best way to build trusting relationships with the public. From the perspective of organizational behavior, ways to shape clean governance can be managed simultaneously through “building an integrity system of governance” and “shaping the integrity of organizational members”. In addition, ethical education and practices imposed on government employees will help to reduce the corrupting behaviors resulting from “ignorance” and “incompetence”. By solidifying the influence and binding force of the organization members towards positive group dynamics, the institution will effectively curb the corrupt practices resulting from bureaucratic inertia. In short, in addition to constructing a governance system characterized and buttressed by integrity, government departments should focus on exploring and boosting ways proper to improve the integrity of organizational members so as to achieve the optimal effectiveness of clean governance.
Keywords: clean governance, integrity system, integrity, organizational behavior, ethics
* Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Shih Hsin University, e-mail: jh83204@gmail.com.
** PhD Candidates, Department of Public Policy and Management, Shih Hsin University, e-mail: khriou@gmail.com.