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3. Towards Ethics-Driven Public Organisations

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Abstract

Rediscovering the ethical dimension within public administration supports the managerial role as a key driver of organisational effectiveness and service motivation. Acknowledging ethics enables public organisations to construct processes of social and public value creation with communities. This study refers to the role of public management as a driver of public service motivation that supports ethical behaviours within public organisations. Rediscovering the managerial dimension and public service motivation enables ethics-driven and responsive public organisations that contribute to social innovation. Public managers play a key role in driving ethical and organisational effectiveness within public administration, supporting the commitment and public service motivation of the employees to organisational goals and public values.

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Metadaten
Titel
Towards Ethics-Driven Public Organisations
verfasst von
Mauro Romanelli
Copyright-Jahr
2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47925-0_3

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