Abstract:

Building and development of public management in a way that it enables welfare and happiness of public requires practicing of management understanding depending on ethical values and principles. Questions such as what should be the values and principles constituting essentials of public management and agreed by society as a whole and to what degree the relationship between the state and society should be maintained and kept, will lead the concept of ethics to be an experienced and living concept by carrying it from a philosophical dimension to the real life situations. Ḳutad̲g̲u Bilig, written by Yusuf of Balasagun, in the Xl th century, is a masterpiece of Turkish-Islamic tradition providing us advices ages ago in order to maintain an understanding depending on ethical values and principles in today’s public management. The perspective of the Ḳutad̲g̲u Bilig regarding to public management understanding, the life balance between worldly life and afterlife, the relationship between managers and public officials etc. aims at happiness in this world and afterlife. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to raise awareness regarding to what Ḳutad̲g̲u Bilig tells us in terms of ethical requirements of public management by giving information regarding today’s ethical requirements. Thus, the paper will elaborate the ethical management advices of Ḳutadgu Bilig by giving general information about his work. It is expected that this paper provides a vision to the readers in terms of providing an understanding about the ethical management requirements to solve ethics related problems of today’s public managements.

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