Integrity in public institutions: An overview of drivers and enablers
Integrity in public institutions: An overview of drivers and enablers

Summary/Abstract: Much like any analysis of intangible aspects underlying organizational fabric like leadership or culture, to mention just few, the discussion on integrity in public institutions tends to focus on tangible tell-tale signs like corruption and its various forms, while obscuring the real drivers and enablers of breaches in this so much sought organizational virtue. Therefore, the current article aims at providing an overview of the main causes leading to the loss or compromise of integrity in public institutions from an organizational behavior perspective. The aforementioned discipline allows a multi-layered approach anchored in General System’s Theory to account for the macro-organizational influence on integrity, Group Dynamics Theory, namely Richard Beckhard’s GRPI model, to explain the role played by groups and teams in upholding or undermining organizational values, and last but not the least Social Cognitive Theory of Morality to account for the reasons leading individuals to form or change existing moral standards.

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