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100			_aLangford, John W.
245			_aActing on values: an ethical dead end for public servants
260			_c2004
300			_ap.429-50.
362			_aWinter
520			_aThis article provides a critical analysis of the values approach to public sector ethics, particularly as it has been developed in Ottawa. The central tenet of this approach is that a framework of core values can be used directly by public servants to solve ethical dilemmas or to justify more specific rules of behaviour. The author argues that this approach is conceptually flawed on a number of levels. Its advocates seem confused about what a value is and how to identify core values. They also seem tolerant of the existence of a large number of core values that are not clearly defined. This inevitably creates a situation in which there is a substantial value conflict and no way to resolve such clashes. Finally, the values approach, at least as structured in Ottawa, subdivides values into groups, making a puzzling distinction between ethical and non-ethical values. After examining these flaws, the article explores the need to pay more attention to consequentialist approaches for enhancing ethical behaviour that resonate with the ways in which public servants intuitively approach ethical judgements. - Reproduced.
650			_aCivil service
773			_aCanadian Public Administration
909			_a64650
999			_c64650 _d64650