Ethics In Government

Author : Donald C. Menzel
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781439806913

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Ethics Moments in Government by Donald C. Menzel Pdf

Ethical concerns are among the most common problems public administrators face, yet the issues are often complex, and the correct choices are not always clear. Living up to the public trust is much more than just an act of compliance. It also involves perceiving, preventing, avoiding, and resolving accusations of illegal or unethical behavior, including appearances of inappropriate behavior. Ethics Moments in Government: Cases and Controversies examines how to identify, assess, and resolve the ethical issues and dilemmas that often confront those who govern the cities, counties, states, and federal agencies throughout America. Real Situations, Real Advice Providing a one-stop resource for all those who must contend with thorny ethical issues, this volume presents case studies that vary in complexity and context and are based on real situations. Each case scenario is followed by discussion questions and case assessments by expert practitioners who describe how they would handle the situation. Using a "total immersion" technique, the book encourages readers to be reflexive and analytical in addressing the problems presented and arriving at appropriate solutions. A supplemental CD is included which contains PowerPoint® slide presentations, articles, workshop programs, tests, and links to organizations. For many of the scenarios presented in this volume, there are no easy answers. Practical guidance on reasoning through difficult decision-making situations enables public administrators to acquire the ethical knowledge, skills, abilities, and instincts that will ultimately help them gain the trust of their citizens and advance in their careers.

Author : Gregory Levine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1926843363

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Municipal Ethics Regimes by Gregory Levine Pdf

Canadian municipalities faced with ethical challenges, as well as the ethically challenged, are at an important juncture. Increased public concern with the conduct of municipal government and administration have led several provinces to change municipal legislation to either reflect new concerns or to allow for the creation of new ethics mechanisms.Ethics regimes encompass different philosophical and social concerns, as well as different practical mechanisms for dealing with ethics problems. This book explores three areas of concern and their associated mechanisms at the local level: integrity, codes of conduct, and ethics and integrity commissioners; lobbying, lobbyist registration and lobbyist registrars; and, administrative justice, administrative justice codes and ombudsmen. Taking a pan-Canadian approach, while being sensitive to varying municipal and local government legislation and frameworks across Canada, this book outlines key features of these regimes and offers practical information for and insight into designing and implementing effective ethics mechanisms at the municipal level.

Author : Joseph Heath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197509630

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The Machinery of Government by Joseph Heath Pdf

In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdated. The vast number of economic and social problems it confronts is such that a great deal of rule-making power is now delegated to a class of civil servants. Yet many political philosophers have not taken this model up, and the field has ignored the important role played by the class of "permanent" state officials--the "deep state" as some call it--in liberal states. In most liberal democracies for example, the central bank is as independent as the supreme court, yet deals with a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. How do these public servants make these policy decisions? What normative principles inform their judgments? In The Machinery of Government, Joseph Heath attempts to answer these questions. He looks to the actual practice of public administration to see how normative questions are addressed. More broadly, he attempts to provide the outlines of a "philosophy of the executive" by taking seriously the claim to political authority of the most neglected of the three branches of the state. Heath both provides a corrective to the prevailing tendency to underestimate the contribution of civil servants to the success of liberal-democratic welfare states, and suggests a more satisfactory account of the principles implicit in public administration.

Author : Paul Howard Douglas
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015069250796

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Ethics in Government by Paul Howard Douglas Pdf

Author : James H. Svara
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781449619022

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The Ethics Primer for Public Administrators in Government and Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition by James H. Svara Pdf

This concise text is a reader friendly primer to the fundamentals of administrative responsibility and ethics. Your students will come away with a clear understanding of why ethics are important to administrators in governmental and non-profit organizations, and how these administrators can relate their own personal values to the norms of the public sector. Since the publication of the first edition of The Ethics Primer, there has been significant change in the climate of public affairs that impacts the discussion of ethics for those who serve the public in governmental and nonprofit organizations. The new edition reflects those changes in three major areas: • Ethics in an era of increasing tension between political leaders and administrators over the role and size of government. • Ethical choices in making fiscal cuts or imposing new taxes in the face of the greatest economic crisis since the Depression. • Ethical challenges to established practices in public organizations. The Second Edition also offers thoroughly updated data and sources throughout, as well as examples that incorporate new research and new developments in government and politics. The Second Edition of The Ethics Primer for Public Administrators in Government and Nonprofit Organizations: • Introduces readers to the fundamentals of administrative responsibility and provides comprehensive coverage of the important elements of ethics. • Features an accessible and interactive approach to maximize understanding of the subject. • Includes information on the nature of public service and the ethical expectations of public administrators, as well factors that may lead to unethical behavior. • Written from a political perspective, the book addresses questions that are highly salient to persons working in government and nonprofits. • Offers helpful ways to link ethics and management in order to strengthen the ethical climate in a public organization.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015051292293

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Trust in Government by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

At a time when there is a growing consensus among governments on what should constitute the essential elements of an effective and comprehensive ethics strategy, this OECD report constitutes a unique source of comparative information on ethics management measures in OECD countries.

Author : Yassin El-Ayouty,Kevin J. Ford,Mark Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313002908

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Government Ethics and Law Enforcement by Yassin El-Ayouty,Kevin J. Ford,Mark Davies Pdf

Recognizing that the quality of governance is a crucial factor in the overall development of a country, experts on government ethics and law enforcement examine the principles that need to be applied to create more effective and efficient governments. While focusing on the approaches adopted by the City of New York, case studies from around the world are also given. As the essays make clear, it is difficult to over estimate the importance of authorities to set proper ethical standards and regulations while operating on the basis of transparency, predictability, and accountability. An important resource for scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with public administration issues.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264187986

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Trust in Government Ethics Measures in OECD Countries by OECD Pdf

This book is unique source of comparative information on ethics management measures in governments of OECD countries.

Author : Annie Hondeghem,European Group of Public Administration
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9051994192

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Ethics and Accountability in a Context of Governance and New Public Management by Annie Hondeghem,European Group of Public Administration Pdf

Ethics and accountability have become important themes for modern government, as in most of the countries there is a severe crisis of legitimacy. Increasingly there is a feeling that performance management alone will not solve this crisis. Citizens also expect from politicians and public servants ethical responsible conduct. As to the ethics, however, there is a problem. Governance and new public management have raised new problems which cannot be solved by referring to the traditional bureaucratic ethics. Devolution and decentralisation processes have enhanced the responsibility of public servants. The increase of transparency and openness and the service orientation of public organisations have challenged the traditional values of discretion and equality before the rule. The growing interaction between the public and the private sector have raised the question of integrity. In light of these developments, it is important to update the ethical system, or reversibly, the traditional values of the public service can question some actual evolutions in government.

Author : Canadian Centre for Management Development. Task Force on Public Service Values and Ethics,John Charles Tait
Publisher : Le Groupe
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canada
ISBN : MINN:31951D02109704N

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A Strong Foundation by Canadian Centre for Management Development. Task Force on Public Service Values and Ethics,John Charles Tait Pdf

The purpose of this report is to help the public service to rediscover and understand its basic values and assist the public service to recommit to and act on those values in all its work. It discusses the following issues: accountability and responsible government; downsizing, public service organization, and non-partisanship; new versus old values; new ethical challenges; leadership.

Author : H George Frederickson,John A. Rohr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317471103

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Ethics and Public Administration by H George Frederickson,John A. Rohr Pdf

"Ethics and Public Administration" refutes the arguments that administrative ethics cannot be studied in an empirical manner and that empirical analysis can deal only with the trivial issues in administrative ethics. Within a theoretical perspective,the authors qualify their findings and take care not to over-generalise results. The findings are relevant to the practice of public administration. Specific areas addressed include understanding public corruption, ethics as control, and ethics as administration and policy

Author : Carol W. Lewis,Stuart C. Gilman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118228760

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The Ethics Challenge in Public Service by Carol W. Lewis,Stuart C. Gilman Pdf

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of The Ethics Challenge in Public Service is the classic ethics text used in public management programs nationwide. It also serves as a valuable tool for public managers who work in a world that presents more ethical challenges every day. It contains a wealth of practical tools and strategies that public managers can use when making ethical choices in the ambiguous pressured world of public service. The book contains new material on topics including social networking, the use of apology, ethics as applied to public policy, working with elected officials, and more.

Author : James S. Bowman,Frederick A. Elliston
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3947963

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Ethics, Government, and Public Policy by James S. Bowman,Frederick A. Elliston Pdf

[T]his is much more than a conventional reference guide. The 12 carefully written chapters examine significant issues and contemporary views of many of the basic problems in the field. Topics are approaches to the study of ethics in government, ethical dilemmas and standards for public officials, techniques for incorporating ethical considerations in policy-making, and several substantive problems--professional ethics, the ethical use of quantitative analysis, several forms of corruption, and morality in foreign policy-making. The volume assimilates most of the contemporary literature, presents a number of interesting cases, and is ideally suited as a text for upper-division or graduate courses in public administration and public policy. . . . an essential item in any collection that deals with the subject of ethics and public policy. Choice Although democracy in the United States was founded upon ethical principles that Americans continue to hold sacrosanct, these values are seldom explicitly heeded in the policy-making processes that affect the destiny of the country and its citizens. With the professionalization of public administration during the past one-hundred years, managerial efficiency and scientific methods have been promoted at the expense of both ethics and politics. In this important new work, a distinguished group of social scientists, management scholars, attorneys, and philosophers explores the implications of neglecting these vital concerns. The authors focus on the difficult questions facing policymakers, administrators, and elected officials and suggest approaches to reconciling bureaucratic necessity with democratic values. The first part of the volume examines contemporary ethical perspectives and establishes a framework for analysis. The moral dilemmas faced by public servants and the ethical standards governing the conduct of legislators are considered next. Chapters devoted to the techniques and methods of ethical policy-making discuss such issues as risk analysis, negotiation of rules and standards, the ombudsman in conflict resolution, and equal opportunity and affirmative action legislation. Chapters exploring systemic issues include professionalism in politics and administration; quantitative analysis in decision-making; waste, fraud, and abuse in government; and morality in the making of foreign policy. The volume concludes with an overview of ethics and public policy from a comparative perspective. Addressing the fundamental ethical relations between organizational authority and public employees, this unique new study is pertinent to many of the most pressing problems of our time. It will be of interest to scholars, students, practitioners, and other readers concerned with public administration, public policy, ethics in government, and professional ethics.

Author : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Publisher : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : 0920715095

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Do Unto Others by Institute of Public Administration of Canada Pdf

Author : Mark Harrison Moore,Malcolm K. Sparrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Political ethics
ISBN : 0132902222

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Ethics in Government by Mark Harrison Moore,Malcolm K. Sparrow Pdf