Towards Integrity Machines: Design Theory for Information Systems addressing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector

EasyChair Preprint 373

Abstract

Within the public sector, conflicts of interest challenge the objectivity of public officials, threaten the outcome of public decisions, and create opportunities for corruption. Governments worldwide use various types of artifacts to address this problem: laws and regulations, the political market, and more recently, information system artifacts. Even though these types of artifacts have been in place for many years in various countries, the conflict of interest problem has intensified. The problem has recently been recognized as a worldwide governance problem. Disclosure Systems are a mainstream instrument to address the conflict of interest problem. Public officials are obliged by law to disclose information regarding their assets, sources of income, outside activities, participation in firms, debts, gifts, among other interests. This information is collected, registered, and verified by official monitoring bodies. Besides these traditional artifacts, a new wave of Information System Artifacts is arising, triggered by the advancement of IT tools. Our PhD research project regards the use, design, and effectiveness of such Information System artifacts to address the conflict of interest problem.

Keyphrases: Conflicts of Interest, design theory, information systems design

@booklet{EasyChair:373,
  author    = {Daniel Zavaleta Salinas},
  title     = {Towards Integrity Machines: Design Theory for Information Systems addressing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Sector},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 373},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}