Administrative ethics as justice |
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| Authors: | Thomas J. Pavlak Gerald M. Pops |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of International and Public Affairs , University of Pittsburgh , 230 So. Bouguet St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260;2. Department of Public Administration , West Virginia State University , 302 Woodburn Hall, Morgantown, WV, 26506 |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents an ethical framework for decision-making in public administration based on the preeminent value of justice. In discussion of this framework, the paper deals with three major issues. The first of these is the character of the just administrative decision,, the second is the character of of the just public organization, and the third is the impact of a justice-based administrative ethic on the role of the responsible administrator. |
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