Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to frame the causal relationships between corruption in public procurement and performance of local governments.

Design/methodology/approach

An outcome-based dynamic performance management approach is adopted to explore a representative case study of a small Italian municipality. The model is based on three sources: qualitative primary data generated by face-to-face convergent interviews; secondary data retrieved from documents describing legal cases linked to procurement and open-access repositories; and an extensive literature review.

Findings

Emphasizing the role of community civic morality systemically may help to understand some counterintuitive results in the past research and support decision-makers and policymakers in setting effective strategies to curb the associated negative implications.

Social implications

A dynamic approach of performance management aimed at framing corruption in public procurement may guide policymakers and decision-makers in keeping their “cognitive radar” constantly active, in a way to detect emerging corruptive phenomena that could be otherwise ignored by normal diagnostical approaches. It may also help to promote organizational ethical learning and improve community outcomes.

Originality/value

This research provides a causal and systemic framework of relationships involving local government performance and wrongdoings in public procurement, by including performance risk indicators linked to structural and individualistic causes of corruption.

中文翻译：

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动态绩效管理方法应对公共采购中的腐败：一个案例研究

目的

本文的目的是构建公共采购中的腐败与地方政府绩效之间的因果关系。

设计/方法/方法

采用基于结果的动态绩效管理方法来探索一个意大利小自治市的代表性案例研究。该模型基于三个来源：通过面对面会聚访谈生成的定性基本数据；以及 从描述与采购和开放存取存储库相关的法律案件的文档中获取的辅助数据；并进行了广泛的文献综述。

发现

系统地强调社区公民道德的作用可能有助于了解过去的研究中的一些违反直觉的结果，并支持决策者和决策者制定有效的策略来遏制相关的负面影响。

社会影响

一种旨在将公共采购中的腐败现象定为框架的动态绩效管理方法，可以指导决策者和决策者保持其“认知雷达”持续活动，以检测新兴的腐败现象，而这些现象通常可以被常规的诊断方法所忽略。它还可能有助于促进组织道德学习和改善社区成果。

创意/价值

这项研究通过包括与腐败的结构性和个人主义原因相关的绩效风险指标，为涉及地方政府绩效和公共采购中的不当行为的关系提供了因果关系和系统的框架。