O princípio constitucional da moralidade administrativa no âmbito da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

The Federal Constitution of 1988 expressly stipulating in its article 37, that the Public Administration must follow, among others, the principle of administrative morality, came to substantiate a social clamor for the restoration of moral order in the country, in a way that requires the rescue of ethical values, such as probity, honesty, fairness and justice, in the performance of the civil service, values that shape human behavior and guide the public agent in the correct conduct of administrative activities, collaborating for the achievement of good administration in the brazilian public service. In view of this, this present work intends to carry out a study on the constitutional principle of administrative morality, in order to investigate its concept, content, characteristics and scope and, thus, understand how to make it effective in the reality of Public Administration, focusing on the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, federal autarchy and, therefore, entity of the Indirect Administration. The general objective is to elaborate, based on the doctrinal and normative framework on the principle of administrative morality, as well as the institutional reality of UFRN, 10 general principles of behavior applicable to university reality, to guide the conduct of the public agent and thus be facilitators in the realization of this principle. The specific objectives unfold in: a) Carry out a theoretical study about the constitutional principle of administrative morality; b) To survey and analyze the main legal legislation that regulates the ethical behavior of the federal public servant; and, c) Investigate the applicability of the principle of administrative morality within UFRN. About the method, the research is classified as descriptive, with regard to the intended objectives. Regarding the technical procedures used for data collection, it is characterized as bibliographic and documentary research, making use of indirect documentation as a research technique. With the development of the study and the elaboration of general principles of behavior, it is expected to contribute to making the constitutional principle of administrative morality effective within UFRN mainly through the prevention of misconduct and consequently infractions by the public federal server.