Special Training as a Determinant Behind Public Ethics of Care
Zhukova, Daria (2016)
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Transition to new forms of governance and alteration of traditional mechanisms of production and delivery of public services have resulted in inconsistency of old public ethos and new administrative reality. Employment of private sector practices to raise flexibility, quality and effectiveness of public services, and simultaneously to reduce their costs, caused clash between public and private sector values. Lack of relevant public ethical guidance provoked subsequent practical problems, such as raise of corruption and decrease in citizens’ trust in public institutions. Many researchers voiced for necessity of introduction a new public ethical framework. The current thesis argues that public ethics of care may fill in the gaps in public values and provide a relevant guidance for ethical conduct.
As different people demonstrate different degree of inclination towards care, this research aimed to test empirically whether deliberate teaching of public ethics of care may influence moral orientation of public officials. The work employed a quantitative method of survey to gather the research data; a quantitative exploratory data analysis was used to evaluate the findings. 107 students majoring in public administration participated in the self-administered Internet-mediated questionnaire.
The results showed significant interdependence between variables of knowledge of public ethics of care and inclination to care. The students who studies public ethics of care tended to choose care-oriented conduct in 14% cases more than those without respective training. At the same time no considerable evidences of gender differences could be found. The findings support the idea of compulsory teaching of public ethics of care to future public sector employees.
As different people demonstrate different degree of inclination towards care, this research aimed to test empirically whether deliberate teaching of public ethics of care may influence moral orientation of public officials. The work employed a quantitative method of survey to gather the research data; a quantitative exploratory data analysis was used to evaluate the findings. 107 students majoring in public administration participated in the self-administered Internet-mediated questionnaire.
The results showed significant interdependence between variables of knowledge of public ethics of care and inclination to care. The students who studies public ethics of care tended to choose care-oriented conduct in 14% cases more than those without respective training. At the same time no considerable evidences of gender differences could be found. The findings support the idea of compulsory teaching of public ethics of care to future public sector employees.