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100			_aStazyk, Edmund C.
245			_aTaking the high road: does public service motivation alter ethical decision making processes?
260			_c2015
300			_ap.627-645.
520			_aAlthough public administration scholars have long been interested in promoting administrative ethics, recent lapses in judgment by government employees make the study of ethics even more pressing. Yet, we know relatively little about how public values and publicly oriented motives influence the ethical obligations employees reference when confronting organizational problems. We employ Perry's (2000) process model of public service motivation to connect public values, public service motivation, and employees' understanding of their ethical obligations. Using data collected from over 1,400 managers in United States municipal governments, we present findings that suggest that public service motivation appears to be positively correlated with ethical obligations rooted in virtue and integrity, or high road ethics, for less professionalized employees. Further, broader constellations of public values encourage increased application of high road ethics for the same employees, but only to the extent that they foster public service motivation. - Reproduced.
650			_aDecision making
650			_aMotivation
650			_aCivil service
700			_aDavis, Randall S.
773			_aPublic Administration
909			_a109651
999			_c109646 _d109646