Research

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South African

• Financial disclosure contact list (PDF 108KB): This provides you with the names, official positions, telephone numbers and email addresses of staff involved in the administration and oversight of disclosure regulations for elected officials across legislatures and executives at the three levels of government.

• Report on managing conflicts on interest in the public service, Public Service Commission, 2006

• 'Government Ethics in Post-Apartheid South Africa', A report compiled by the Political Information and Monitoring Service South Africa (PIMS-SA) at Idasa.

• Public Service Commission’s 2006 report on measuring the efficacy of the Code of Conduct for public servants         (PDF 1.8MB)

• Public Service Commission’s 2007 report on the management of conflict of interests through financial disclosures     (PDF 1.7MB)

• Public Service Commission’s 2006 report on managing conflicts of interest in the public service  (PDF 1.5MB)

• Public Service Commission’s workshop on Financial Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest (PDF 40KB)

• A summary account of the private business interests of members of the new National Executive (2009) produced by the Mail and Guardian. (PDF 48KB)

International

• The new Parliamentary Standards Bill in the UK will create a new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to regulate the system of allowances, set rules to deal with financial interests and put the requirement for a code of conduct for MPs on a statutory footing. Documents relating to the new UK Parliamentary Standards Bill can be found at:  
  • A copy of the Bill and the explanatory notes can be found on Parliament's website
  • A record of the Harriet Harman's statement on the Bill and the following debate can be found on Hansard
  • A press notice has also been posted on the MOJ website

• Global Integrity Report, 2004: South Africa
  • http://www.globalintegrity.org/reports/2004/2004/country65f4.html?cc=za&act=ia
  • http://www.globalintegrity.org/reports/2004/docs/2004/2004South_Africa. (PDF 452KB)

• Transparency International Corruption Fighters Handbook

• Markula Center for Applied Ethics: 'Conflicts of Interest in Government'

• Canada Public Service Agency: 'Apparent Conflict of Interest'

• United States Office of Government Ethics: 'Remedies for Financial Conflicts of Interest'

• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate: 'Managing Conflict of Interest in Government and the Public Sector'     (PDF 208KB)

• Local Government Managers Australia: 'Part B - Rules on Conflicts of Interest'

• Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner: 'Conflict of Interest Act'

• State of California: Fair Political Practices Commission - "Conflicts of Interest'

• Casals & Associates:' Conflict of Interest in Post Communist Societies: Why is it important to tackle it and how?' (PDF 36KB)

• Crime and Misconduct Commission: 'Conflicts of Interest'

• The Integrity Coordinating Group - (Australia): 'Legislative and Policy Framework'

• Report of the Auditor-General on the Declarations of Interest by Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Government Employees, January 2006 (PDF 312KB)

• ‘Sitting on the Fence:  Conflicts of interest and how to regulate them’, a research piece produced by the  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre