Social Equity in Professional Codes of Ethics. (2nd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McCandless, Sean; Ronquillo, John C.
• Is Part Of: Public integrity. Volume 22:Number 5(2020)
• Page Start: 470
• Page End: 484
• Publication Date: 2020-09-02
• Subjects: ethics codes -- professional organizations -- social equity; Civil service ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics; Political ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SERVICE; MORAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ETHICS; Periodicals; 172
• DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2019.1619442
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-9922

Abstract

Abstract : Social equity is a principle of public administration ethics and is reflected in numerous professional organizations' codes of ethics. This piece examines social equity as an ethical imperative of public administration by examining the purposes of codes, surveying the meanings of social equity, and exploring how social equity is present in 10 codes, with particular focus on the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Reflections are offered on social equity as an ethical principle of the field.