Integrity is a core concept in the shaping of the culture of legality that requires greater attention from academia and relevant social agents. The idea of integrity alludes both to relative principles such as impartiality, neutrality, objectivity and absence of arbitrariness in the functioning of public institutions and to the moral virtues alluded to by the terms of decency, honesty, trustworthiness, exemplarity or loyalty in the development of the activity of the agents of civil society and which are complemented by other operational dimensions such as efficiency, reasonableness or responsibility. Perhaps, the idea of integrity can be synthesized as the normative core of Good Governance proposals. This seminar addresses these issues, trying to emphasize two complementary approaches: interdisciplinarity and theoretical-practical transfer articulation. In the first sense, an attempt is made to articulate the philosophical-political viewpoints with the legal, political and administrative ones. In the second, it calls for dialogue between academics and institutional decision-makers in the execution of public integrity.

Schedule

Monday, June 10

9:45 hh. Opening by the coordinators.

10:00 hh. Table 1. Integrity between ethics and politics

Manuel Cruz. Professor of Contemporary Philosophy. University of Barcelona. President of the Senate

José María Lassalle. Professor of Political Philosophy. Former Secretary of State for Culture and Digital Agenda.

Moderator: Eusebio Fernández. Professor of Philosophy of Law. Uc3m

11:45 hh. End of session

12:15 hh. Table 2. Integrity as a value in the Rule of Law

Brian Tamanaha. John S. Lehmann University Professor of Legal Theory. Washington University

José Juan Moreso. Professor of Philosophy of Law. Pompeu Fabra University

Moderator: José María Sauca. Professor of Philosophy of Law. Uc3m

14:00 hh. End of session

16:30 hh. Table 3. Round table: Evaluation of integrity policies at the regional level (2015-19)

Manuel Alcaraz. Acting Minister of Transparency of the Generalitat Valenciana

María Victoria Broto. Councilor for Citizenship and Social Rights of the Government of Aragon

Andrés Zearreta.ice-Counselor of Public Function of Eusko Jaurlaritza

Moderator: Isabel Wences. Professor of Political Science. Uc3m 

18.30 hh. End of the session.

Tuesday, June 11

10:00 hh Table 4. Integrity and electoral processes

Jorge Urdánoz. Professor of Philosophy of Law. Public University of Navarra

Enrique del Olmo. Sociologist. President of +democracia

Joan Navarro. Sociologist. Communication agency Llorente & Cuenca

José Antonio Gómez Yáñez. Professor of Political Science. Uc3m.

Moderator: Fernando Jiménez. Professor of Political Science. University of Murcia.

12:15 hh. End of the session

12:30 hh. Table 5.  International policies and strategies on public integrity.

Anna Persson. Professor at the Quality of Governance Institute. Gothenburg. Sweden

Francisco Velázquez. General Secretary of the Latin American Center of Administration for Development (CLAD)

Moderator: Manuel Villoria. Professor of Political Science. URJC

14:15 hh. End of the session

16:30 hh. Table 6.  Round table 6: Evaluation of integrity policies at the local level (2015-19)

Gemma Calvet. Director of the Transparency Agency of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Carlos Granados. Director of the Municipal Office against Fraud and Corruption. Madrid City Council

Miren Gotzone Sagardui. President of the Ethics Commission of Bilbao. Coordinating Councilor of the Mayor's Office, Economic Development and Good Governance

Moderator: Juana López Pagán. Head of International and European Projects Area of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces

18:30 hh. Closing ceremony.

Organizers: Inter-University Program in Culture of Legality (NEW TRUST-CM) of the Community of Madrid (S2015/HUM-3466).

With the collaboration of the Research Program of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences.