Pinisi Discretion Review Volume 3, Issue 2, March, 2020 Page. 243- 260 ISSN (Print): 2580-1309 and ISSN (Online): 2580-1317 Public Administration and Ethics in Digital Era Kemi Anthony Emina Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigera. E-mail: eminakemi@yahoo.com (Received: February-2020; Reviewed: February-2020; Accepted: March-2020; Avalaibel Online: March-2020; Published: March-2020) This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY-NC-4.0 ©2020 by author (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ABSTRACT The ability to use and develop certain periods of societal skills of using and developing information and communication technologies greatly influences the fate and uses of these technologies in the economic, political, social and cultural spheres of society in the developmental and democratic indices of the world. Today, institutions need important information and data to maintain an efficient and productive life. Likewise, digitalization of information and data reveals new management understandings. Organizations are changing organizational structures and using hierarchical structures more flexibly and more efficiently. However, the benefits of progressively non-confidentiality of data and information are increasing in different fields, of which many social and cultural cataclysms can also follow. In particular, inequality in society is caused by the mutilation of privacy and trust In the Digital era, virtual action loses value and raises ethical issues. The inability to develop appropriate ethical principles for the virtual society deepens the effect of these problems on society. In this study, ethical perspectives of public administration in the Digital age are positively or negatively related to the situation. Keywords: Digital Technology, Digital Era, Information Society, Ethics, Public Administration Ethic. INTRODUCTION With the transition to the information society in the globalization process, information- communication technologies have become life-determining. Today, individuals spend most of their time in computers, smartphones, tablets, virtual spaces, or other digital tools. The products of the digital age have made the individual do their work through the screen, communicate and circulate in virtual environments. Problems, relationships, and even family life in the workplace are carried out via email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, or other social networks. Digital developments that have increased their impact in every field have also brought about radical changes in the functioning and understanding of public administration. In the digital age, which is defined as a new phase in which the collected data and processed information can be stored in databases for years, institutions need a significant