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Moral principles; Virtue; Value-system; Ethical code; Principals; Professional ethics
The field of ethics is a branch of moral philosophy that attempts to develop concepts, rules, principles, and standards of right conduct. The subset of ethics known as professional ethics seeks to discern a well-reasoned approach for practitioners who are charged with carrying out functions of professional activity as honorably and forthrightly as possible (Cook 2008). Public administrators are not necessarily trained as ethicists, but they are confronted on a daily basis with decisions that have significant implications for the communities they serve. Values are an important concept when discussing right and wrong, and this is especially so in public administration due to the myriad conflicts and dilemmas inherent in the public sector. As an example, it is good to protect the rights of individual property owners, and it is also good to ensure access to land for expansion of infrastructure...
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Reed, G. (2016). Ethical Values. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_942-1
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