Keywording ethics and accountability in public service: An enlisted governance terminologies

In line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this qualitative research “keywords” basic terminologies as enlisted from Philippine policies regarding ethics and accountability in public service for use in governance. Although “keywording” usually searches for words or terms on the internet and/or in any platform for both online and non-online engine, this paper strategizes the selection of basic terminologies that is rationally sorted and/or lifted from the policies regarding ethics and accountability in public service based on judgement and/or expertise in the scholarship. Results show that varied terminologies derived from policies can be used in familiarizing cases and/or situations that will help, aid and/or operationalize governance. Cases that manifest violation thereof exemplify that no public servant is above the law and should serve accordingly for public interest. The enlisted governance terminologies can serve as basis and/or guide in the design and formulation, for both scholars and practitioners in public administration, especially in the day-to-day public affairs, leadership by upright example, agenda setting and planning, administrative services, critical-decision-making, conflict resolutions, consultancies and discussions, exchanges for policy and organizational development in governance and the like. Sorting out terminologies from policies all the more prove that public service and/or duty is good governance in ethics and accountability.