Are administrative ethics and public ethics the same course?

Section 1 The meaning and characteristics of administrative ethics

First, the meaning of administrative ethics

1. Ethics and morality

Ethics has two meanings: first, it refers to a social relationship between people; Second, it refers to the norms that human behavior should follow.

Morality is the sum of behavioral principles and norms that adjust the relationship between people and between individuals and society. This principle and norm are maintained by public opinion and people's ideas, habits, traditions and education.

2. Ethics and administrative ethics

Ethics is a science about social and individual moral norms and their development laws. Ethics, as a discipline, originated in the west and was a branch of philosophy in ancient Greece.

Administrative ethics is a science about the essence and development law of administrative morality. It is a new frontier discipline.

Section II History and Present Situation of Administrative Ethics Research

First, the emergence of administrative ethics

4. Establishment of administrative ethical goals

From the initial rejection of ethical values to the acceptance of ethical norms as the standard of administrative activities, public administration has realized the integration of "facts" and "values";

Public administrative activities have formed a complete administrative ethical goal from advocating "efficiency" at first to pursuing "justice" social value. The establishment of ethical goals provides value orientation for administrative personnel to perform their duties.

Third, China's administrative ethics research.

1. China traditional administrative ethics culture

China's ancient administrative ethics mainly include: public loyalty, honesty, diligence, love for the people, using talents and self-cultivation.

2. China's modern administrative ethics.

In China's modern administrative ethics, bourgeois administrative ethics is dominant. The contents of bourgeois administrative ethics mainly include: safeguarding national independence and sovereignty, from improvement to harmony, and providing civil rights.

3. Contemporary China administrative ethics

In contemporary China, the dominant administrative ethics is socialist administrative ethics, which belongs to the proletariat and the socialist administrative ethics represented by the China * * * production party. It mainly includes two aspects: first, it insists that the interests of the people are above everything else; Second, emphasize the restriction and supervision of power.

Section III Research Object, Method and Necessity of Administrative Ethics

First, the research object of administrative ethics

1. The research object of the discipline

The research object of administrative ethics is the ethical issues in the process of administrative management in the field of public administration. In essence, administrative ethics embodies a specific concept of public interest and is the inevitable result of the emergence and development of public power.

2. The basic elements of administrative ethics-rights and obligations

Between rights and obligations in the ethical sense, from the result, moral subjects should also enjoy moral rights after fulfilling certain moral obligations; However, from the perspective of motivation, moral obligation is gratuitous and non-right motivation, and moral subjects should not take the acquisition of certain rights as the premise when performing moral obligations. For the administrative subject, the obligation in the sense of administrative ethics is at a higher level among the various moral obligations it undertakes.

3. The basic level of administrative ethics

From the perspective of subjectivity, administrative ethics includes two levels, namely, the individual level of administrative personnel and the level of administrative organization.

4. The basic function of administrative ethics

Administrative ethics belongs to a self-discipline mechanism of administrative power and an internal restraint mechanism of administrative power. This mechanism embodies the main and basic functions of administrative ethics.

5. The basic function of administrative ethics

Administrative ethics plays a vital role in the fairness, honesty and efficiency of administrative management. Good administrative ethics can establish a good image of the government in the eyes of the public, gain higher social support and obedience, and greatly affect the public's sense of identity and support for administrative power.

Chapter II Administrative Ethics

Section 1 Scientific and Ethical Views of Public Administration

First, the concept of efficiency.

1. the efficiency view of public administration

Administrative efficiency is the goal pursued by administrative activities.

Second, the concept of the rule of law.

3. The relationship between law and morality

The tradition of ancient China society was to emphasize morality over law-the rule of the country by man.

In modern society, we need to re-attach importance to the unity of legal norms and moral norms.

Fourth, ethics.

1. The essence, function and role of administrative ethics

In essence, administrative ethics is the values about administrative functions and administrative goals.

2. The composition of administrative ethics

Contemporary China's administrative ethics mainly consists of three basic elements: the value base, the value core and the value goal of administrative ethics, namely, clean government, diligence and administrative personality. These include:

Clean government is the reflection and requirement of public administrative ethics and the basic content of public administrative ethics; On the basis of "clean government", the goal of "diligent administration" is put forward. Government organs at all levels and all public servants, especially senior and middle-level leading cadres, must establish the concept of diligence and regard it as the core content of administrative ethics; Establishing and perfecting administrative personality is the value goal of administrative ethics.

The second meaning

First, the meaning of justice

1. The meaning and function of justice

Justice in ethics refers to the truth, principles and norms that conform to the interests of social members.

Justice is the most basic concept of ethics and the most basic component of human morality. It provides support and guidelines for various forms of human morality and human moral behavior.

Justice is always associated with truth, goodness and beauty, and it has become the behavioral goal that people yearn for and pursue.

2. The relationship between justice, fairness and justice

Second, the historical development and practical significance of the concept of justice

2. The practical significance of the concept of justice

(1) Justice is the "balancer" of society;

(2) Justice is the "corrector" of human behavior;

(3) Justice is the "propeller" of social development.

Section 3 Public Equality

Third, the fair view of public administration.

1. The goal of the concept of fairness

(1) Fair, just, fair

Public administration contains the value concept of justice, and the concept of justice must be implemented in practice on the issue of fairness. Without fairness, justice will lose its foundation and basis.

The concept of fairness in public administration is the sum of the principles and ideas that the government and its administrative personnel should follow when they carry out administrative activities, and treat all members of society equally.

(2) The social equity that our public administration should solve.

Social justice has always been a lofty goal pursued by mankind. From the perspective of pursuing high-level social equity, China's public administration should mainly solve two problems:

First, the conflict between the current situation of administrative management and the needs of social development;

Second, maximize the fair distribution of limited social resources and achieve the overall balance of social development. (To this end, we must deal with three kinds of relationships, namely, the relationship between the manager and the managed; The relationship between the central government and local governments; The relationship between rich areas, rich people and poor areas and poor people. )

2. The objective inevitability of pursuing social justice

The goal of public administration in China to pursue social justice is mainly determined by four reasons: first, it is determined by the socialist nature of China; Second, it is determined by the purpose of the administrative organization itself; Third, it is determined by the people's demands for social justice; Fourthly, China is in a period of social transformation, and in fact there is a serious problem of social injustice. Solving this problem has become an urgent task for the government and its administrative activities.

3. The significance of pursuing social justice

First, social equity is the eternal value goal pursued by human society, which is conducive to social development and progress; Second, social equity is the cornerstone of maintaining social stability and can create a good internal environment for the country's economic construction and development; Third, the pursuit of social justice is conducive to shaping a good government image; Fourth, the pursuit of social equity is the premise for the government to pursue efficiency.

4. The focus of pursuing social justice

Historical reasons determine that it will be a long and arduous gradual process for China to deal with social equity. At present, the problems that should be solved more emphatically are as follows: first, to provide guarantee for the government to realize social justice through system construction and improvement; Second, provide organizational guarantee for the pursuit of social justice through the reform of the government's administrative organization; Third, provide material guarantee and technical support for the government to pursue social equity through various channels; Fourth, it shows the government's determination to pursue social justice by severely punishing social injustice.

Chapter III Administrative Ideas, Attitudes and Styles

The first section management concept

First, the meaning of administrative ideal

2. The administrative ideal of socialist countries

In socialist countries, administrative ideal is the ideal of administrative profession. It is the professional value goal that the administrators of socialist countries pursue and yearn for in their administrative posts and professional activities, that is, the value pursuit that they hope to achieve through administrative professional activities.

Second, the objective basis of administrative ideal

1. The relationship between administrative ideal and administrative practice

Administrative idea originates from administrative practice.

In China, the proposal and determination of administrative ideal has a solid practical and practical foundation.

2. The relationship between administrative ideal and social ideal

Social ideal is the imagination of the whole country and nation to the object that has realistic possibility and can be transformed into reality, and it is a goal formed on the basis of value judgment of the development prospect of the country and nation. Public administration is the way to realize social ideal.

Social ideals will appear in the form of ideology and need the support and proof of ideological system.

In socialist countries, the administrative ideal of public administration and administrative personnel is the combination of social ideal, moral ideal and personal ambition of the country and the nation. In the administrative activities of administrative personnel, social ideals are transformed and included in administrative ideals, which can be realized through the specific administrative activities of administrative personnel pursuing their own ideal personality and constructing perfect social relations.