scholarly journals Common good and public service as vital components for government officials in promoting COVID-19 vaccination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Efreaim A Gozum
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Government Officials

Abstract Recent reports show that there is resistance in certain countries in regard with receiving COVID-19 vaccination. Different factors contribute to this resistance. With this, if we are to promote COVID-19 vaccination, government officials must build public trust so that the hesitancy among the citizens will be lessened. Thus, this paper proposes that in building public trust, the true essence of common good and public service must be seen from the officials so that their constituents will trust them with their decisions.

Wonks and Warriors: Depictions of Government Professionals in Popular Film

Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth A. Wielde ◽  
David Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Popular Film ◽  
Feature Films ◽  
Perceived Reality ◽  
Recent Government

The importance of studying public service portrayals in popular film lies in theimportance of popular culture itself. Popular culture defines generations, both creating and reflecting trends. It provides a window to worlds that may otherwise be a mystery. Popular film messages merge with other media and environmental factors to form a perceived reality for many (Kelly and Elliott 2000).This article examines the depiction of non-elected public servants in movies. It seeks to identify how these individuals are depicted in film and to determine if there are any specific stereotypes or patterns that emerge regarding how Hollywood describes nonelected government officials. It will do this by undertaking a content analysis of a small sample of recent government-themed feature films, ones that have entered into the popular culture mainstream since the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as certain earlier films that have entrenched themselves into the popular culture vernacular.

Public Service, Public Goods, and the Common Good

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerardo Sanchis Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Common ◽  
Appointed Officials

The proper provision of public goods by a well-functioning, impartial government is not the only thing necessary for attaining the common good, but it is essential. The economic view of the human person as a rational, self-interested maximizer has become pervasive in analyzing government dysfunction and is employed by international agencies to generate proposals to realign the economic incentives of government officials. But this mindset assumes and encourages self-interest and undermines idoneidad (suitability)—which includes integrity, motivation, and competence—as the most fundamental characteristic that must be demanded of both elected and appointed officials at all levels of government. The failure of public institutions in Argentina is employed as a telling example of such problems.

scholarly journals Public Service by the Government of Papua Province in the Special Autonomy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Efraim Kambu
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Physical Development ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Industry Growth ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
The Government

Special Autonomy assigns its rights and obligations to local governments to regulate and manage their own affairs and interests of the society so that people increasingly can be served well. But in fact, public services provided is not maximized. This study used qualitative methods, data sources are divided into two types of data sources, namely primary and secondary data sources. The results of this study indicate that there is still lack of public services the Government of Papua Province visible from the weak aspects of responsiveness, which local governments less responsive to some of the problems in the field of education, economy and industry growth and physical development as well as non-physical. From the aspect of responsibility is also still found their weaknesses, which the Government of Papua Province is still not fully overcome the problems of corruption and poverty. Meanwhile, from the aspect of accountability, it is known that the performance of governance in Papua in providing public services are not running optimally, one reason is the lack of competence and capability of local government officials.

scholarly journals Reducing Corruption through Enhancing Public Service Ethics in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhrul Islam ◽  
Anindyta Deb Ananya
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Ethical Code ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
People’S Perception

Corruption exists within and between government organizations as the form of bribing, swindling, favoritism and many other forms which destroys the public morale. It spreads its greedy clutches all over the country; Government officials are engaged in corruption for greed for power, selfishness, wealth and money. This paper is an attempt to identify the forms of corruption in civil service and how ethical code of behavior to reduce the level of malfunctions. Social survey method has been followed for this study where the factor has been explained to know the perception of general people. The study finds that lack of accountability and transparency, dishonesty, nepotism and favoritism are also responsible for corruption and made suggestions to combat corruption in Bangladesh based on the perception of civil servants and the general people.Keywords: corruption, public service, ethics, people’s perception

scholarly journals Recruitment into the Nigerian Federal Public Service: Constraints and Agenda for Reform

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Ademola Pius Adebisi
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Federal Public Service

It has been observed that the Nigerian Federal Public Service has been bedeviled by over blotedness, low productivity, ineffectiveness, cronism and manpower lopsidedness. These challenges have been traced to the flawed recruitment into the service. This research work investigated the recruitment process into the Nigerian public service using primary and secondary sources of data and the Federal public service as a case study and discovered that, both exogenous and endogenous social pressures have been the banes of recruitment into the Nigerian Federal Public Service. The study therefore proposed an agenda for reform which among others include: re-orientation of public officials handling recruitment process; establishment of Bureau of Employment Monitoring (BEMO) to perform oversight function over recruitment process; sanctioning of erring government officials handling recruitment into the service and reforming the Nigerian economy with a view to stimulating more jobs in the private sector and thereby reducing the social pressures on public service jobs.

scholarly journals An anti-corruption value of administrative and legal restrictions of joint work of near persons in justice system

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-73
Author(s):  
Oksana Polna
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Justice System ◽  
The State ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Relationship Of

The article focuses on the formulation of an urgent comprehensive scientific thought on the anti-corruption value of the administrative and legal restriction of the closely affiliated persons’ collaboration in the justice system of Ukraine. It is a justified restriction of the citizens’ rights to access professional public service in the justice system, provided by national administrative legislation, to continue public service and to exercise a career in this system, by preventing the conclusion of a service contract, blocking the promotion of persons, if this predetermines about direct subordination to a closely affiliated person; termination of official legal relations with persons who are in a relationship of direct subordination to a closely affiliated person. It is noted that the general anti-corruption essence of the restriction under consideration is manifested in the fact that this restriction appears as a «personnel barrier» for increasing corruption risks in the justice system due to the implementation of personnel policy, as well as a “personnel instrument” for correcting situations when a violation of the corresponding restrictions takes place. Considering the concept and essence of limiting the collaboration of closely affiliated persons in the justice system, the author proves that the anti-corruption value of such a limitation is that it: while restricting the joint work of closely affiliated persons in the justice system, makes it impossible for nepotism as a separate manifestation of corruption to arise in this system; is a real barrier that reduces the dynamics of the spread of corruption and limits its scale (primarily, in the form of nepotism) in the system of public administration subjects in Ukraine in general and in the justice system in particular; contributes to increasing the authority of judges, professional public service in general and the level of respect and trust of society in the judiciary, the state, as well as reducing legal nihilism in society; maximizes positive incentives for lawful behavior of citizens in general and professional public servants in the justice system, in particular; is the actual result of a public demand for a decrease in the level of tolerance to corruption in the public administration system in general and in justice system, in particular. In the conclusions to the article, it is noted that non-compliance with the administrative and legal restrictions on the collaboration of closely affiliated persons in the justice system creates a situation in which the public service bodies in this system are filled with close persons, who may enter into a corruption conspiracy to use the common good and public interest in their own (personal) interests, which is unacceptable because it distorts the purpose of the existence of the state in general and the judicial power, in particular. Keywords: administrative and legal restrictions, anti-corruption value, corruption in the justice system, joint work of closely affiliated persons, justice system, personnel barrier, personnel tool.

scholarly journals Maladministration in the Public Service: Should Government Officials be Responsible for their Decisions?

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Maulida Zulia Irmajayanti ◽  
Totok Sudaryanto ◽  
Antikowati Antikowati
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
State Obligations ◽  
Normative Basis ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Welfare State

The concept of the welfare state upholds the existence of the legal system under the premise of legal certainty and the protection of basic human rights. Paragraph IV of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia emphasizes the existence of “state obligations” and “the government duty” to protect and serve all public interest. The normative basis of the Constitution was translated as the national principle to embody the public services. The Public Service Law Number 25 of 2009 is a formulation of legal certainty. However, the main problem that occurs in the public services is maladministration in bureaucracy. It is important to build interpretations of the authority attached to the bureaucratic system or on subjects who become government officials. By analyzing the Constitution, this article states that the government official dimensions must be considered as an interrelated issue, so that the articulate practice must be seen as inherent social conditions. Keywords: Responsibility, Government Officials, Maladministration.

scholarly journals OMBUDSMAN: SUATU KAJIAN ANALISIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeni Sri Lestari
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The People ◽  
Personnel Administration ◽  
The Impact

This article analyzes the history and role of the Ombudsman in improving the quality of public service delivery by government officials of a country. The establishment of the Ombudsman is an important step that is done to balance the performance of the apparatus of government in providing public services and justice to the people. This study is important as a reference many countries are working to improve the quality of public services personnel administration. Therefore, the discussion in this article is what is meant by the Ombudsman? How Ombudsman formed? The second is how the performance of the Ombudsman? And how is the impact of the Ombudsman? This study found that the background of the establishment of Ombudsman first appeared in Sweden is based on the Swedish government's efforts to create a balance of public services by government officials and the general public to the demands of globalization and democracy today. At the end of the study it was found that by taking a study on the Ombudsman parliamentary in New Zealand and the United Kingdom found that the practice of the concept of Ombudsman institutions have a positive impact to the management of the public service, it then becomes the impetus for other countries to participate in establishing the Ombudsman.Keywords: Ombudsman, New Zealand, United Kingdom

scholarly journals “Break the Corruption Chain: The Philippine Anti-Corruption Initiatives”

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1365-1369
Author(s):  
Anthony John A. Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status ◽  
Service Commission ◽  
Philippine Government

Every government seeks to build a public service having the value of excellence and with integrity. Thus, every government should wish to constantly maintains the standard of “a public office is a public trust,” for that being said, they started various programs or initiatives specifically to curb or combat the problem of corruption in our society and encourage good governance and public thrust. This study wants to assess the implementation and monitoring of the different anti-corruption initiatives to promote good governance and enhance public trust. The problem being investigated is the effort of the Philippine Government in the implementation, and monitoring of different anti-corruption initiatives. Expressly, it ought to collect particular answer to the following question: (1) What is the status of the anti-corruption initiatives of the Philippine Government in terms of: 1.1. Implementation; and 1.2. Monitoring. The methodology used was a qualitative research. 10 respondents were chosen from the Philippine civil service commission. A semi-structured interview was utilized. The findings of the study show that the commission is continuously improving its procedure and conducting surprise visit to its satellite office to ensure the public trust, also these anti-corruption initiatives are being monitored to give an assurance to the public that they continuously provide quality, effective, and efficient public service to everyone.

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