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Discussion

Politics of the Administrative Process text ends by discussing ethics and the public service. According to the chapter, ethics are substantially dependent on the decisions that individual administrators make and the values they hold.

How does that seem to you? Do you trust the decisions of individual administrators? Do you think ethics can be taught?

Or do you agree, like the text, that a careful balance must be maintained between "the individual values of public administrators and the professional training they bring to the job a balance between the cultures of their agencies and the oversight of external forces and a strong relationship between public administrators and the citizens to whom they ultimately are responsible" (Kettl, 2018, p. 410)?

Is it possible to promote or maintain this kind of balance?

Support your ideas with relevant examples and evidence dated within the past five years. Include at least one academic resource in addition to materials assigned in this course to support your reasoning. All references must be cited using current APA style and format.

Reference

Kettl, D. F. (2018). Politics of the administrative process (7th ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press.