Seven principles of public life: time to rethink.

Spicker, Paul

Abstract

The Seven Principles of Public Life, developed by the Nolan Committee, claim to be concerned with the development of an ethical culture, but they have been imposed by central authority. The principles are muddled and unclear, but beyond that they have signally failed to relate to many of the key ethical issues which have arisen in public services in the intervening period. This paper reviews both some of the alternative principles that might be considered, and the possibility of a different approach based on virtue ethics.

Citation

SPICKER, P. 2014. Seven principles of public life: time to rethink. Public money and management [online], 34(1), pages 11-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2014.865927

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 29, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Nov 29, 2013
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 15, 2016
• Journal: Public money and management
• Print ISSN: 0954-0962
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9302
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2014.865927
• Keywords: Ethics; Principles; Public offices; Standards of public life
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1705