Strategic issues on the development of the civil service system in the era of globalizationtowards environmental sustainability

摘要

Civil service in public organizations (public service), one of the functions of government, becomes a benchmark of the performance of governmentofficials seen from his loyalty to give satisfaction to the consumer (society), leadership and organization (state) without thinking of the size ofremuneration acquired. High and low performance of public organizations is strongly influenced by the culture of paternalism, which is still verystrong and tends to encourage public officials to be more oriented organizations on power rather than service, placing himself as ruler and treat theusers as objects of care services that require assistance. In addition, low performance also caused by a power-sharing system that tends to beconcentrated on the leadership because of the bureaucratic structure that is hierarchical encourages the concentration of power and authority in theboss so that employees of public organizations are directly related to service users which often do not have adequate powers to respond to theevolving dynamics in the provision of services. Civil service itself has immense components. In Indonesia, the civil service is regulated in the stateconstitution. There are twelve components of the civil service mandated based on the Act of 1945, namely (1) the value of citizens’ rights listed in thepreamble of the 1945 Constitution, (2) the right to independence, (3) the freedom to choose, (4) the right for autonomy, ( 5) justice, (6) together, (7)legal certainty, (8) the right to work and a decent life, (9) freedom of association, (10) freedom of religion, (11) the right to teaching, (12) the rightpromotion culture, (13) the right to prosperity and (14) the maintenance of the poor and neglected children. Refering to these components, it isunderstood that the civil service cannot be privatized. Civil service stands as the backbone of all of the units in the government which includeexecutive, legislative and judicial for the public administration on development and environmental safety in order to achieve environmental sustainability.