From Integration to Integrity Administrative Ethics and Reform in the European Commission

by Cini, Michelle

• ISBN13: 9780719065040
• ISBN10: 0719065046
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

From Integration to Integrityexamines the European Commission's administrative ethics in the events leading up to the resignation of the College of Commissioners in March 1999 and the subsequent administrative reform led by Commissioner Neil Kinnock from 1999-2004. Insights from the field of administrative ethics are applied to the Commission's response to accusations of an ethics problem within its organization, adding a new perspective to existing research on the EU institutions. Until now there has been no study of the European institutions themselves to question the validity of these claims or to explore the extent to which the European Commission has responded to problems. This is the first book to examine how the European Commission has addressed concerns about its ethical standards since 1999.

Author Biography

Michelle Cini is Reader in European Studies in the Department of Politics, University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Research context and framework

The Resignation of the European Commission

Administrative Reform

The Eurostat Affair

Promoting Ethics in the College of Commissioners

Control, Socialization, and Ethics Reform in the Commission's Services

Beyond Control: Reporting, Investigating, and Sanctioning Wrongdoing in the European Commission

Extending the Ethics Infrastructure: From European Transparency Initiative to Common Ethical Space

Conclusion

References

Index

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