MPA 505: PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Issues and Practice

in Public
Administration.

P R E S E N TAT I O N B Y:

ACEPCION, LADY ASHLEY

Issues and Practice in Public Administration:

”Over the next decade, we will face tremendous technological, economic, environmental and
social shifts in our world, which will have a seismic impact on the future path of our nation.
Therefore, it is critical that governments at all levels take steps to transform and modernize,
to ensure they can tackle these challenges in new, innovative and effective ways.” Terry
Gerton, President and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, said.

(https://rfg.org/news/what-are-grand-challenges-public-administration)
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
E-GOVERNANCE
• Streamline and integrate workflows and processes;

• Effectively manage data and information;

• Enhance public service delivery;

• Expand communication channels for engagement and empowerment of people.

Issues and Practice in Public Administration:

e-
government
Significant opportunities
Transform public
administration
Sustainable development
innovation
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
• TRANSPARENCY
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
• PARTICIPATION
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
ETHICS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
Public Administration ethics

Public Stewards of
Employees
Officials the Public
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY:
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
ACCOUNTABILITY

• Democracy

• Morality

• Specific legal mandates

Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
Former CSC Chairman Francisco T. Duque III on Ethics, Integrity, and Accountability for Good
Governance:

“Administrative and disciplinary cases stem from failure to uphold ethical standards.”

“We will always be answerable to our own actions.”

Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
SOCIAL EQUITY

• Defined as fairness in the delivery of public services.

• Egalitarianism in action.

• Government organizations have a special obligation to be fair—to pursue social equity both with
their employees and the public—because they represent the citizenry.
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
LONG-TERM FISCAL HEALTH
• Fiscal health is the ability of a government to provide adequate public service to the citizens and
satisfy different obligations.

Measures the financial performance of a government.

Will require many difficult decisions by elected officials

who will be forced to make challenging tradeoffs.
 Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
Philippines on Fiscal Health
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

• Defined as the responsibility to conserve natural resources and protect global ecosystems to support
health and wellbeing, now and in the future.
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
Issues and Practice in Public Administration:
According to Daniel J. Fiorino in his article Sustainability as a Conceptual Focus for Public
Administration:

“Public administrators need not only be concerned about operational issues, such as raising
revenue and managing budgets strategically, but also with the larger success of the economic
system.”
 REFERENCES:
• Shafritz, J., Russell, E.W., Boricka, C., Hyde, A., “Introducing Public Administration”, Routledge, 2017.

• Basu, R., “Public Administration in the 21 st Century: A Global South Perspective”, Routledge, 2019.

• “What Are the Grand Challenges in Public Administration?”, from : https://rfg.org/news/what-are-grand-challenges-public-administration

• LIBRe Search Group, “e-Governance”, from: https://libreresearchgroup.org/en/a/e-governance

• İdil SAYIMER, “ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEB SITES IN TURKEY”, from:
https://www.sobiad.org/eJOURNALS/journal_IJEBEG/arhieves/2015-1-2/idil-sayimer.pdf

• Commission on Audit, from: https://www.coa.gov.ph

• “How to Bid for PhilGEPS Opportunities in 5 Steps” from: https://www.firstcircle.ph/blog/how-to-bid-in-philgeps

• Civil Service Commission, “Ethics, Integrity, and Accountability for Good Governance”, from: http://www.csc.gov.ph/2014-02-20-02-22-48/2014-02-20-02-29-25.html

• “Uplifting the Life of Every Filipino Through Enhanced Productivity and Social Equity: CPBRD Inputs to the Legislative Agenda of the 18 th Congress”, from:
https://cpbrd.congress.gov.ph/images/PDF%20Attachments/Special%20Publications/CSP-09_CPBRD_Inputs_to_the_Legislative_Agenda_of_the_18th_Congress.pdf

• Robles, D.G., “Marcos Proposes Record P5.3-T Budget”, August 23, 2022, from: https://www.bworldonline.com/top-stories/2022/08/23/469952/marcos-proposes-record-p5-3-t-budget/

• Pettinger, T., “Environmental Sustainability: Definition and Issues”, December 20, 2018, from:
https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/143879/economics/environmental-sustainability-definition-and-issues/

• Philippine Development Plan, “Chapter 8: Social Development”, from: https://pdp.neda.gov.ph/philippine-development-plan-2011-2016/chapter-8-social-development/

• Lee, Y., “Government for Leaving No One Behind: Social Equity in Public Administration and Trust in Government”, July 15, 2021, from:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21582440211029227

• Sphera’s Editorial Team, “What is Environmental Sustainability?” May 19, 2020, from: https://sphera.com/glossary/what-is-environmental-sustainability/

• Fiorino, D.J., “Sustainability as a Conceptual Focus for Public Administrstion”, December 3, 2010, from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02249.x

• Mamun, T.M., Cowdhury, S., “Assessing Fiscal Health of Local Governments in Bangladesh: Evidence from some South-Western Municipalities”, February 18, 2022, from:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PAP-04-2021-0027/full/html