The first distinction to be drawn here is between the notions of prudential and moral obligation. A theory of prudential obligation suggests that a person can have duties that promote an obligation only through self-interest: I may be prudentially obliged to pay somebody $100 if that person is pointing a loaded gun to my head, but I would certainly not have any further moral duty to do so. In terms of administrative ethics generally, the gulf between prudential and moral sources of obligation can potentially be seen in reference to organizational systems of compliance versus integrity