Assignment Question
Write At least 150 words for your responses to each student.
The response must be of a substantive nature, and not just “I agree”. This is the on-line version of class participation. Students are expected to participate, so be on time with your postings. You can post your answer and responses at any time prior to the stated deadlines. Because of the class interaction, no credit will be given if the post is not submitted in the week due. Although you can use other sources to answer the essays, you are required to also include information from the text. For each discussion question, you are required to post at least two responses (in addition to your original posting.) Your responses should be to two different students. Everyone in the course should receive feedback so please diversify your responses each week.
Response 1: Ethical decision making in public administration has a future that may almost seem like its past to create trust in the government. Henry states a revolution may be needed to cope with government’s most egregious and destructive form of unethical behavior, corruption, a suppurating public pustule that inspired the founding public administration itself. (Henry, 2017, p. 506) Public administration’s decision making is needs to come from an ethical standpoint where the decisions serve a greater purpose for citizens and organizations. The future of ethical decision making in public administration is to build trust in the public and non-profit sectors. Ethics are important for good government because it creates trust and esteem for the view the public has on the government. As Henry mentions there are two qualities that are vital to ethical- and effective- governing. Public trust in government, and popular esteem for those who govern. (Henry, 2017, p. 507)Public trust in government allows the public to be assured that government is going to make informed and ethical decisions. Which in turn allows the public administration to implement the decisions made through the government’s decisions. Henry identifies that aside from legislating ethical behaviors for the current president, increasing public administration’ compensation would be a start. (Henry, 2017, p. 507) The increase of compensation of public administrators would create a climb in social status giving the public administrators away to gain more trust in the decision-making process in government affairs. Henry, N. (2017). Public Administration and Public Affairs. New York: Routledge.
Response 2: The future of ethical decision-making in public administration includes consideration of the changing landscape, like the increasing use of technology to foster improved processes in public administration and enhanced globalization (Henry, 2017). As a result, ethical decision- making involves understanding the different nuances and perspectives that enable improved societal outcomes, including cross-cultural considerations in decision-making to ensure the well- being of the diverse population and reduce loopholes that corrupt individuals can use to lobby for outcomes that benefit a few or enable embezzlement of funds (Louw, 2016). Further, the ethical use of data through improved technology to enhance decision-making will be essential through effective legal frameworks that govern the use, access, and distribution of the data to protect the identity and welfare of the public, who trust government officials to make decisions that ensure their welfare. Ethics is important to good governance as it prevents loopholes for unethical occurrences like corruption, where public officials utilize resources for their gain at the expense of the public. As a result, ethics provides frameworks that ensure these occurrences do not occur. The leaders established to engage in unethical practices can be tried and penalized according to the set standards of operations and regulations to dissuade others from contemplating such practices (Zubero et al., 2019). These measures translate to improved efficiency as government officials work towards attaining their set mandates to the people, ensuring improved service delivery and operations. Further, these regions are likely to become economically enhanced as the officials mandated to serve the community work to ensure fairness and impartiality, allowing everyone the opportunity to succeed through favorable economic environments. The community thrives as everyone benefits from the resources and conducive economic environment to uplift themselves economically. Administration and Public Affairs (13th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315530536 Louw, B. (2016). Cultural Competence and Ethical Decision Making for Health Care Professionals. Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(2), 41. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.s.2016040201.17 Zubero, E., Jimenez, K., Muro, C., Jimenez, M., Medina, A., Garcia, C., Lara, D., & Ramirez, V. (2019). Diplopia as an alarm sign in orbital traumatisms. International Medicine, 0, 1. https://doi.org/10.5455/im. TEXTBOOK: Henry, Nicholas. Public Administration & Public Affairs. 13th ed., Routledge/Taylor & Francis
