ABSTRACT
The relationship between “accountability” and “ethics” has long been a concern among students of public administration. Accountability has traditionally been regarded as the means used to control and direct administrative behavior by requiring “answerability” to some external authority. It has deep roots in American constitutional history, and can be linked to the principles implicit in the Magna Carta as well as to our system of checks and balances. In public administration, ethics has most often been associated with standards of responsible behavior and integrity.
