Book Talk – Public Service Values

Values are often mentioned in presentations or speeches about decision making, ethics, and relationships between public professionals and elected officials and citizens. Often, though, we don’t say exactly which values are involved and how they affect our thinking and action outcomes. This webinar explores several sources of public service values, identifying five “core” values that public professionals can use to make more effective decisions.

The five core values are:  Neutrality, Efficiency, Accountability, Public Service, and Public Interest. Applying them can help with value tradeoffs in complicated or confusing situations, making decisions and actions more focused and intentional. Implications for a sense of commitment to public service and the public interest will be emphasized.

 

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Box served as a land-use planner and administrator in local governments in Oregon and California before completing his doctorate at the University of Southern California. He has taught at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Park University in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Box is the author or editor of Public Service Values, M.E. Sharpe, 2014; Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance, M.E. Sharpe, 3rd edition 2014; Making a Difference: Progressive Values in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2008; Democracy and Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2007; Critical Social Theory in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2005; and Citizen Governance: Leading American Communities Into the 21st Century, Sage Publications, 1998.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Dr. Mary Hamilton is Senior Executive in Residence in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska Omaha and founder and Director Emeritus  of The Nebraska Certified Public Manager® (CPM) Program.  Previously she was the Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), and was a senior executive with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), both in Washington, DC.  She was also Regional Manager of the GAO New York Office.

Dr. Hamilton received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park, her M.A. in Sociology and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her B.A. in Sociology and Psychology from Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota.

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