Whistleblowing behaviours and anti-corruption approaches in public administration in Kenya  

作　　者：Gedion Onyango 

机构地区：[1]Department of Political Science and Public Administration,University of Nairobi,Nairobi,Kenya

出　　处：《Economic and Political Studies》2021年第2期230-254,共25页经济与政治研究（英文版）

摘　　要：This article demonstrates that whistleblowing often receives little attention in public administration due to ambivalence regarding administrative roles held by public administrators,the fluid scalar chain and horizontal linkages,and competitive and intricate public,organisational and private interests.Drawing on comparative analysis to elucidate the broader scope of anti-corruption reforms and whistleblowing in public administration,the article explores the influence of the administrative culture on the relationship between whistleblowing behaviours and implementation of anticorruption reforms in public administration in Kenya.It illustrates how bureaucratic oversight mechanisms such as internal auditing procedures and ethical guidelines tend to underperform where administrative environments largely feature autocratic bureaucratic authority,parochial management styles and centralised decision-making processes.Despite the functional specialty of public institutions,these cultural composites potentially elicit administrative behaviours that generally make whistleblowing anti-organisational,anti-social and an outright illegality in public administration.The absence of whistleblowing legislation or weak whistleblowing laws exacerbate these conditions.Whistleblowing becomes even more complex at the local-state level as social networks and working groups tend to be strengthened by the collectivist associational culture in public administration.Consequently,non-performance of anti-corruption reforms were found to stem from the collective chastisement of whistleblowing practices in public organisations in Kenya.Furthermore,institutional deficits typical in local-state administration seemingly made it riskier for potential whistleblowers to come forth,mainly attendant to loose and inconsistent legislation on corruption.Therefore,to enhance whistleblowing,there is a need to insulate potential whistleblowers from legal retaliation,including cultural retaliations that come in forms of emotional and professional‘attacks’

关 键 词：Administrative culture ethical climate public integrity CORRUPTION public accountability 

分 类 号：TB3[一般工业技术—材料科学与工程]