Commissioner David Axelrod—Consummate Public Servant

Annual Report of the Public Health Commissioner with the Government of India for the Year 1940

In Memoriam: David Judson Sencer, A Public Health Giant

Diseases journal and its readers recently lost a dear friend, personally and in the fi eld of public health. In medical school, professors often regaled us with tales of the “giants,” master diagnosticians and clinicians, physicians who could profi ciently teach, investigate, care, and inspire. There is no question that David J. Sencer was a “giant” who left his footprint (indeed, one with a wo...

Servant Leadership , Trust , and the Organizational Commitment of Public Sector Employees in

Servant leaders strive selflessly and altruistically to assist others before themselves, work to develop their followers to their greatest potential, and seek to benefit the wider community. This paper examines the trust-based mechanisms by which servant leadership influences organizational commitment in the Chinese public sector, using data from a survey of civil servants. Quantitative analysi...

Servant Leadership: A Worldview Perspective

The concept of worldview is introduced and explored as a framework for creating a philosophical foundation for servant leadership. The author uses the work of Schaeffer (1968), Pearcey (2004), Murphy and Ellis (1996), and MacIntyre (1984, 1988) to demonstrate the fragmented nature of modern philosophic and scientific traditions, how this affects ethics and morality, and how this fragmentation c...

The Charge of Mr. Commissioner Barlow

Mr. Barlow stated that tbe jury were directed to inquire whether Catherine Cumming, widow, now residing at 09, Queen's Koad, St. John's Wood, was a lunatic, or enjoyed lucid intervals, so that she was not sufficient for the government of herself and her property ; and if so, at what time, and after what manner, and how?that was the particular part of the Commission to which he wished to draw th...