Republic of the Philippines
PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Graduate School Center
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

Term Paper
In
ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE

In Partial Fullfillment
Of the requirements for the
Master in Development Management
Major in Public Administration

Submitted by:
ALEXANDER A. ILUIS
1ST SEM 2013

Submitted to:
MELITTON G. DASSUN, D.P.A

CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: A PANELCO III PERSPECTIVE

Introduction

Generally, the word “ethics” is originated from the ancient Greek word “ethos” that means a custom, success, nature, character, the manner of thought.

ORIGIN OF ETHICS

“Ethics are as important for the public servant as blood for the body”
(Unknown in Van der Waldt & Helmbold, 1995:170). *
PANELCO III, like individuals, is constantly changing through new leadership, environmental influences and socio-political development. PANELCO III cannot promote and enforce ethical behaviour solely through the utilisation of ethical codes of conduct or through the promulgation of a plethora of board of directors and the top management. Social mind sets are often still entangled in a micro-ethic paradigm. People tend to equate moral values and moral norms with values and norms, which apply only to personal relations structures within which they interact. PANELCO III needs an organisational culture that not only supports ethical behaviour, but sees that it also defines and underpins right and wrong conduct at an individual and institutional sphere.

The origins of ethics have a meta-ethical basis. Several philosophers have argued that human beings are inherently ethical. Mencius (in Singer, 1994:28), asserts that human beings are naturally virtuous in that if people follow their nature, they will be able to do well. Rousseau contends that the origins of ethics are natural human sentiments. Pity is considered as a