Business Ethics in Public Administration

Ethics, Values and Policy

Gregory W. Browning

Capella University

Policy Analysis and Research

MPA 5424

Dr. David Powell

April 19, 2014

Ethics, Values and Policy

Introduction

Professional ethics and policy considerations have become a major concern in public administration literature. This focus is mainly due to the transparent and accountable management, in order to improve the services and to improve the ethics and values of the civil servants. This is very important that public administration officer not have complete information about the ethics, values and policies, but it also responsibility of the civil servant to implement these ethics, values and policies in general practices. There are various literatures in the public administration that not only discuss these considerations, but also follow the ethics, values and policies involved in the literature and research work. According to Bowman and Menzel (1998), “unique values of the discipline are linked to providing professional norms in studying and working in support of the public service” (Bowman & Menzel, 1998, p.321). It is the responsibility of both public and private sectors to ensure high levels of legal and ethical standards. The American Society for Public Administration ASPA also highlights the need to bring improvement in the public department and managing public employees. The American Society for Public Administration ASPA has developed and designed the codes to ensure that employees must follow ethics, value, and policies under the departments of public administration.

Discussion

A Policy Issue From This Ethical and Value Perspective

In United States of America, there are various policies and issues with the lack of proper management and dealing with the ethical considerations, there are various policies. It is not possible to manage to ensure a fair system under these politics. Particularly, policies and ethical aspects associated with the academic and public...