The End of It All

I am happy to announce that I have successfully concluded my first blog series. This was something that was very new and refreshing for me. It took me away from the routine writing of a research paper that I have not been given the option to skip out on since high school. I would like to first thank everyone who took the time out to read my blog. I really do think that I will continue with this blog maybe on another topic or I may continue with a different point of view. Writing a blog really does take you away from daily things and it allows you to sit down and write all of your thoughts out for the world to see. I recommend for anyone to write a blog even if it’s for a limited amount of viewers. 

On another note, let’s discuss personal and organizational ethics. While both are two separate things it is important to know that these two things cross paths in our everyday lives. We must learn how to separate the two and handle them both in a certain manner.

Personal ethics is very tricky because it varies by who you ask. There is always going to be something that I believe in that the next person may frown upon. This is fine because we all come from different backgrounds and had to grow up with different lifestyles. However there comes a time where we must put our personal ethics to the side and do was best for the public.

In the public sector we must do what is right for the people. We must do our best to promote fairness, diversity, and ensure that those around us are doing the same. Standing by and doing nothing is the same thing as partaking in the deviant behavior.  In addition, as public servants we must be able to do the job that is put forth on the table. Everything that people do in the public sector someone is always watching. People notice where you eat, who you are eating with, and other various details of our lives that we feel are private.

Many people take these public servant jobs thinking that they can do what they please. They fail to remember that they are no longer the voice for self, they are the voice of that organization as well as the people they are there to serve. Once we take that oath we vow to do everything in our power to be as ethically correct as possible. This means setting our own beliefs to the side, especially when we know that they are very different from those around us.  

A good rule of thumb to follow is the ASPA code of ethics. There are eight very generic codes that speaks so loudly to many different branches of public administration. It is so generic because it is also there to let everyone know that even though we have different titles we are all here to do one job. That job is to uplift and protect the citizens within our community.

Being a public servant will not be an easy job. Just reading about it can scare someone out of the field. As long as you have strong moral values one can survive in this field. It is those that come into it with no values or weak values that don’t last long.

At the end of the day morals and values are not things that you can buy. Some believe that it’s what we are born with. While others argue that it’s acquired over time. Whatever the case is we all need to stick to our principles and ensure that we let nothing alter the way we think. Going back to our first week in this course. The clip we watched told us that ethics are something that cannot be compromised.