ABSTRACT
Corruption and bribery permeate state boundaries and they are temptations to public administrators and managers in every country. Many countries have recognized this and instituted comprehensive ethics policies and programs to combat such hazards. In addition, however, many international organizations have begun to establish international standards for public ethical conduct, common standards that can be implemented in several countries for more consistent public-management ethics. In this chapter, we begin to investigate these emerging global standards. Our purpose is not to provide an empirical look at existing standards and their implementation; rather, we offer an introduction to the regional and international efforts to establish ethics frameworks that go beyond singular efforts by countries to combat corruption.1
