ABSTRACT

Kazakhstan, like other post-Soviet countries, is struggling to address residual issues of corruption and weak ethical standards within a wider initiative to promote good governance. From 1997 onwards, it has introduced several iterations of codes of ethics and professional conduct. These efforts have culminated in the appointment of ethics commissioners in each ministry and government agency. This article considers how effective they have been in enforcing ethical standards through primary data collected from three groups: aspiring civil servants; in-service officials; and, ethics commissioners. The research finds that commissioners have much higher tolerance levels towards ethical dilemmas and lack consistency in making judgements, which limits confidence in their roles as enforcement officers.

摘要

哈萨克斯坦与其他后苏联国家一样，正在努力解决腐败和道德标准薄弱的遗留问题，以促进善治。从 1997 年开始，它引入了几次迭代的道德和职业行为准则。这些努力最终促成了每个部委和政府机构任命道德专员。本文考虑了他们通过从三个群体收集的主要数据在执行道德标准方面的有效性：有抱负的公务员；在职官员；道德专员。研究发现，专员对道德困境的容忍度更高，并且在做出判断时缺乏一致性，这限制了他们作为执法人员角色的信心。