Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century discusses a code of ethics for public administrators. Martinez argues that civil servants, public administrators, and non-profit administrators, as with other professionals, must have a standard code of ethics. However, there remains no such code. He contends the importance of a code by explaining that public administrators make decisions with ethical expectations. Martinez argues for five methods to administrative ethics.
“Ethics as a virtue” is, as Martinez explains, “virtue as character is the idea that certain more-or-less uncontested core values exist, and actions based on those values occur when people who understand the values and can act on the courage of their convictions are in a positions of trust.”
“Ethics as regime values, constitutional theory, and founding thought.” Constitutional theorists suggest the American system of government is an applicable source of ethics because of …show more content…
He then writes about four examples of ethical dilemmas and the consequences. Public administrators are best served by having a strong inner sense of right and wrong.
Martinez illuminates the five stages of ethical decision making for the administrator: the larger context, the scope of a public administrator’s duties: role morality, the content of acceptable ethical standards, the nature of the ethics conflict, and taking action to resolve an ethical conflict. Then he ends the book with “Refining a model of administrative ethics,” which explains that the perfect guide to administrative ethics does not …show more content…
It can be used to explain the different ideas of ethics of public administration as well as the benefits and downfalls of
“Ethics as a virtue” is, as Martinez explains, “virtue as character is the idea that certain more-or-less uncontested core values exist, and actions based on those values occur when people who understand the values and can act on the courage of their convictions are in a positions of trust.”
“Ethics as regime values, constitutional theory, and founding thought.” Constitutional theorists suggest the American system of government is an applicable source of ethics because of …show more content…
He then writes about four examples of ethical dilemmas and the consequences. Public administrators are best served by having a strong inner sense of right and wrong.
Martinez illuminates the five stages of ethical decision making for the administrator: the larger context, the scope of a public administrator’s duties: role morality, the content of acceptable ethical standards, the nature of the ethics conflict, and taking action to resolve an ethical conflict. Then he ends the book with “Refining a model of administrative ethics,” which explains that the perfect guide to administrative ethics does not …show more content…
It can be used to explain the different ideas of ethics of public administration as well as the benefits and downfalls of