Finding The Root of Law Evasion in Iran's Government Organizations Based on The RCA Method

Shahlaee Manesh, Payman; Aahmadi, Freydon; Irandoost, Mansour

doi:10.30473/ipom.2024.70265.4944

Document Type : Descriptive

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Administration, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Payam Noor University, Tehran , Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2024.70265.4944

Abstract

The present research has been conducted with the aim of deeply rooting the factors affecting lawlessness in Iran's government organizations. In terms of purpose, it is practical and developmental, and in terms of the approach of qualitative and exploratory research, it is in two qualitative parts.In the first part, with Delphi technique and using structured questionnaires, the main factors and variables of law evasion were identified, and in the second part, the factors obtained in the previous stage were deeply rooted with the help of five reasons tool from RCA technique and by conducting interviews.The‌ socio-statistics of this research includes 18 experts, elites, university professors, managers of the supervisory departments of executive bodies and judges of the Administrative Court of Justice who were experts and familiar with the subject of the research, and in an improbable and purposeful way, they reached theoretical saturation in the 18th person. Based on the results of the Delphi technique, six main factors, including economic factors, political factors, personal factors, structural factors, regulatory factors and social factors, and 16 variables dependent on the factors were identified. And based on the results of the RCA method, three factors of conflict of interest, lack of salary increase in accordance with the inflation rate, and loopholes in the laws were identified as the roots of lawlessness in Iran's government organizations.

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Volume 12, Vol 2 , Series 46 - Serial Number 46
May 2024
Pages 67-88

Finding The Root of Law Evasion in Iran's Government Organizations Based on The RCA Method

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Volume 12, Vol 2 , Series 46 - Serial Number 46May 2024Pages 67-88

Volume 12, Vol 2 , Series 46 - Serial Number 46
May 2024
Pages 67-88