Ethics of the public servant: systematic review

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review, was to analyze how the ethics of the public servant plays a fundamental role for the proper functioning of State institutions. The study was carried out following the PRISMA methodology. It was started from a generalized literature review in electronic data sources, to determine the status of the study topic and identify possible scientific articles related to it. The databases reviewed and consulted were: Scielo, Alicia Concytec, Scopus, Ebsco, Latinindex, and the GALE ONEFILE platform, from the virtual library of the Cesar Vallejo University. The identification, eligibility and inclusion process was carried out in two weeks. Of the 370 articles consulted in the specialized search, 25 were considered, taking into account, among the inclusion criteria, the following: Complete scientific articles, related or interrelated with public ethics, ethics and the values of the public servant and ethics in public administration, for a population, made up of public servants, under the context of: Public institutions. The reference languages for these articles: Spanish and English. Date of publication: From 2011 to 2021 and that they consider the importance of the application of ethical principles, ethical duties and ethical prohibitions, by the public servant. Among the exclusion criteria are: Private servers, Non-public institutions, languages other than Spanish and English, publications before 2011, which focus on unethical issues, as well as publications that are not of scientific articles or belonging to indexed journals. The results show that the application of the ethics of public servants, both individual and institutional, translates into efficient and effective public management.