Handbook of Administrative Ethics

by Cooper, Terry L.

• ISBN13: 9780824790950
• ISBN10: 0824790952
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc

Summary

Delineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, this state-of-the-art reference/text provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector - tracing the treatment of ethics in public administration literature from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Detailing the context within which contemporary ethics training has developed, the Handbook of Administrative Ethics recommends useful research techniques for generating various categories of knowledge concerning administrative ethics . . . examines the effectiveness of ethics training and legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct . . . creates a taxonomy for administrative ethics using the categories of modern philosophy . . . discusses the origins of the term "public interest" . . . analyzes deontological and teleological approaches to administrative ethics oriented toward duty to principle . . . focuses on the ethical dimensions of organizational culture and the conflicts between culture and ethical conduct . . . investigates topics of particular relevance to the political and social contexts of public administration in the United States . . . and more.
Written by over 25 leading scholars in public administration ethics, the Handbook of Administrative Ethics is a valuable reference for public administrators, political scientists, and scholars in other fields concerned with professional ethics such as biomedical and legal ethics, and an essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in departments of public administration, political science, government, and social work.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Introduction
The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United States	p. 3
Research and Knowledge in Administrative Ethics	p. 31
Ethics Education in Public Administration	p. 49
Ethics in Inservice Training	p. 63
The Use of Philosophy in Administrative Ethics	p. 83
Administration and the Ethics of Virtue: In All Things, Choose First for Good Character and Then for Technical Expertise	p. 107
The Public Interest	p. 125
Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics	p. 147
A Teleological Approach to Administrative Ethics	p. 157
Organizational Structure as a Context for Administrative Ethics	p. 169
Governmental Ethics and Organizational Culture	p. 183
The "Publicness" of Administrative Ethics	p. 199
Codes of Ethics	p. 221
Ethics Legislation	p. 243
Federal Inspectors General and the Paths to Accountability	p. 267
Whistleblowers and Their Protection	p. 285
Dealing with Administrative Corruption	p. 305
Moral Development in Public Administration	p. 325
Ethical Decision Making	p. 349
Values and Ethics	p. 373
Character and Conduct in the Public Service: A Review of Historical Perspectives and a Definition for the Twenty-First Century	p. 391
Gender Differences in Administrative Ethics	p. 415
Citizenship Ethics in Public Administration	p. 435
Administrative Ethics and Democratic Theory	p. 457
Ethical Dimensions of Nonprofit Administration	p. 475
Administrative Ethics in a Chinese Society: The Case of Hong Kong	p. 487
Constitutionalism and Administrative Ethics: A Comparative Study of Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States	p. 505
Administrative Ethics in an African Society: The Case of Zimbawe	p. 527
Public Service Ethics in Australia	p. 551
Index	p. 571
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