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Tue 12 Dec 2009Principles and ethics more important than rules, lawyers told
EXCESSIVE COMPLIANCE obligations may stifle innovation, a Law Society conference on new opportunities for the profession heard yesterday. Aidan Horan of the Institute of Public Administration said compliance took place within a context – the morals, standards and ethics of those involved. “It is an ethically and values-driven approach as much as a rules-driven approach,” he said.
In the area of governance, principles and ethics were more important than the codification of rules, he said. The public sector was much more complex than the private sector as its purpose was not necessarily to make a profit, but to provide a social benefit, he added.
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