Trust. Once you lose it, it is difficult to gain it back. Right? This is what we hear. Yet, I see and read regularly about leaders who seem to be very ignorant maintaining that trust. Or maybe they just don't get it?

To certain extent public trust is a result of ethical decision-making and ethical conduct in public...

I am reading Menzel again. The article published in Public Inetgrity (2009, 11:4) titled "I didn't do anything unethical, illegal or Immoral" is a case study of eruption of ethical problems in one American county. A very interesting article.

The story in a nutshell goes like this: an elected official - a property appraiser - has had...

Lately I have been thinking a lot of the pressure that conflicting values cause to officials and public servants. I mean, when you enter the organization you probably are aware the main values, objectives and vision the organization has. If that is largely something you would oppose in your personal life you'd probably wouldn't have sought to work...