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100 1 _93574
_aFischer, Frank
245 1 0 _aPublic administration and the code of ethics :
_badministrative reform or professional ideology?
260 _aNew York :
_bMarcel Dekker,
_c1989
520 3 _aThe primary professional society of American public administration has developed a code of ethics that appears to be largely irrelevant to the realities of bureaucratic experience. An explanation of this paradox can be found in the sociological literature on the professions and code-writing. Professional codes are designed to reyulate the behavior of a profession's members, but this is generally seen as a secondary aspect of a more fundamental objective: the need to assure the public at large that the profession's power is being exercised responsibly. From this perspective, the public administration code can be interpreted first as part of an attempt to legitimate the profession in the face of hostile challenges to its authority, and second as an effort to engender ethical behavior. Such an interpretation helps to explain the profession's failure to confront the organizational and political barriers that impede effective implementation of the code. The paper concludes with an observation on the implications of the argument for the further development of ethics in public administration
700 1 _aZINKE, Robert C.
_940671
773 0 8 _tInternational Journal of public Administration - IJPA
_g12, 6, p. 841-854
_dNew York : Marcel Dekker, 1989
_xISSN 01900692
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