TY - BOOK AU - Christoph Demmke AU - Jari Autioniemi AU - Florian Lenner AU - Maros Paulini PY - 2021 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783631858578 TI - The Effectiveness of Conflict of Interest Policies T2 - A Comparative Study of Holders of Public Office in the EU Member States DO - 10.3726/b18626 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1111922 N2 - Neither instruments nor methodologies are available to measure the development of CoI over long periods of time. Therefore, it is impossible to state whether CoI increase or decrease. The Member States of the EU have no statistics and figures about the development of Conflicts of Interest (CoI). However, ever new scandals, growing media attention and changing concepts of governance create ever new ethical challenges and conflicts of interest. As such, detecting, managing and measuring CoI policies involve some of the greatest challenges and difficulties in legal, political, organizational, behavioural and administrative sciences. This international and empirical research examines the causes of conflicts of interest and discusses concepts, innovative instruments and new ideas how to enhance the effectiveness of policies. KW - Political Sciences, Conflicts of Interest, Effectiveness, Public Administration, Ethics LA - English ER -