A RULE OF LAW APPROACH TO PROMOTING PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY SYSTEM: EUROPEAN UNION PRINCIPLES AND THE CASE OF SERBIA
A RULE OF LAW APPROACH TO PROMOTING PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY SYSTEM: EUROPEAN UNION PRINCIPLES AND THE CASE OF SERBIA

Summary/Abstract: All democratic societies uphold public integrity promoting rule of law, the stability of democratic institutions, human rights protection, accountability. The new edition of European Union administrative principles more clearly expresses its values and standards of good public administration. European Commission is highlighting public administration reform as one of the “fundamental cluster” at the core of the accession negotiations. The fundamentals address key interlinked issues ranging from rule of law, highlighting integrity and accountability, fight against corruption, human rights and public administration reform in general. The purpose of the paper is to elaborate the application of European principles on accountability and public integrity through analysis of European standards and best practice and Serbian strategic, normative and institutional framework focusing to main concerns for effective implementation of legislation and applying consistent practice. In the Introduction authors emphasize the importance of public sector integrity from the perspective of European Union and national reform processes. The first part refers to the analysis of conceptual issues of accountability, lawfulness and integrity. It contains analysis of European principles and theoretical analysis of essential elements such as: fight against corruption, abuse of public powers, various forms of conflict of interest, discretionary power, public officials’ administrative and/or criminal responsibility, ethical conduct.The second part reveals the challenges regarding practical application of integrity principle. Third part of the paper contains statistical analysis of liability of Serbian public officials due to anti-corruption and public integrity regulation and practice. In Conclusion authors will summarize results of research in the way to point out to tendencies regarding fostering integrity system and means of application in practice. Dominant methods of scientific research are dogmatic, comparative, content analysis, statistical analysis.

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