La nouvelle gestion publique et l'accroissement des marges de manœuvre : un terreau propice au développement de l'éthique?

Abstract: The administrative discretion of civil servants is a central topic in public administration literature. Some authors view it as necessary and beneficial, while other researchers see it is a source of widespread abuse. However, reforms inspired by the “new public management” taking place in a number of public administrations are promoting greater managerial flexibility. In parallel with these modernization initiatives directed at administration, scandals continue to shake politico‐administrative life, and ethical issues are increasingly at the heart of public action. It is within this context that we question the relationship between an increasing managerial discretion and the development of an ethics infrastructure. Which areas are at risk? Can ethics help overcome the potential abuses of power? How do managers perceive their ability to be flexible and the role of ethics in their work? How do you implement the ethical requirements developed in various standards documents? These are the principal themes addressed in this article that presents the findings of a qualitative case study conducted in a Quebec ministry in 2008–2009. Our results show that, contrary to what promoters of the new public management claim, managers have little, if any, discretionary power in matters of financial management. Their actions and decisions are strictly governed by hierarchical control mechanisms or a computer system. This explains in part why taking ownership of general principles and establishing an ethics infrastructure remain a formal process.     

演讲的语言艺术初探

演讲作为一种高级的口语表达形式，对语言的要求自然要高。若要进行一次成功的演讲，必须从研究演讲的语言艺术入手，探索其特点及规律。做到：准确简洁；通俗平易；生动形象。     

反恐时代的司法权

当一个政体陷入紧急状态中，民选的立法和行政机关往往倾向于以国家安全和公共安全的名义，采取剥夺公民权利的严厉措施，而司法部门就负有抵制民选机关的任务，来保护公民的基本权利。但因其非民选的先天特征而使司法机关在保护公民权利的行动中相对民选的政府部门缺乏正当性基础。因此本文寻求通过树立一种新的民主观念给予司法部门抵制民选机关的正当性基础，增强司法权力的法理地位，从而达到在甚至当今反恐战争如火如荼的时期仍能形成公民权利的一道坚实的制度性屏障。     

Life at Its Purest： A Dong Village

Q IANDONGNAN in southeastern Guizhou Province is an autono- mous prefecture for the Miao and Dong ethnic minorities. Life on the remote plateau is about as close to nature as you can get these days, and it is one of the world’s 18 preserves of ethnic culture. People of the 2,500-year-old Dong ethnic minority make up 31.5 percent of the local population. Known for hav- ing “Tang Dynasty hairstyles, Song Dy- nasty dress sense, and Ming and Qing Dynasty houses,” the region has been de…     

司法鉴定制度改革应走创新之路

我国现行司法鉴定体制已经初步呈现鉴定人、专家辅助人和专家证人三足鼎立之势。各种相互冲突的制度并存的状况,一方面反映了改革进路抉择之艰难,另一方面也是制度优势互补的一种尝试。然而,简单的制度叠加难以摆脱中国司法鉴定的困境,司法鉴定制度改革应走创新之路。     

论《资本论》的生命力

《资本论》是马克思主义的百科全书。它首先是一部伟大的政治经济学著作。它以严密的逻辑揭示了资本主义经济的内在矛盾,科学地阐述了人类社会的经济发展规律,特别是市场经济的一般规律。《资本论》在主要分析资本主义经济内在矛盾的同时,合乎逻辑地推导出了社会主义社会的某些基本特征和经济规律。在今天,无论是研究现代资本主义,还是搞社会主义建设,都要以《资本论》所阐述的马克思主义经济学原理作为指导思想的理论基础。