Handbook of Administrative Ethics

by Cooper; Terry

• ISBN13: 9780824704056
• ISBN10: 0824704053
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An expanded reference and textbook following the discussion of ethics in significant pieces of literature on public administration from the last one hundred years. Uses illustrative cases, theoretical perspective and empirical research to examine the effectiveness of ethics training in the public sector. DLC: Civil service ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Contributors	xi
Introduction	xv
I. Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study
The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United States	1	(36)
Terry L. Cooper
Research and Knowledge in Administrative Ethics	37	(22)
H. George Frederickson
Jeremy David Walling
Ethics Education in Public Administration and Affairs: Preparing Graduates for Workplace Moral Dilemmas	59	(20)
Diane E. Yoder
Kathryn G. Denhardt
Ethics in In-service Training	79	(26)
April Hejka-Ekins
II. Philosophical Perspectives in Administrative Ethics
The Use of Philosophy in Administrative Ethics	105	(26)
Charles J. Fox
Administration and the Ethics of Virtue: In All Things, Choose First for Good Character and Then for Technical Expertise	131	(20)
David K. Hart
The Public Interest	151	(28)
Douglas F. Morgan
Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics Revisited	179	(16)
Ralph Clark Chandler
A Teleological Approach to Administrative Ethics	195	(12)
Gerald M. Pops
A Dream of What We Could Be: The Founding Values, the Oath, and Homo virtutis americanus	207	(20)
David K. Hart
III. Contexts of Administrative Ethics
Organizational Structure: A Reflection of Society's Values and a Context for Individual Ethics	227	(16)
Montgomery Van Wart
Kathryn G. Denhardt
Governmental Ethics and Organizational Culture	243	(20)
Leigh E. Grosenick
Pamela A. Gibson
The Relevance of Public Ethics to Administration and Policy	263	(28)
Curtis Ventriss
Administrative Ethics and the Chimera of Professionalism: The Historical Context of Public Service Ethics	291	(18)
Guy B. Adams
IV. Maintaining Ethical Conduct: External Controls
Codes of Ethics	309	(26)
Jeremy F. Plant
From Codes of Conduct to Codes of Ethics: The ASPA Case	335	(20)
James S. Bowman
Ethics Management in Public Organizations: What, Why, and How?	355	(12)
Donald C. Menzel
Federal Ethics Management and Public Trust	367	(20)
Robert Roberts
Federal Inspectors General and the Paths to Accountability	387	(20)
Paul C. Light
Whistleblower Protection and the Judiciary	407	(22)
Judith A. Truelson
Dealing with Administrative Corruption	429	(28)
Gerald E. Caiden
V. Maintaining Ethical Conduct: Internal Controls
Moral Development in Public Administration	457	(24)
Debra W. Stewart
Norman W. Sprinthall
David M. Shafer
Ethical Decision-Making	481	(28)
Dennis P. Wittmer
Values and Ethics	509	(20)
Harold F. Gortner
Character and Conduct in the Public Service: A Review of Historical Perspectives	529	(26)
Jeffrey S. Luke
David W. Hart
VI. Administrative Ethics in American Society
Gender Differences in Administrative Ethics	555	(28)
Anneka Marina Scranton
Molly J. Ranney
Citizenship Ethics in Public Administration	583	(20)
Camilla Stivers
Administrative Ethics and Democratic Theory	603	(20)
John P. Burke
Administrative Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations	623	(6)
Michael O'Neill
Military Ethics	629	(20)
Richard D. White, Jr.
VI. Administrative Ethics in Other Cultures
Administrative Ethics in a Chinese Society: The Case of Hong Kong	649	(22)
Terry T. Lui
Ian Scott
Constitutionalism and Administrative Ethics: A Comparative Study of Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States	671	(24)
John A. Rohr
Administrative Ethics in an African Society: The Case of Zimbabwe	695	(24)
Jonathan N. Moyo
Public Service Ethics in Australia	719	(22)
John G. Uhr
Index	741