Public Administration

Running Head: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public Administration
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Public Administration
Public Administration
Introduction
Public administration largely covers how leaders and their subjects interact on a daily basis.
The manner in which leaders treat their subjects determines how positive the environment
or society will be. Public administration cannot be successfully achieved without the
inclusion of ethics in one’s leadership. According to Philip Hallie, society has been at war for
many years with human beings acting cruelly towards each other, (Belle & Cantarelli, 2017,
328). Many at times, humans strive hard to invent methods of oppressing or punishing
others. The evils faced in the administrative sector have been analyzed by Danny Balfour
and Guy Adams in their article “Unmasking Administrative Evil”
Analysis
According to Guy and Danny, administrative evil is a challenge especially to the ethical
foundations which are depended on by public life. This is mainly brought out by the absence
of knowledge and the desire to learn about administrative evils which are part of the
society. It is worth noting that despite the presence of ethical standards set, administrative
evils will still exist thus making it hard for public administrators to have a good rapport with
some members of the public, (Adams, 2015, 558). The authors further expound on the types
of ethics such as deontological and teleological ethics that are mainly used in the modern
age. Through this, individual behavior can be judged hence determining whether his or her
actions are either right or wrong. In public administration, decision making is paramount.
Leaders have to make decisions on a daily basis and with the help of ethical standards, the