| Summary: | 碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 政治研究所 === 101 === Internationally, with Transparency International being founded and the promotion of integrity of governance, corruption prevention has turned into a global public issue. Also, for a country or government, the index of the integrity is a reliable indication of its competence among nations as well as that of its people’s faith in the administration. In recent years, corruption events have been occurring frequently in public sectors and military units, which had violently cracked down the government’s and ROC military’s images. In view of this, in 1997 Executive Yuan and Ministry of National Defense released Integrity and Ethics Directions for Civil Servants and Integrity and Ethics Prerequisites for R.O.C Military respectively, calling for the tougher demand for anti-corruption by dint of related articles. However, these two norms belong to more moral regulations than mandatory laws.
This study employed documentary analysis and comparative research, using R.O.C Military and Japan Self-Defense Forces members as the subjects. The specific aims in this report are as follows:
(1) To discuss the relations as well as differences and similarities among ethics, morals, and laws in order to underline the binding authority of laws.
(2) Not only to define the civil servants and soldiers as civil servants through article 430 and 455 of Constitutional Interpretation and its connected enactments but to individually explore Integrity and Ethics Directions for Civil Servants and Integrity and Ethics Prerequisites for R.O.C Military as well.
(3) To investigate the qualification for Japan Self-Defense Forces members and the characteristics and specifications of The Self-Defense Forces Personnel Ethics Act.
(4) To draw the conclusions such as “the comparison between the purpose and function of legislation”, “the comparison between contexts of specifications”, “the comparison between processes”, and “comparison between gauges of giving or accept gifts or favors and legitimacy of discipline ” through comparison of ethical standards between the two countries with the intention of being reference for future legalization of Integrity and Ethics Directions.
Having been implemented for five years, though Integrity and Ethics Directions for Civil Servants and Integrity and Ethics Prerequisites for R.O.C Military did help Taiwan ascend in the ranks of integrity index in Transparency International, infringements of relevant integrity and ethics regulations among senior civil servants and military cadres can still be seen. Obviously, Integrity and Ethics Directions can not be taken into effect. Therefore, at the moment when people are losing their faith in the government and R.O.C military, it is necessary for the administration and Ministry of National Defense to review and reexamine their conducts in reference to Japan, which has the similar national conditions as Taiwan. What’s more, the current integrity and ethics regulations ought to be integrated and legalized so as to recreate the government’s and ROC military’s images.
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