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The mission of the Gallup Monitor
The mission of the Gallup Monitor is to serve the transparency
in public life.
Gallup Hungary's motto - as well as that of its
parent company
The Gallup Organization - is 'Let people be
heard'. This implies a service to democracy.
For this polling
market research and management
consulting firm
with its great traditions and international
renown
the survey of public opinions is not an end in itself
nor does it aim merely to satisfy a natural interest in people's
expectations of
and reactions to
different past and future
events. Gallup surveys
which are prevented by strict
ethical and business regulations from deteriorating into mere
techniques of manipulation
enhance deeper understanding of
the views of the public
as this is indispensable for the
operation of democracy.
Following from this basic standpoint
Quality of
Public Service Audit has become outstandingly important in
the activities of The Gallup Organization and later in the
activities of Gallup Hungary as well. The state
of public life
the elected bodies and also public offices
and the institutions of public service are very important
factors in the life of ordinary citizens. During the ten years
that have passed since the fall of the forty-year long one-party
system in Hungary
it has become increasingly obvious that
the existence or non-existence of democracy cannot be oversimplified
into a mere issue of the difference between a one-party and
a multi-party system. The key issue is how well public life
public offices and public services actually function; whether
they serve the interest of the whole public
that is
of each
and every individual
or only of certain people or certain
groups of people; how public figures and personalities
public
officials and civil servants use the power bestowed on them
and how well they use their authority and decision-making
mandate. Are they guided by public interest in such a way
that they will even be ready to thrust their personal interests
into the background
or do they subordinate the public interest
or the law
or even both
to their own interests?
This is why Gallup Hungary has decided to launch
a website related to its activities in the field of Quality
of Public Service Audit. With its information service
Gallup Monitor is expected to serve the causes of high standards
of morality and transparency in public life
of the accountability
of decision-makers and of law-abiding conduct in general.
At the present stage of public conditions in Hungary
its
main focus is on anti-corruption activities and in this respect
it is related to the United Nations' Global Programme against
Corruption.
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