Republic of the Philippines

Province of Davao del Sur

Sulop, Davao del Sur

Davao del Sur State College

Sulop Extension
FINAL EXAMINATION Second Semester School year 2020-2021
PAM 329 ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SERVICE

Name of Student: ______________________________ Date ______________

Instructor; Myrna S. Relativo, MPA, EnP

Fill in the correct answer to the black for 2 points each correct answer (20 points)

1. _______ is generally employed by the employee’s agency or an anti-corruption body, to

detect individuals who are prepared to accept a bribe, or other inducement, to act
corruptly by doing (or not doing) something that they are required to do in their
position.

a. Integrity testing b. Testing c. Ethics

2. ________ is important for the success of a wide range of public policies that depend on
behavioral responses from the public.
a. Ethics b. Trust c. governance

3. _____is the foundation for the legitimacy of public institutions and a functioning
democratic system.
a. Trust b. System c. standard

4. Integrity” means consistency between what a director says, writes and does.
a. System b. Integrity c. Ethics

5. ______________simply means the study (or science) of duty.

a. Deontological c. Ethics c. Standard

6. Normative ethics is concerned with principles of morality.

a. Moral b. Normative c. Ethics

7. ___________ is a very exciting field of study, filled with issues concerning the most
basic concerns of human beings and their close relatives.

a. Gene Ethics b. Bioethics c. Living

8. _________are also called “consequentialists”, because they look to the consequences of

their actions to determine whether any particular act is justified.
a. Utilitarians b. Bioethics c. energy ethics
 9. ___________ is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a
common goal.
a. Leadership b. Target c. Motivation

10. ______________ is when a politician makes choices on behalf of the people and the
people have the ability to reward or sanction the politician.

a. Politics b. Political Accountability c. none

TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, FALSE if the statement is wrong.
2 points each. 20 points

1. Political accountability is when a politician makes choices on behalf of the people and
the people have the ability to reward or sanction the politician.
2. Transparency helps reduce uncertainty and wild stock price fluctuations because all
market participants can base decisions of value on the same data.
3. Ethics is a study of morality, and business practices are fundamental to human
existence, dating back at least to agrarian society, if not even to pre-agrarian existence.
4. Effective leadership is not based upon ideas—both original and borrowed—that are
effectively communicated to others in a way that engages them enough to act as the
leader wants them to act.
5. Normative concepts of fair governance or good governance are common
among political, public sector, voluntary, and private sector organizations.
6. Attention needs to be paid to systemic threats that could weaken adherence to core
public sector ethics values, and commitment to good governance, and to preparing the
necessary political and management responses.
7. ‘whistleblower’ protection law to protect appropriate 'public interest disclosures' of
wrongdoing by officials.
8. Public trust leads to greater compliance with regulations and the tax system.
9. Theoretical Ethics is the rational reflection on what is right, what is wrong.
10. Directors need not to trust each other that each director will support board decisions
once they occur, will respect confidentiality, will be consistent and honest in what they
say and do, and will act only in the best interests of the company.

Enumeration Type. 14 points

 1. Enumerate the four approaches have overlaps as well as common elements.

2. Enumerate the three parts to the discipline of business ethics:

3. Enumerate the 4 fundamental approaches

4. Enumerate the 3 different types of ethics and you may have been already
exposed to them.

Test IV Essay Type

1. Why do we need transparency of information to the public?

2. When did ethics become part of the Civil Service?.
3. How important is trust and governance to the public?
4. Is trust at the local level important
5. How important is trust and governance to the public