Ethics in local governments: An example of Uşak Provincial Administration

The notion of ethics, ethics and implementation of them that is seen as an emerging problem in recent years are the priority issves at the scale of local government. With the staring of unethical behaviour frequently encountered such as malpractice, nepotism, bribery and as a result of complaints from citizens have made it necessary to take soma measures in public administration and local government units. In Turkish government history with the implementation number 5176 Public Ethics Comittee demermining the rules that must be followed during operation of the top management as a mechanism the Turkısh government has taken an important step on. At this point, ethic comittee specifying the principles of ethical behaviour, by introducing certain standards of behaviour to the personnel working in public institutions tried to prevent unethical behaviour. At this point, the aim of our study, putting forth the ethical principles and standards, the case of the Special Provincial Administration, local government units functioning of ethics rules, recognition, on a case of unethical behaviour by o survey among employees, performing due diligence and evaluation of employees, analysis of the current perception and practical perspective will be presented. Key Words: Ethic, Ethic Rules, Local Government, Special Provincial Administration.