Let’s begin with a story shared by one of my students, based on his personal experience. “Henry” ... more Let’s begin with a story shared by one of my students, based on his personal experience. “Henry” graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School several years ago, and I have been wrestling with his quandary ever since.1
In 2006, my wife and I had the privilege of visiting the Zhalan cemetery and viewing the gravesit... more In 2006, my wife and I had the privilege of visiting the Zhalan cemetery and viewing the gravesites of Matteo Ricci and his Jesuit colleagues, Johann Adam Schall and Ferdinand Verbiest. These sites, located outside the old city gate in Beijing, were restored after the Cultural Revolution and commemorated in 1983, on the 400th anniversary of Ricci’s arrival in China. The memory of the Jesuit mission to China is now carefully preserved, for it was the Jesuits who were largely responsible for opening up China to Europe in the modern period. This early encounter between East and West endures in significance.1
In 2011, Aruna Roy was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most-influential people in the wo... more In 2011, Aruna Roy was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most-influential people in the world. In prior years, she had received similar recognition, including, in 2000, the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, and, in 2010, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academia, and Management. On each occasion, her most significant achievement was identified as the campaign for greater transparency and accountability in government. The Right to Information law enacted by the Indian Parliament in 2005 gave India’s citizens a powerful tool for monitoring official actions and protecting their rights.
One distinction that I hope has emerged in these case studies is the difference between expertise... more One distinction that I hope has emerged in these case studies is the difference between expertise and professionalism. Professionals, of course, bring expertise to bear in decision making—whether it is acquired by specialized training or in apprenticeship to established practitioners. But professionalism does not consist simply in the exercise of technical skills, using the right tools or methods, in the right way, to address problems at hand. Beyond such qualities, practitioners have fiduciary obligations to specific individuals—their constituents, their clients, their superiors—and to the public as a whole, to improve the quality of public life. Therefore, they need to know what their fiduciary obligations are and how to develop the competence necessary to meet them.
Let’s begin with a story shared by one of my students, based on his personal experience. “Henry” ... more Let’s begin with a story shared by one of my students, based on his personal experience. “Henry” graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School several years ago, and I have been wrestling with his quandary ever since.1
In 2006, my wife and I had the privilege of visiting the Zhalan cemetery and viewing the gravesit... more In 2006, my wife and I had the privilege of visiting the Zhalan cemetery and viewing the gravesites of Matteo Ricci and his Jesuit colleagues, Johann Adam Schall and Ferdinand Verbiest. These sites, located outside the old city gate in Beijing, were restored after the Cultural Revolution and commemorated in 1983, on the 400th anniversary of Ricci’s arrival in China. The memory of the Jesuit mission to China is now carefully preserved, for it was the Jesuits who were largely responsible for opening up China to Europe in the modern period. This early encounter between East and West endures in significance.1
In 2011, Aruna Roy was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most-influential people in the wo... more In 2011, Aruna Roy was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most-influential people in the world. In prior years, she had received similar recognition, including, in 2000, the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, and, in 2010, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academia, and Management. On each occasion, her most significant achievement was identified as the campaign for greater transparency and accountability in government. The Right to Information law enacted by the Indian Parliament in 2005 gave India’s citizens a powerful tool for monitoring official actions and protecting their rights.
One distinction that I hope has emerged in these case studies is the difference between expertise... more One distinction that I hope has emerged in these case studies is the difference between expertise and professionalism. Professionals, of course, bring expertise to bear in decision making—whether it is acquired by specialized training or in apprenticeship to established practitioners. But professionalism does not consist simply in the exercise of technical skills, using the right tools or methods, in the right way, to address problems at hand. Beyond such qualities, practitioners have fiduciary obligations to specific individuals—their constituents, their clients, their superiors—and to the public as a whole, to improve the quality of public life. Therefore, they need to know what their fiduciary obligations are and how to develop the competence necessary to meet them.
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