Ensuring ethical conduct depends upon the nature of decisions that individual administrators make and the values they hold. Do you think ethics can be taught?
Or do you agree, like the text, that a careful balance must be maintained between ". . . the individual values of public administrators and the professional training they bring to the job . . . a balance between the cultures of their agencies and the oversight of external forces. . . . and a strong relationship between public administrators and the citizens to whom they ultimately are responsible."