The Public Interest

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century discusses a code of ethics for public administrators. Martinez argues that civil servants, public administrators, and non-profit administrators, as with other professionals, must have a standard code of ethics. However, there remains no such code. He contends the importance of a code by explaining that public administrators make decisions with ethical expectations. Martinez argues for five methods to administrative ethics. “Ethics as a…

books. The one and only Political Science class I took this semester was Intro to Public Policy. There was a multitude of things I took away from this class. In this essay, I am going to explore the entire semester of being in Public Policy. I plan on going through the good, the bad, and the ugly, so buckle up! To begin, I’d like to start with my expectations from this class coming into the semester. Just the name “Public Policy” gives off a boring vibe. It sounds like something overly…

To begin, public libraries are home for the building of communities and deepening of personal relationships. Citizens go to public libraries for varying reasons. For example, some citizens borrow books, others find a place to study, and some attend meetings and other events that are available. According to Orland Park Public Library’s Calendar of Events, public events such as pilates classes, along with craft nights, take place in the library. On other nights, board meetings will occupy the…

1. Define public policy (give at least one example)? Discuss and explain fully what is meant by the “context of public policy?” Describe the context(s) by which public policy emerges? List the theorists and explain (fully) each of their contextual perspectives of public policy? Which of these perspectives best seem to explain public policy context for you and why? Public policy, simply put, is the decisions or non-decisions made in response to a general problem, a problem-solving mechanism…

feed the utopians. Utopians have different ages, social classes, and cultures. Of course they have different interests and variety needs and a diversity of hobbies, while there weren’t many places in our city to fit all kind of interests and needs, so we set our target from since 2016 to solve these two problems: 1. The first problem was the citizens ' need spaces for different interests; sports, education, parks, entertainment, health, place to develop talented people. That problem affected…

have spent more time in Afghanistan then both World War One and World War Two Combined, despite this, mainstream media coverage of the war has been limited, and one-sided, government reports have relied on embedded journalism and the NZDF methods of public relations (PR), have been responsible for the upkeep of the military’s positive, peacekeeping, reconstructed, ‘kiwi’ image. While this was not untrue, it can not be considered truthful. The NZDF maintains strong connections to the US Military…

express my interest in the position of Librarian IV at the Houston Public Library. The position provides an excellent and exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of initiatives to refine and improve collections at the branch and organizational level. With over ten years of customer service and collection maintenance experience, I have a set of skills and qualifications that will make me an asset to the department. I have developed and maintained collections at several Houston Public Library…

variety of health care settings, collaborating with other health care providers, and caring for a diverse patient population. During this time, I experienced another epiphany when I became aware of my vocation for working with geriatric patients. As my interest in this specialization increased, I discovered that resources to help the rising geriatric population in my community and in surrounding rural environments were extremely limited, and despite my desire to do more to help, I was not…

the common interests they share. The biomedical model, also known as the ‘clockwork definition’, is seen as being the…

Two years ago, I was writing a Statement of Purpose for my application to the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program with a concentration in Healthcare Administration, revealing my failures, and most significantly, that I felt I lost my passion and didn’t know where to start. I also conceded that I was relatively unaware of the field of public administration (PA). Little did I know, examining PA theories would enable me to connect the final dots in the big picture of my life, where I came…