THE BRAZILIAN LAW ON ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROBITY: A PREVENTIVE MECHANISM FOR GOOD PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?

• Autor(a) principal: Camargo, Patrícia Maria Seger de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Celmar Corrêa de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica do Curso de Direito da UFSM
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistadireito/article/view/23218
• topic: management; law; misconduct; morality; probity.; administração; direito; improbidade; moralidade; probidade

This research addresses the Brazilian Law 8.429/92 and analyzes its efficacy in preventing acts of misconduct. It intends to verify if the Brazilian law on Administrative Improbity can contribute to developing public agents oriented towards an ethical-moral practice, a critical aspect to a good public administration. Administrative morality, public ethics and probity are analyzed, three primary aspects of the legal administrative probity system in Brazil, established in the Federal Constitution of 1988. By reviewing Law 8.429/92 we seek to verify the scope of administrative improbity and the possibility of the law dictating more than a repression mechanism. The research method adopted is the qualitative one, through secondary data. The results show that the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 provided an innovative approach on the subject, establishing a code of conduct that assists in the prevention of practices qualified as improbity.