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Chapter 1 - Ethics in Administration
Chapter 1 - Ethics in Administration
ADS452
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LEARNING OUTCOME
▪ At the end of this chapter, students should
be able to understand :
▪ 1.The concept of ethics
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▪ Ethics ▪ Morality
▪ Greek’s Ethos ▪ Latin’s Moralis
▪ Ethos – individual character ▪ Moralis – Customs and manners
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ETHICS MORALITY
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ETHICS MORALITY
▪ Ethics or moral philosophy, ask the basic ▪ “Morality or ethics deals basically with
question about the good life, about what human relationships –how humans treat
is better and worse, about whether there other being so as to promote mutual
are any objective right and wrong, and welfare, growth, creativity and meaning,
how we know it if there is”. (McKinnon, as they strive for good over bad and right
2014) over wrong (Thiroux, 2008)
▪ Ethics in the setting of a nation’s
administration provides a framework to
guide towards the right action, whereby
an individual acts in accordance with the
stated principles.
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GOOD BAD
RIGHT WRONG
HAPPINESS DISCONTENT
Good and Bad is defined through human experience and human relationship.
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Consistent with
Perfection of Acquired
Acquiring the
character through
intellectual maximization of
(virtuous scientific
virtues faculty as human
character) knowledge
being
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The decision on good over bad, right over
wrong depends on values.
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WHY IS VALUES IMPORTANT IN ADMINISTRATION?
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PRESCRIPTIVITY UNIVERSALIZABILI
action guiding TYgeneralisable
OVERRIDINGNESS PUBLICITY
superior power & open & made
influence known
PRACTICALITY
workable
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Ethics addresses questions of
good and bad, or right and
wrong.
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Laws
• Natural & civil
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