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Komplementárne pôsobenie etického a právneho normatívneho systému
The Complementarity of Ethical and Legal Normative System

Author(s): Ondrej Mitaľ
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Public Administration Ethics; Ethical Normative System; Legal Normative System; Codes of Ethics; Complementary Effect.

Summary/Abstract: Considering ethical aspect of public administration practice is an essential part of public administration in democratic countries. The presented study tries to enrich discussion about the importance of ethical norms in the sphere of public administration. Besides that, the study examines, with the help of deductive and inductive method, the benefits and limits of ethical norms as a regulator of public administration employee’s behaviour in the conditions of Slovak Republic. The introductory part of presented text is devoted to the most discussed theoretical opinions linked to the examined issue. The core part of study concentrates its attention on the current state of practice with emphasize on ethical norms adopted by state administration and local self-government units. The main benefit of this paper is based on the finding that ethical norms could be important factor, which could influence the behaviour of employees and should be used as a complementary and additional regulator along with the legislative. Finally, the study ends with a discussion of the assumptions and suggestion connected with potential of qualitative improvement of examined issue.

  • Issue Year: 26/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 259-282
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Slovak