Handbook of Administrative EthicsDelineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, this reference provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector. Detailing the context within which contemporary ethics training has developed, the book examines the effectiveness of ethics training, legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct, and other topics of particular relevance to the political and social contexts of public administration. Written by over 25 leading scholars in public administration ethics, the book creates a taxonomy for administrative ethics using the categories of modern philosophy. |
Contents
The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United States | 1 |
Research and Knowledge in Administrative Ethics | 37 |
Ethics Education in Public Administration and Affairs Preparing Graduates for Workplace Moral Dilemmas | 59 |
Ethics in Inservice Training | 79 |
The Use of Philosophy in Administrative Ethics | 105 |
Administration and the Ethics of Virtue In All Things Choose First for Good Character and Then for Technical Expertise | 131 |
The Public Interest | 151 |
Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics Revisited | 179 |
Federal Inspectors General and the Paths to Accountability | 387 |
Whistleblower Protection and the Judiciary | 407 |
Dealing with Administrative Corruption | 429 |
Moral Development in Public Administration | 457 |
Ethical DecisionMaking | 481 |
Values and Ethics | 509 |
Character and Conduct in the Public Service A Review of Historical Perspectives | 529 |
Gender Differences in Administrative Ethics | 555 |
A Teleological Approach to Administrative Ethics | 195 |
A Dream of What We Could Be The Founding Values the Oath and Homo virtutis americanus | 207 |
Organizational Structure A Reflection of Societys Values and a Context for Individual Ethics | 227 |
Governmental Ethics and Organizational Culture | 243 |
The Relevance of Public Ethics to Administration and Policy | 263 |
Administrative Ethics and the Chimera of Professionalism The Historical Context of Public Service Ethics | 291 |
Codes of Ethics | 309 |
From Codes of Conduct to Codes of Ethics The ASPA Case | 335 |
Ethics Management in Public Organizations What Why and How? | 355 |
Federal Ethics Management and Public Trust | 367 |
Citizenship Ethics in Public Administration | 583 |
Administrative Ethics and Democratic Theory | 603 |
Administrative Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations | 623 |
Military Ethics | 629 |
Administrative Ethics in a Chinese Society The Case of Hong Kong | 649 |
Constitutionalism and Administrative Ethics A Comparative Study of Canada France the United Kingdom and the United States | 671 |
Administrative Ethics in an African Society The Case of Zimhabwe | 695 |
Public Service Ethics in Australia | 719 |
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