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Enhancing Transparency at Work: Monitoring Corruption with the Government Integrity Index System

The Government Integrity Index System (GII) devised by Lung-Teng Hu tracks corruption using objective and subjective indicators across municipalities. The GII framework includes 4 dimensions, 13 constructs, and 27 indicators, assessing input, process, impact, and output to gauge government integrity. The operationalization process involves standardization, normalization, combining scores, and final index calculation, promoting fair assessment using a grouping approach, not ranking methods. Citizen assessment and stakeholder involvement in GII measurement aim to educate officials and drive indicator management, though challenges like low survey response must be addressed for system credibility.

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Enhancing Transparency at Work: Monitoring Corruption with the Government Integrity Index System

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  1. Transparency at Work: Monitoring Corruption with the Government Integrity Index System Lung-Teng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Public Policy and Management Shih Hsin University Taipei, Taiwan Director of Knowledge Management TI-Chinese Taipei

  2. 4 Dimensions 13 Constructs 27 Indicators 23 municipalities & counties Objective Indicators & Subjective Indicators G I I Government Integrity Index

  3. 4 Dimensions Input Process Impact Output Structure of Government Integrity Index (GII)

  4. 13 Constructs Input Human Resources Budget Law and Regulations Process Procurement Anti-Corruption Audit Public Education on Anti-Corruption Structure of Government Integrity Index (GII)

  5. Output Complaints Disclosure Misconduct Law Breaking Impact Media Report Staff Perception Public Opinion Structure of Government Integrity Index (GII)

  6. Objective Indicators Subjective Indicators Structure of Government Integrity Index (GII)

  7. Structure of Government Integrity Index (GII) • Objective Indicators: come from official statistics • Subjective Indicators: come from two surveys • Public opinion telephone survey (hereafter Public Opinion Survey) • Staff mailing survey (hereafter Staff Survey)

  8. Operationalization of GII Stage 1 • Standardization: from original statistics to standardized Z scores. • Normalization: multiply each standardized Z score by -1, if necessary • If the statistics look neutral, use their correlations with public opinion survey results to determine the directions

  9. Operationalization of GII Stage 2 • Combining normalized standardized scores into sub-dimension scores. • Weighting method: (1) using consensus by Delphic method, or (2) performing factor analysis for each sub-dimension extract only the first factor then using regression method to get weights

  10. Operationalization of GII Stage 3 • Combining sub-dimension scores into dimension scores. Weighting method: (1) using consensus by Delphic method, or (2) performing factor analysis for each dimension • Dimension score adjustment using linear transformation, • SAx = 70 + (10*Sx)

  11. Operationalization of GII Stage 4 • Combining dimension scores into final index. Weighting method: (1) using consensus by Delphic method, or (2) performing factor analysis on six dimension scores • Final index adjustment using linear transformation GII = 70 + (10*FI)

  12. Features of GII Results • We have finished our Beta Version of GII with data from 23 municipalities/counties • We are working on the second round data collection • Grouping rather than ranking by multiple comparison technique

  13. Citizens’ Assessment on Governmental Integrity in General

  14. Citizens’ Assessment on Magistrates/Mayors’ Integrity

  15. Citizens’ Assessment on Department Chiefs’ Integrity

  16. Citizens’ Assessment on Public Employees’ Integrity

  17. Final Scores in GII Beta Version

  18. Can we say this ranking is fair?? Why grouping? Think about this… If the score difference between the Last No.4 city/country and the Last No.3 is 50, while the difference between the Last No.2 and the Last No.1 is 0.5…

  19. Conclusions • Webelieve that • Using grouping technique rather than ranking method has some advantages: • taking the concept of “variation” into account, • making the assessment results are fairer and more acceptable, • minimizing the emotional overreaction or critique from the evaluated objects.

  20. Conclusions Who has been involved in the GII measurement? • Directly involved: • Citizens • Public employees • Indirectly involved: • The media (by news reports/coverage) • Governments themselves (by official statistics input)

  21. Conclusions • Impacts: • Educating public officials that corruption/integrity can be measured. • Requesting agencies to collect needed data regularly. • Promoting the idea of “indicator management” to government-wide Department of Government Ethics. • Challenges: • Responding rate of staff survey is quite low, probably due to the sensitivity of the issue. • Need to prevent from the systematic bias occurring from specific departments/local governments.

  22. Thank You !

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