Ethics of Bureaucracy in Social Media: Between Freedom of Expression and Impartiality
Dwiyanto Indiahono, and Anwaruddin
Public Administration Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia
Abstract
The State Civil Apparatus Act confirms that civil servants must uphold the principle of neutrality. The principle of neutrality indicates that every ASN employee is impartial from any form of influence and does not take the interests of anyone. On the other hand, the climate of democracy provides individuals with ample scope for expression in online media, and political actors who are intensely campaigning for themselves through social media. ASN must maintain their behavior on social media to maintain the principle of neutrality. Social media can be a new window in seeing ASNs professionalism seen from the aspect of upholding the principle of bureaucratic neutrality. ASN is a unifying agent of the nation, so that enforcing bureaucratic impartiality is one of the keys to the establishment of bureaucratic reform in the future.
Keywords: political actors, bureaucracy, interests, social media, neutrality.
Topic: Public Policy, Public Service and Sustainable Development