Making Sense of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Code

In the previous chapters of this book we introduced sensory-based ethics as a new approach to improve and guide ethical conduct in the Public Administration. It is suggested that the textuality of defining rules and principles as entrenched in the Code of Ethics may extend to the sensory patterns of wisdom employed in the relationships among members of the public service professional community and policy stakeholders. We argue that sense-making highlights how the five human senses, i.e., sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste, intersect with ethical discourse-thus compelling reflexive forms of somatic work by which a bond can be created between them and public administrators’ professional practice.