1. Public Value and Ethical Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic Response.
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Liou, Kuotsai Tom and Liou, Alex K.
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PUBLIC value ,COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health administration ,PREPAREDNESS ,PUBLIC health ethics ,POLARIZATION (Social sciences) ,PUBLIC officers - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major public governance issue in the United States since 2020. Public officials at all levels of government have provided important policies to control the spread of the pandemic and reduce its impact to society. This paper examines public value and ethical challenges that are related to the government's pandemic responses. The paper first provides a review of value and ethical studies in public administration and public health crisis. It then examines value concerns and ethical challenges in COVID management and policy cases and the influence of political polarization to the value challenges. The paper concludes with discussions about the pandemic's comprehensive challenges to the traditional professional management and suggestions of public value studies and trainings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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