Should Public Administrators Make Value Judgments to Promote Equity when Implementing Laws?
public (not just private) bureaucracies. First, some of those who object may be concerned about the personal biases and agendas of those public administrators making the value judgments and their concern that self-interest might interfere with the promotion of social equity. Lipsky (1990) notes that the average street-level bureaucrat regularly faces demands and pressures from multiple directions and often has the opportunity to substitute his or her self- interest for the public interest (Shafritz & Hyde, 2008). However, scholars find that even though these opportunities arise, public administrators and street-level bureaucrats tend to ignore these opportunities (Maynard-Moody & Musheno, 2000). Instead, they often make their own jobs harder in the pursuit of promoting social equity and responding to the needs of individuals (Maynard-Moody & Musheno, 2000). Second, there are still some American citizens who do not find the idea of social equity desirable, instead viewing women, minorit
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