Ethical Values and the Human Resources Behaviour in Public Management

The role of ethical behaviour in public management is crucial for the public organizations’ results and for the citizens’ satisfaction. This idea is already demonstrated by several studies and the practitioners share it. There are limited knowledge about how the newly emerged politico-administrative dichotomy in the Balkans has influenced the formation of ethical behaviour along the management process and how this should be updated, taking into account that it is permanently influenced by regional cultures, by public managers and politicians. The main objectives of this paper are: (1) to identify some features of the human resources behaviour during the management process; (2) to underline the main reasons for unethical behaviour, (3) to identify some recommendations for creating and maintaining an ethically-oriented behaviour. The research methodology was based on questionnaire and included forty persons from the central government level. The paper concludes with some recommendations for improving the ethical behaviour of the human resources involved in the public management process at the central Romanian government.