Reflecting the European values on incompatibilities and conflicts of interest in the Romanian local public administration

Berceanu, Bogdan (2015): Reflecting the European values on incompatibilities and conflicts of interest in the Romanian local public administration. Published in: Revista Romana de Drept European. Supliment, pp. (2015): pp. 179-186.

Abstract

The human resource is the most important wealth of any national or European public institution, because it is one of the main drivers of accelerating reforms in the European space. From this perspective, we consider necessary and appropriate that the human resource to be informed and to respect the principles and specific methods of incompatibilities and conflicts of interest in national regulations and acts and, also, their understanding in the wider context of European Union provisions. The paper aims to examine how, in Romania were covered by various categories of acts incompatibilities and conflicts of interest regarding the local public administration.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: conflicts of interest, incompatibilities, local public administration, European values
• Subjects: K - Law and Economics > K0 - General > K00 - General; K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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