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100			_aVittal, N.
245			_aEthics in public administration: classical insights and current practices
260			_c2001
300			_ap.5-20
362			_aJan-Jun
520			_aThis paper examines in some detail the chief reasons for the low ethical standards in public administration today. References have been made to the concept of dharma and the principles for ethics in public administration as reflected in our tradition in the Vedanta, Upanishads, Manu and the Bhagwad Gita. Several radical, legal and systemic remedies are suggested and defended at length. The leitmotif of all this is an earnest call to return to and practise the ancient principles of dharma to manage the polity on the basis of enduring verities. The suggestions offered by the author are all anchored in such permanent principles. - Reproduced
650			_aEthics
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aJournal of Human Values
909			_a49447
999			_c49447 _d49447