The Institutionalization of Integrity in Local Government

Scientific research and legal provisions offer more guidance on what regulations and instruments government organizations should apply to manage integrity than on how they should manage integrity, although the latter is at least as important as the former. Based on interviews with integrity officials in Dutch local government organizations, this exploratory study develops a descriptive typology of different approaches to the institutionalization of integrity. Its main contribution is a typology demonstrating that a "one-size-fits-all" approach does not exist. Combined with the critical elements and conditions for institutionalizing integrity, this typology can guide local authorities in making considered decisions in managing organizational integrity.