Attitudes toward the ethical norms for government officials in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chan,Po-Chun, 陳柏均
• Other Authors: Chang,Wen-Chun
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72252624665764784742

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 財政學系 === 98 === Bureaucracy and corruption usually lead to the inefficiency of government and the distrust of the democratic system in governing the society. The ethical norms used to justify the legitimacy of government have been an important political agenda for many democratic societies. In previous literature, there are very few studies examining why people obey their government and what are the moral capacities that political leaders would need to possess. This study investigates people’s attitudes toward the ethical norms for government officials in a developing democratic country – Taiwan which is strongly influenced by the traditional values of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and folk religions. Using data from 2006 Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), this study analyzes the relationship between these traditional values and people’s attitudes toward the ethical norms for government officials. The findings from this study indicate that there are strong positive links between the Eastern religions of Buddhism, Taoism, and Folk religions and the attitudes toward the ethical norms used to justify the legitimacy of political powers granted for government officials.