Department
Public Policy & Administration Department
Description or Abstract
This paper discusses the role of ethics in public administration practice, and considers the probability of adding an ethical dimension to the public service motivation (PSM) construct. Several scholars have linked PSM with ethical behavior in government. Together theory and research have shown that public servants, when compared to ordinary citizens, are more concerned about ethical considerations at both the individual (personal honesty and integrity) and collective (social justice and fairness) levels in the United States. It may thus be possible for ethics to play a fundamental role in scholarly efforts to define and measure PSM. This paper considers the probability of adding an ethical dimension to public administration construct and helps to clarify the role of ethics in PSM discourse and research.
Keywords
Public administration, Public service, Public service motivation
Faculty Advisor
Barsoum, Ghada
Course
PPAD 506
Content Type
Other
Extent
17 p.
Language
eng
Recommended Citation
Abdel Meguid, Nivin, "The ethical motivation in public service" (2011). Papers, Posters, and Presentations. 31.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/studenttxt/31