2006 Policy Primer Series
Texas Public Policy Foundation
 

September 26, 2006
Transparency as the Best Defense Against Bad Behavior
A Policy Primer address in Midland, Texas, by the Hon. Maurice McTigue.
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What is accountability? Surprisingly many languages don’t have an equivalent word for the English word accountability. That of course might tell us something about those societies? Our normal interpretation of accountable is “to be responsible” and that is the first definition we find in the dictionary however the second definition in the dictionary is the more appropriate for the purposes of examining accountability in Government. That definition describes accountable as “the responsibility to account for ones conduct”.

ABOUT MAURICE MCTIGUE
Maurice McTigue is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at George Mason University's Mercatus Center. As an illustrious career as a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and Ambassador, McTigue led an ambitious and extremely successful effort to restructure New Zealand's public sector and to revitalize its stagnant economy.

This special speech was delivered at the Petroleum Club in Midland, Texas, on Sept. 26, 2006, to supporters and friends of the Foundation.

The text of the speech is available as a pdf document.

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