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

• Published in: Administration & society Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 569 - 594
• Main Authors: Wang, Hongwung, Tsai, Yi-Ching
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...