How does accountability to the public work with career civil servants? I'm not saying it's not possible, but I think for every country like Finland where civil

How does accountability to the public work with career civil servants? I'm not saying it's not possible, but I think for every country like Finland where civil servants hold themselves accountable you can find 2-5 countries where they are inefficient, or worse, corrupt. Would the USA be more like Finland or more like the other countries?