Importance of ethics in Administration

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 Ethics‟ denotes the professional code of morality in civil service. They constitute the moral character of civil servants. They regulate the conduct and behaviour of different categories of civil servants. They provide „rule of the game‟. The code of ethics consists of traditions, precedents, and standards which have to be kept up by the civil servants. The civil servants are expected to set up high moral standards not only for themselves for the community at large, particularly, in the context of the growing importance of administration and its impact on the society.

 Public service ethics are a prerequisite to, and underpinning of public trust, and are a keystone of good governance. Public service is a public trust. Citizens expect public servants to serve the public interest with fairness and to manage public resources properly on a daily basis


Importance of ethics in Administration: Individual is the basic unit of society. Individual behaviour determines the nature and structure of society and the values surrounding it. Here comes the role of ethics which guides the human action to establish peaceful, cooperative and healthy society. The importance of ethics in administration can be explained in the following manner: 

To check the arbitrary actions of Civil Servants 

 To promote the sense of administrative responsibility 

 To establish and promote the good relations between the citizen and civil service 

 To preserve and promote social wellbeing , public interest, and common good

  To control that part of administrative power and discretion which cannot be controlled by formal laws methods and procedures 

 To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of administrative process

  To strengthen the legitimacy and credibility of public administration 

 To foster and maintain high morals among all categories of civil servants


Attributes of a moral administrator:

 1. A sense of responsibility

 2. Skills in communication and personnel administration

 3. Ability to cultivate and utilize institutional resources 

4. Willingness to engage in problem-solving and to work with others as a team 

5. Personal confidence to initiate new ideas 

6. Prefers to be influenced by public needs, interests and sensitivities rather than resorting to the useof raw bureaucratic power.

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