This course examines the different types of accountability and issues regarding ethical management. Topics include social responsibility, social responsiveness, professional ethics, value-based management, different views of ethics, factoring affecting managerial ethics, managing ethical conflicts, administrative transparency, sustainable development, and the 'greening' of management.

CILO-1: Identify concepts of ethics and accountability in public administration. CILO-2: Recognize controversial or supra-regulatory behaviours in public ethics. CILO-3: Discuss the interrelationship between administrative accountability and public ethics. CILO-4: Demonstrate the ability to apply administrative accountability to the public sector.