This study discusses the possible effects of the intervention of politicians—actors that operate above organizations—in the monitoring and execution of public–private partnerships (PPPs). Using the recent case of the Mottarone cable car crash, this research offers evidence that, pressured by private organizations, political actors had both weakened the public sector's ability to effectively monitor the private sector in the execution of PPPs and facilitated private firms in deviating from their contractual obligations. These findings suggest that the interference of the government in PPPs likely has increased the challenges of establishing accountability, and this is also source of ethical issues.

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政客能否危害公私伙伴关系？莫塔罗内缆车坠毁案

本研究讨论了政治家（在组织之上运作的行为者）干预对公私伙伴关系 (PPP) 的监督和执行的可能影响。使用最近的 Mottarone 缆车事故案例，本研究提供的证据表明，在私营组织的压力下，政治行为者既削弱了公共部门在 PPP 执行中有效监督私营部门的能力，又促使私营公司偏离了他们的合同义务。这些发现表明，政府对 PPP 的干预可能增加了建立问责制的挑战，这也是道德问题的根源。