Governance as integrity

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Autor(a) principal: Da Veiga, Maria do Rosário
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Major, Maria
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/93308
Resumo: Funding text: The second author of the paper acknowledges that this work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/ECO/00124/2013 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) by POR Lisboa (Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-007722 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) and POR Norte (Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209).
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spelling Governance as integritythe case of the internal oversight at the United Nations through the lens of public and private bureaucracies transaction cost economicsEthicsInternal oversightInternational organizationsPublic and Private Bureaucracies Transaction Cost EconomicsPublic sectorPublic AdministrationStrategy and ManagementFunding text: The second author of the paper acknowledges that this work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/ECO/00124/2013 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) by POR Lisboa (Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-007722 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) and POR Norte (Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209).Purpose: Through a case study on the governance structures of the UN, the purpose of this paper is to develop a critique of Public and Private Bureaucracies Transaction Cost Economics (PPBTCE) (Williamson, 1999) as a theoretical lens to analyze internal oversight structures. Design/methodology/approach: The authors explore “probity” and “independence” transactions’ attributes through historical narrative case-based research to answer the question – Why did numerous attempts to strengthen the governance of UN internal oversight structures not relieve “probity” hazards? Findings: The analysis shows that at the UN increasing and strengthening the governance of oversight structures, i.e., incentives, did not relieve probity/ethics hazards as predicted in PPBTCE. Secretaries-General and UN General Assembly, entities charged with oversight powers, systematically trumpeted the UN Charter, breaching probity/ethics and disregarding the supervisory independence prerogative of internal oversight structures, hence failing to contribute to the “common good” and to protect the UN mission. Originality/value: This paper is the first application of PPBTCE to internal oversight transactions within an International organization context testing probity and independence attributes. The authors find that “independence” outweighs the “asset specificity” attribute whenever decisions on the governance of internal oversight arise. As far as sourcing decisions are concerned, the authority of the sovereign and the independence of the judiciary as well as quasi-judiciary transactions are not transferable attributes and, thus, cannot be contracted along with the actors’ ethics. PPBTCE should be modified to include, e.g. “virtues ethics” behavioral assumption as a transaction costs’ reduction device and explanatory framework for “probity” hazards, abandoning the opportunism behavioral assumption.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)RUNDa Veiga, Maria do RosárioMajor, Maria2020-02-24T23:42:21Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/93308eng1096-3367PURE: 16430392https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-08-2018-0086info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:43:41Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/93308Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-05-22T17:43:41Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Governance as integrity
the case of the internal oversight at the United Nations through the lens of public and private bureaucracies transaction cost economics
title Governance as integrity
spellingShingle Governance as integrity
Da Veiga, Maria do Rosário
Ethics
Internal oversight
International organizations
Public and Private Bureaucracies Transaction Cost Economics
Public sector
Public Administration
Strategy and Management
title_short Governance as integrity
title_full Governance as integrity
title_fullStr Governance as integrity
title_full_unstemmed Governance as integrity
title_sort Governance as integrity
author Da Veiga, Maria do Rosário
author_facet Da Veiga, Maria do Rosário
Major, Maria
author_role author
author2 Major, Maria
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Da Veiga, Maria do Rosário
Major, Maria
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Ethics
Internal oversight
International organizations
Public and Private Bureaucracies Transaction Cost Economics
Public sector
Public Administration
Strategy and Management
topic Ethics
Internal oversight
International organizations
Public and Private Bureaucracies Transaction Cost Economics
Public sector
Public Administration
Strategy and Management
description Funding text: The second author of the paper acknowledges that this work was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/ECO/00124/2013 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) by POR Lisboa (Lisboa-01-0145-FEDER-007722 and Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209) and POR Norte (Social Sciences Data Lab, Project 22209).
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