EPA-04 Personnel administration Unit21 administrative ethics and integrity

           (The essentials to ensure the practice of administrative ethics)
(1)Faith, determination towards pursuit of excellence of service in their
   professional activities.

(2) Infusion of ethics into politics so that the political elite can
     demonstrate integrity and in still faith among subordinates about their
   fairness and impartiality.

(3)Relations between citizens and personnel to create favourable opinion towards
   public services.

(4)Need for character building.

(5)Impartiality.

(6)Political neutrality.


               (The causes for decline of integrity in civil services)
(1)Historical causes
environmental causes
Economic causes.
Lack of strong public opinion against the evil of corruption.
Complicated and cumbersome procedures and working of government offices.
Inadequate laws to deal with corruption.
Undue protection given to the public services in india.
Collusion of commercial and industrial magnates and others to serve their
  individual interests.
Pressure groups.

                        (The legal framework to check corruption)
(1)Preventation of corruption act 1947
Civil servants conduct rules
Santhanam committee on prevention of corruption.
Central vigilance commission.
state vigilance commission.
Central bureau of corruption.
Institutions of lokpal and lok ayukta.

                (Steps for improvement of integrity in civil services)
Making conditions of services attractive.
Simplifications of working of government machinary.
Creation of healthy public opinon against the effects of corruption.
Ensuring high standards of conduct among the top personnel.