Ethics in the Modes of Action of Public Administrators

ABSTRACT

Ethics is one of the oldest branches of philosophy, it studies good and evil, right from wrong, just and unjust, values, the duty to be happiness, its relations with morality and human behavior, as a value or because of its axiological character, deals with the behavior of human beings. Its application in the field of public management, manifests itself as an indispensable instrument when selecting the most suitable, disciplined public servants, with capacities, moral, ethical, honest, respectful values and committed to the common good, full of integrity, transparency, essential qualities that will undoubtedly limit acts of corruption. Its importance is linked to the transparency of public actions, a substantial element for the proper functioning and organization of public administrations, disrupted by acts of corruption that have overflowed, especially in recent years, as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, and the objective of This article is to analyze the behavior of public administrators in the public exercise, determine if the rules of conduct could reduce acts of corruption allowing to recover the credibility and trust of the public service. Giving as a contribution to science that the application of standardized public ethics codes, of mandatory compliance, would allow more than a good public administration a correct selection of our rulers, creating rules of public conduct, a public awareness of the common good, in such virtue that citizens have a better image of public administrations, especially of the public service that has been affected by unfair, amoral practices that have caused so much damage to the image of a constitutional state of rights and justice.