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100			_aWaeraas, Arild
245			_aBeauty from within: What bureaucracies stand for
260			_c2014
300			_ap.675-692.
362			_aNov
520			_aWhile much of our knowledge about public sector values is generated from surveys of public managers, this study explores the official core value statements of 75 U.S. government agencies. These values represent the characteristics with which the agencies want to be associated, rather than the values that guide the administrative behavior and decision making of public officials. A key finding in this study is that values that have been set as standards in many OECD countries, and reiterated in ethical guidelines for the U.S. federal government, are not among the most frequently stated on agency web sites. In light of these findings, the study discusses the role of public sector values in relation to agency identity and image - Reproduced.
650			_aBureaucracy
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a106670
999			_c106665 _d106665