Prima honestas: “First Act with Integrity” -- Practicing Safe and Ethical Management in an Unethical World
Abstract
City and county managers have agreed to accept and conduct their lives and affairs by a written ICMA Code of Ethics. Public management holds “integrity” as a fundamental practice of the profession. The focus on ethical management is essential for the ICMA members themselves to maintain the public management profession, recruit the best and brightest, and preserve the form of government. This article analyzes ethics in public management, unethical behavior in business and academia, and ethical decision-making. Recommendations are provided as to how to promote and institutionalize ethics in organizations, as well as strategies to making ethical decisions in a fast-paced and complex political and management environment.
Discipline(s)
Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics | Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Administration | Public Affairs | Public Policy
Recommended Citation
Reid, Randall H. and Kane, Laura, "Prima honestas: “First Act with Integrity” -- Practicing Safe and Ethical Management in an Unethical World" (2008). Ethics. Paper 1.
http://dc.cflge.org/ethics/1
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