Do You agree with Ch. Hood's division of the values nature in public administration as hierarchical, egalitarian, fatalistic and individualistic?
The civil service is the trustee of the public trust. Citizens rely on the commitment of officials to work for the general interest, demonstrating impartiality and daily administering public resources appropriately. Fair and reliable public administration inspires confidence to the public and create a favorable business climate, thus contributing to the smooth functioning of markets and the growth of the economy. Ethics in government is needed to strengthen the confidence of the public; it is the cornerstone of good governance.
”The value concept… [is] able to unify the apparently diverse interests of all the sciences concerned with human behavior.” [Rokeach, 1973]
"When we think of our values, we think of what is important to us in our lives (e.g., security, independence, wisdom, success, kindness, pleasure). Each of us holds numerous values with varying degrees of importance. A particular value may be very important to one person, but unimportant to another. The Values Theory defines values as desirable, trans-situational goals, varying in importance, that serves as guiding principles in people’s lives." [Schwartz, 2006]
I agree with Ierardi, Enzo that trust is the basis of governance, because i think as Mishra and Mishra (2008) that "trust is everything".
I fully agree with both of you sir. Civil services have the cream of the society. They act as role models and their conduct is required to be such that the people at large have 'faith' and 'trust' in them for good governance.
Values have to be for larger public good. In a diverse society the collective values of the society can be unified and determined to avoid conflicts in the value system of the civil services.
The civil services need to be made sensitive to this fact for the smooth functioning of the government/state/country and the like.
Human consciousness, compassion, passionate, entrepreneurship, daring, dashing, proactiveness, promptness, equity, and humanity are the prime values of an administrator, or public managers. They must work with accountability (account+ ability). They must show the account means description, they need to be responsible.
Los valores son esenciales en el diseño de políticas publicas, implícita o implícitamente. Forman parte de lo llama los "referenciales" de la política (Pirre Muller, Sabatier). Por otra parte se dice que las políticas no pueden dejar de mirar de reojo la moral (Aristóteles). Las pretenciones de la ausencia de valores y referenciales es imposible. El sentido de las políticas públicas siempre es público. La discusión de los referentes valóricas en el diseño e implementación de políticas es consustancial a ellas. Cuando la referencia valórica no se hace explicita de los valores, por expertos, sentido común o ciudadanía en fin de la acción está indeterminado, y por lo tanto puede pasar cualquier cosa. Gracias Arvidas. Por supuesto esto es discutible, es mi opinión
This subject is one that absorbs students throughout our Public Management Masters degree. In the UK, the emphasis on public values is heavy and I don't believe that Hood's division of values is current any more. The surge in the importance of trust in our politicians and civil service has become a sore point for us as the press surfaces story after story of the abuse of trust in our institutions. Yet I continue to witness strong commitment to values in public life from many practitioners and civil servants. The public sector in the UK is still peopled with many who strive to enact the values and standards of public life that have characterised our approach for so many years, notwithstanding the Nolan report standards. I hope that the erosion of public trust in our civil and public services is halted by the high standards of some practitioners, but I am realistic enough to know that it is unlikely in the present climate of public sector cuts where confidence and morale are now at an all time low.
I accept that empirical work in - anthropology, social psychology, philosophy or public administration - might find adherence to land of such values to the Anglo-Saxon administrative paradigm. I do not believe that these values are shared by public administrations of the countries included in the European Continental paradigm.
Take a look to the following articles:
WAL , Zeger van der; GRAAF, Gjalt de; LASTHUIZEN, Karin (2008). “What’s valued most? Similarities and differences between the organizational values of the public and private sector”, Public Administration, 86 (2), pp. 465-482. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00719.x
WAL, Zeger van der; NABATCHI, Tina; GRAAF, Gjalt de (2015), “From Galaxies to Universe: A Cross-Disciplinary Review and Analysis of Public Values Publications From 1969 to 2012”, American Review of Public Administration, 45 (1), pp. 13-28. doi: 10.1177/0275074013488822
i feel that the value system in public administration can also be affected by the environment and culture of the people. there is need for transparency in value system of any civil service to allow for participation and accountability of government at all levels
I leave here a suggestion:
Article Differences in Perceptions of Organizational Values of Publi...
Best Regards,
Pedro Correia
I hardly agree with that. Such a generalization hardly can be any theoretical or practical utility when applied to public administrations of Anglo-Saxon tradition or continental European tradition. Moreover, even within these two large families, the differences are significative between national cultures.
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