This volume presents the proceedings of the first three sessions of the Dewar series: perspectives on public management which were held in April and May of 1993 and were devoted to a discussion of values in the public service. The first presentation was called Public service values - how to navigate in rough waters. The second was titled The challenge of the new administrative order - : post modern accountability. Finally, the third presentation looked at Ethics - do they provide a core of stability in a changing world.