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Article: Comparing the Stewart-Sprinthall Management Survey and the Defining Issues Test-2 as measures of moral reasoning in public administration.(Articles)
- Article from:
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Public administrators perform complex ethical decision-making tasks in which they must balance professional accountability to agencies, legislators, private stakeholders, and the public. It is often the public administrator who determines how to implement laws and policies, many times juggling conflicts between laws or directives with competing goals. This type of value-driven decision making requires, among other skills, moral problem-solving ability. Also known as moral reasoning, this competency or set of competencies has been both cherished and upheld as requisite to effective government administration in a democratic regime since the early days of the field (Bailey ...