ABSTRACT. This paper discusses the major trends in scholarship about the status of public sector ethics, ethical decision-making for actors in the public sphere, the ethical aspect of public administration managers’ activity, and adequate institutionalization of ethics policies. The findings of this study have implications for the ethical grounds of public sector, ethics reforms and policies in the public administration, and the influences and forces impacting decision makers who are confronted with ethical decisions. pp. 57–62

Keywords: public service ethics; decision making; decision; policy