Maladministration
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Maladministration is the actions of a government body which can be seen as causing an
Ombudsmen must investigate maladministration.[1]
The definition of maladministration is wide and can include:
- Delay
- Incorrect action or failure to take any action
- Failure to follow procedures or the law
- Failure to provide information
- Inadequate record-keeping
- Failure to investigate
- Failure to reply
- Misleading or inaccurate statements
- Inadequate liaison
- Inadequate consultation
- Broken promises
See also
References
- ^ "What is maladministration?" (PDF). House of Commons. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- Nellis, John R. (1980). "Maladministration: Cause or Result of Underdevelopment? The Algerian Example". .
- Caiden, Gerald E. (1981). "Public Maladministration and Bureaucratic Corruption". Hong Kong Journal of Public Administration. 3 (1): 56–71. .
- Hope, Kempe Ronald (1985). "Politics, Bureaucratic Corruption, and Maladministration in the Third World". S2CID 154007528.
- Caiden, Gerald E. (1991). "What Really is Public Maladministration?". Indian Journal of Public Administration. 37 (1): 1–16. S2CID 159478534.
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