posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00authored bySoheila Mirshekary, Ali YaftianAli Yaftian, Bikram Chatterjee
The New Zealand public sector has gone through major reform as a result of fiscal deficit in 1984 (KettI, 1997; Schwartz, 1997), resulting in shift of emphasis from quality service provision to establishing financial supremacy (Kettl, 1997). This raises concern as to how public sector employees are attaining balance between their service objectives with financial ones and how is the ethics negotiated in this process. Following this concern, this paper focuses on determining the organisational variables consisting of organisational policies in the District Health Boards (DHBs) and hospitals of New Zealand on ethical behaviours of managers and the ethical climate of these departments. The aim of this study is to increase our understanding of the ethical climate of the public health. Our findings suggest that little emphasis has been provided to the aspect of ethics in New Zealand health sector. There is no reward for employees who exhibit exemplary ethical behaviour, no hot line to consult/report about ethics, any detailed guidelines and policies, and not enough ethics-related training provided to staff.
History
Pagination
1 - 32
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Open access
Yes
Start date
2008-11-29
End date
2008-12-01
Language
eng
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Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2008, University of Wollongong in Dubai
Editor/Contributor(s)
R van der Spek
Title of proceedings
AAAA 2008 : Proceedings of the 9th Annual Conference Asian Academic Accounting Association Proceedings 2008