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color to the more formal institutional types” (White 1926, 602). e Discretionary
Tradition demands such attitudes through ethical systems that specify desirable
behaviors (Cooper 1991; Rohr 1989; Wamsley 1990a). For example, as a duciary,
administrators must not only have a mutual obligation to the common good, group
process, and egalitarian expertise but also responsibility for functional eectiveness
and “third level virtues, values, and principles” (Cooper 1991, 170). erefore, a
specic code of ethics and “obligations to colleagues, politicians, and the law” are
typically employed (Cooper 1991, 170).
is focus on ethical or virtuous administration is a principal driver ...