Blame Avoidance Strategies of Multiple Administrative Agencies During Policy Failure: A Case Study of Taiwan’s 2014 Waste Oil Scandal

This study examines the blame avoidance (BA) strategies that may be adopted after policy failures of multiple agencies. A classification of agencies is proposed based on two factors: the amount of actual responsibility that an agency is obliged for, and the extent of an agency’s perceived responsibi...

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Published inAdministration & society Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 569 - 594
Main Authors Wang, Hongwung, Tsai, Yi-Ching
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2021
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Blame
Case studies
Classification
Objectives
Perceived responsibility
Petroleum
Scandals
Strategies
blame avoidance
waste oil
policy failure
crisis
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Summary:This study examines the blame avoidance (BA) strategies that may be adopted after policy failures of multiple agencies. A classification of agencies is proposed based on two factors: the amount of actual responsibility that an agency is obliged for, and the extent of an agency’s perceived responsibility. Agencies can thus be classified into four types, which may have different tactical goals and specific BA strategies that contradict other agencies’ goals, thereby leading to a complicated interaction between them. The results show that one of the three related agencies does not adopt suggested BA strategy and therefore fails to avoid blame.
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ISSN:0095-3997
1552-3039
DOI:10.1177/0095399720953143