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Unethical behaviours experienced in public management can cause high and irreparable costs. It is necessary to recognize and practice management understanding strengthening public morality in order to prevent unethical behaviours. It is clear that public morality would be reinforced through practicing management understanding depending on ethical values in public service, which is called as “ethics management” today. At this point, the question of “What are the key dynamics through which ethics management and thus public morality could be improved?” becomes important. And it could be a reason by itself for us to look at our cultural resources, which are the cornerstones shaping our civilisation, to find out the appropriate answer to the question. Sa'di Shirazi is an important author, poet and thinker contributing to the interpretation of the values of Islamic civilization. This paper analyses his two masterpiece works: The Bustan (Orchard) and The Gulistan (Rose Garden). It focuses on the foundations of ethics management and how they could be evaluated through the eyes of Sa'di Shirazi. Thus, this paper has basically two main purposes; first of all, it aims to raise awareness about the key essentials regarding ethics management in the Bustan and the Gulistan, and secondly, it aims to point out the fact that these two works of Sa’di are living reference works beyond literature and contributing to the management science as well. The paper uses the ethics management frameworks called “ethics infrastructure” and more recently “the principles of public integrity” developed by OECD as an evaluation tool for the purpose. The paper concludes that though concepts, institutions and management structures have evolved over time, the Bustan and the Gulistan of Sa’di include management advice corresponding with OECD’s ethics management frameworks and principles.

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