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Professional Duty to Say “No”
Public administrators are expected to be stewards of the public trust. In fulfilling this role, administrators’ exhibit the ethical values identified with positive public character. These values include honesty, caring,…
Wildfire
Fires are burning throughout the West this year. California and Colorado are in the news everyday. Living in Denver and being a regional emergency coordinator for a federal agency I…
Why Black Women Don’t Complain About Labor Market Inequality
The obstacles of labor market inequalities hit black women on multiple levels. First, women in general face wage inequality and lag behind men in promotion and career advancement. Secondly, White…
Ethical Pedagogy: Contending with the Effects of Ego Depletion
It’s not unusual for employees working in public organizations to feel pressed for time. With morning hours morphing into afternoon hours and Mondays into Fridays in an unrelenting, repetitive cycle,…
Process and Problem Solving in Pinellas County
Past columns in this series looked at county government’s capacity to solve problems by utilization strategic planning, based on the assumption that local government is the solution, not the problem.…
Meet Cynthia, Deborah and Betty
Have you ever heard of Melinda Gates, Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey? Of course you have. Have you ever heard of Cynthia Breyfogle, Deborah Stone or Betty Bagtas? Probably not. But…
Focusing on Employee Engagement—Talk or Action?
As I reported last month, one poll question was, “Looking ahead, which workforce issues are important to your organization.” About 79 percent of the respondents listed “employee engagement,” while 81…
Ethics in Public Service: The Case of Migrant Children
On our televisions, on our Twitter feeds and even in our everyday conversations, we hear the stories of migrant children who have been separated from their parents after crossing the…
Old School or New Tech: What’s the Better Way to Survey?
As time crunches and budgets shrivel, the cheap, fast, Web surveys become hard to resist, especially if the results they deliver were pretty much the same as those that come…
Promoting Leadership Roles to Both Men and Women
Research shows perceived effectiveness in leadership is found among both sexes. The traits of “good leaders” are interchangeable and advantageous to both sexes, rather than gender specific. So why are…
These Walls Should Talk: Government’s Role in Governance
As public servants, we cannot often predict where the next inspiration will come from. We continue to be surprised by policy outcomes that none of us ever see coming. Sometimes…
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