Managing in the Public Sector A Casebook in Ethics and Leadership,9780136039754

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Managing in the Public Sector A Casebook in Ethics and Leadership

by Sharp, Brett S.; Aguirre, Grant; Kickham, Kenneth

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9780136039754

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0136039758

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6/28/2010

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Pearson

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Managing in the Public Sector gives students and instructors of public administration, leadership, human resources management, and administrative ethics nearly seventy case studies - ranging in scope and complexity - that illustrate theoretical concepts, encourage active student participation in the classroom, and bring to life the exciting work and myriad challenges real public administrators face every day. Book jacket.

Preface	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
Introduction: A Primer on Ethics in Public Administration	p. 1
Why Study Ethics?	p. 1
Subjectivism	p. 2
Cultural Relativism	p. 3
Psychological Egoism	p. 4
Utilitarian Theory (Teleological Ethics)	p. 6
Duty Ethics (Deontological Ethics)	p. 10
Virtue Ethics	p. 12
The Moral Minimum	p. 14
The Case Study Method	p. 14
Managing Employees	p. 15
Floggings Will Continue	p. 15
Not Paying Taxes at the IRS	p. 16
Cutting Loose the Dirty Dozen	p. 19
Eleven Months to Retirement	p. 20
A Competent but Slow Employee	p. 21
A Termination by Any Other Name	p. 23
Leading Public Organizations	p. 27
Gay Rights Signs on City Utility Poles	p. 27
Serving at the Pleasure of the City Council	p. 28
Office of Emergency Management Fake Press Conference	p. 30
Squeezing Out the Garbage Collectors	p. 33
The Governor's Transition Team	p. 34
Running the Numbers at the State Health Department	p. 35
Public Financial Management and Budgeting	p. 38
The Long Forgotten Raise in the Property Tax	p. 38
Tuition Reimbursement Program	p. 39
Submitting an Incomplete Financial Report	p. 42
Ineligible for Suggestion System Awards	p. 43
Free Boat for Soda Display at State Lodge	p. 44
Charging for Copies of Public Documents	p. 46
Managing Human Resources	p. 48
The Planning Director and the H R Analyst	p. 48
Patronage Charges against the Governor	p. 51
Selecting the Special Assistant to the City Council	p. 55
Maintaining Pay during Reduction in Force	p. 58
A Speed Bump on Staff	p. 60
The Bureaucrat's Wife	p. 62
Public Health and Welfare	p. 65
Pennies from Heaven	p. 65
Spanking the Foster Child	p. 66
Children Abused in State Institution	p. 69
Smoking at the State Health Department	p. 70
Prenatal Care for Illegal Immigrants	p. 72
Privatizing the County Hospital	p. 74
Planning and Economic Development	p. 77
Tourism Advertisement	p. 77
A Reasonable Offer	p. 79
Shootout at the Zoning Commission: MegaStore v. the Pharmacists	p. 80
Complimentary Soda Drinks for Bus Drivers	p. 83
The Ethanol Loan Subsidy	p. 84
Free Building for Titan Trout Shop	p. 86
Education Administration and Policy	p. 88
Changing the Grade	p. 88
The Superintendent's Scandal	p. 89
Gift Certificate for Recommendation Letter	p. 91
State University Football Coach and the Wayward Team	p. 92
Working Extra to Pay Your Own Salary	p. 93
Professor Dating Student	p. 95
To Protect and to Serve	p. 97
Rough Day in Tornado Alley	p. 97
Pornography and the Police Chief's Wife	p. 98
Nukes Travel Cross County	p. 99
Highway Patrol Officer Sells Benefit Tickets	p. 100
Cyber Terrorism	p. 101
Records Check	p. 102
Bureaucracy and Public Morality	p. 104
The Corrections Officer Selection Video	p. 104
Indecent Exposure and the Board of Cosmetology	p. 106
American General Opines on Gays	p. 107
Hollywood Discovery	p. 108
Advertisement for Topless Bar in University Newspaper	p. 110
Diversity Management	p. 112
Sensitivity Training and Pandora's Box	p. 112
The Fair Employment Practices Act	p. 114
Weekend Racist	p. 118
Accommodating a Student with a Disability	p. 120
Hate Speech in Confidential Course Evaluations	p. 121
Equal Pay Experts in a Hot Tub	p. 122
Challenges in Nonprofit Management	p. 125
Firefighters Get Money for Charity	p. 125
Ghost Worker at the Nonprofit	p. 126
Sharing the Donor List	p. 128
University President Protests Football Official's Decision	p. 130
The Lazy Volunteer	p. 130
Environmental Protection	p. 133
An Ombudsman by Any Other Name	p. 133
Northern Spotted Owl	p. 134
Funding the Frog Study	p. 135
Penciling in Your Own Salary	p. 137
Carbon Footprint of a Global Warming Activist	p. 139
Appendix Cases Listed by Subject Areas	p. 143
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