INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT IN THE ROMANIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The role of ethical behaviour in public management is crucial for the public organizations' results and for the citizens' satisfaction all over the world. This idea is already demonstrated by several studies and the practitioners share it. It exists only limited knowledge about how the newly emerged politico-administrative dichotomy in the Balkans has influenced the formation of ethical behaviour along the management process and how this should be updated, taking into account that it is permanently influenced by regional cultures, by public managers and politicians. The main objectives of this paper are: (1) to present some of the conclusions of an empirical survey developed by the author, (2) to underline the main reasons for unethical behaviour, (3) to identify some recommendations for creating and maintaining an ethically-oriented behaviour and organisational culture. A special questionnaire have been used for investigating 40 persons from the Centre of the Romanian Government and have identified some important elements of their ethical profile, as well as the main changes required. The paper contains several recommendations for improving the ethical behaviour in the Romanian public organizations especially the core government. values.