Confl icts of Interest, Corruption, and Ethics in Public Services: A Public Governance Approach

doi:10.4324/9780203846070-35

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Confl icts of Interest, Corruption, and Ethics in Public Services: A Public Governance Approach

ABSTRACT

Confl icts of interest and corruption may explain the failure of privatisations. Stiglitz states (2002, 58): “Perhaps the most serious concern with privatization, as it has so often been practiced, is corruption.”