Daniela Viviane Abratzky – Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Odbojárov 10, 820 05 Bratislava 25, Slovakia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2019.79
5th International Conference – ERAZ 2019 – KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Budapest – Hungary, May 23, 2019, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
Conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, Mediterranean University, Montenegro; University of National and World Economy – Sofia, Bulgaria; Faculty of Commercial and Business Studies – Celje, Slovenia; Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance – Belgrade, Serbia;
ISBN 978-86-80194-20-2, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.2019
Abstract
This article reports on ethic management at the European Commission services and analyses
its implementation measures. The European Commission is one of the most powerful international
executives in the world and it is a very particular bureaucracy employing approximately 33.000 officials
from twenty-eight Member States. The European Commission fulfils a very complex mandate by
implementing EU policies and the budget as well as enforcing EU legislation. This challenging task
is carried out in a unique structure, which combines professional bureaucratic processes with cultural
richness. As of the year 2000 – driven by external pressure – European Commission enhanced its
Ethic and Compliance policy by issuing guidelines and implementation measures at its headquarters;
subsequently these efforts were also transported to the agencies, most of them being established in the
Member States.
The article will analyse recognized Ethics management tools applied at the European Commission services
with a special view to the efficiency of the role of an Ethics officer.
The article provides a concise overview on how Ethics policy is implemented in a highly complex and
international structure. The reader will learn about organisational aspects of the European Commission
and applied management techniques in terms of Ethical reforms.
The method is a sound literature research combined with a practical analysis of the current state of
Ethics management in European bodies.
Key words
Ethics program; European Commission; Ethics officer; Intercultural challenges.
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