Honest Politics

Author : Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459412422

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Honest Politics Now by Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman Pdf

There have been enormous changes in Canadian public life in the past two decades. More and more, politicians and officials are expected to act honestly and in the public interest. Yet, for many, honest politics is still an oxymoron. Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. The authors discuss conflict-of-interest and abuse-of-trust cases such as Brian Mulroney's receipt at secret meetings of envelopes stuffed with thousand dollar bills; the gas plant scandal in Ontario; Allison Redford's self-serving authorizations of spending in Alberta; Mike Duffy and the Senate expenses scandal; party financing cases such as the Robocalls affair; "dirty hands" examples such as the sponsorship scandal and the Arrar affair; the "cash for access" controversy surrounding Justin Trudeau's fundraisers; and municipal issues including the sagas of Rob Ford and Hazel McCallion. Canada is a leader among countries promoting ethical politics in a democratic society. In this book expert authors from across the country discuss the strengths and weaknesses of measures now in place and point to the most important challenges that remain before Canadians can believe that honesty prevails in public life.

Author : Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459412415

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Honest Politics Now by Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman Pdf

For many, honest politics is an oxymoron. Yet there have been enormous changes in Canadian public life in the past two decades to identify and address expectations that politicians and officials will act honestly and in the public interest. Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. Among the case studies addressed are the gas plant scandal in Ontario, the "Railgate" scandal in B.C., the Robocalls affair, the "sponsorship scandal", Stephen Harper's attack on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the saga of Rob Ford. This book critically analyzes changes introduced and implemented over the last twenty years intended to deal with ethical issues in politics, including the boom of independent ethics commissioners, the regulation of lobbyists in Canada, and federal efforts to protect whistle-blowers. Contributors to the book include experts in all these areas, drawn from across the country.

Author : Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman
Publisher : Lorimer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : NWU:35556028346658

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Honest Politics by Ian Greene,David P. Shugarman Pdf

Honest Politics provides a framework for distinguishing right from wrong in politics and supplies some ideas for ensuring that ethical decision-making can be enforced. Greene and Shugarman look at the ethical issues raised by conflicts of interest, patronage, party financing, and lobbyists. They discuss a variety of high-profile cases, including Bill Vander Zalm and Fantasy Gardens, Ralph Klein and Multi-Corp, and Kim Campbell and the Pearson Airport deal. In Honest Politics, the authors assert that honesty in public life is not an impossible goal but something we can demand and achieve.

Author : Roger A. Pielke, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139464826

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The Honest Broker by Roger A. Pielke, Jr Pdf

Scientists have a choice concerning what role they should play in political debates and policy formation, particularly in terms of how they present their research. This book is about understanding this choice, what considerations are important to think about when deciding, and the consequences of such choices for the individual scientist and the broader scientific enterprise. Rather than prescribing what course of action each scientist ought to take, the book aims to identify a range of options for individual scientists to consider in making their own judgments about how they would like to position themselves in relation to policy and politics. Using examples from a range of scientific controversies and thought-provoking analogies from other walks of life, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and citizens - to think carefully about how best science can contribute to policy-making and a healthy democracy.

Author : Roy D. King,Lucy Willmott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000476989

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The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation by Roy D. King,Lucy Willmott Pdf

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician’s Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991. Setting out the nature and extent of the crisis, King and Willmott show how the Woolf agenda was overridden in a process of political churn, through explorations of the Conservative government until 1997, New Labour from 1997 to 2010 and the Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. Uniquely, interviews with all surviving Home Secretaries and Justice Secretaries of the period include insightful and candid reflections upon their time in office, and how they saw the future. Views from both inside and outside the prisons and probation services are also explored, based on interviews with the Director Generals of the Prison Service and of the new National Probation Service, Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation and the four most recent Lord Chief Justices, including Lord Woolf himself. Concluding by drawing on this collective wisdom, King and Willmott set out what is needed for an effective and sustainable future. It is essential reading not just for those in Westminster, but also for practitioners in criminal justice, advocacy organisations, thinktanks and scholars and students in Criminology, Criminal Justice, British Politics and Public Policy.

Author : W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313390395

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Honest Government by W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn Pdf

Americans deserve honest government. This text addresses the need for a comprehensive statement of ethical behavior for public officials and employees at every level of government. Recognizing the need for legal reforms that focus mainly on campaign contributions, the authors examine the broader question of how we should measure the routine, day-to-day ethics of men and women in public service. By focussing more on attitudes and practices, the authors suggest that the highest standard of both ethics and competence should be demanded of all our public servants. The book identifies situations in which officials ought to act cautiously and presents the ethical rules that should be applied to each situation. The text presents a philosophy of public service and then moves to particular situations to which this philosophy must be applied: campaign finance; the campaign itself; behavior of elected officials, appointed officials, and public employees; the role of lobbyists; compensation for public servants; moving to and from the public and private sectors; ethical guidelines for lawyers and judges; the private lives of public servants; and enforcement of ethics. The final chapter discusses the sometimes competing forces of ethics and competency. Ethical guidelines are gathered in the appendix and serve as a useful starting point for ethics in any public service setting. The combination of persuasive and thought-provoking proposals for governmental ethics reform along with practical guidelines on how to maintain the highest possible standards of ethical conduct makes this an important text for students in ethics and government courses, as well as an imperative reading for public officials, whether elected, appointed, or career.

Author : Garry Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0646581430

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The Honest Politician: by Garry Wallace Pdf

"This is the first of four books in this series. The characters highlighted here range from discourteous teenagers; the savvy longterm unemployed; frazzled shoppers; the conniving media, dodgy financial backers; captains of failing industries... and everyone in between." -- back cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political corruption
ISBN : 1459327020

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Honest Politics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Roy D. King,Lucy Willmott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 0367773066

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The Honest Politician's Guide to Prisons and Probation by Roy D. King,Lucy Willmott Pdf

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician's Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991. Setting out the nature and extent of the crisis, King and Willmott show how the Woolf agenda was overridden in a process of political churn, through explorations of the Conservative government until 1997, New Labour from 1997 to 2010 and the Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. Uniquely, interviews with all surviving Home Secretaries and Justice Secretaries of the period include insightful and candid reflections upon their time in office, and how they saw the future. Views from both inside and outside the prisons and probation services are also explored, based on interviews with the Director Generals of the Prison Service and of the new National Probation Service, Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation and the four most recent Lord Chief Justices, including Lord Woolf himself. Concluding by drawing on this collective wisdom, King and Willmott set out what is needed for an effective and sustainable future. It is essential reading not just for those in Westminster, but also for practitioners in criminal justice, advocacy organisations, thinktanks and scholars and students in Criminology, Criminal Justice, British Politics and Public Policy.

Author : David B. Watkins
Publisher : David B. Watkins
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783033039506

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Where ́s my dog? The search for honest leadership. by David B. Watkins Pdf

What a bizarre title. But it is interesting isn't it? Doesn't it make you ask, "What could this be all about"? Well the truth is it's not about dogs at all; it's about leadership and honesty. Nevertheless dogs are a useful metaphor. You see, dogs are the closest thing we can find when searching for examples of uncompromising honesty. Dishonesty is not part of their DNA. In contrast, the problem for many leaders today is that at some level "most people lie". This may seem like a provocative statement but it's true, even though most of the time we do not even know we are doing it. Some, including many renowned psychologists, would even say that at some level we need to lie to survive. Do we? In a world of business, sports and political Watergates and scandals that has even culminated in Papal resignations against a background of "vatileaks", we seem to suffer from a paradoxical scenario. We find ourselves contrasting the lack of honesty that brought down many of our business and sporting figures as exemplified by the likes of Madoff, Lance Armstrong and Oscar Pistorius (to name a few), with the apparent total honesty of leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Kofi Anan and even Richard Branson or Steve Jobs. We all know that whilst some leaders command respect, others do not. Some leaders have willing followers, whilst others are followed through coercion. Some may lose their followers, whilst others should never have any. And some allow their egos to block trust, whilst others are dealers in trust. This book is therefore a journey into one of the hottest topics for leaders today - honest leadership. But this is not just another leadership book, or simply a nice story. It is about honest leaders changing the world. Now that's a big claim. But its deserved, because this book sniffs and scratches around the undergrowth searching for the real meaning of honesty and leadership and finishes up helping you uncover your own truth. And with the aid of a remarkably simple idea - the Eight Axioms of Honest Leadership - this book will provide you with the tools and skills to enable you to identify, train and maybe even tame your own leadership approach and help you to become a "top dog".

Author : Brooks Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015018511900

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Honest Graft by Brooks Jackson Pdf

Author : Stephen Charles,Catherine Williams
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781922586438

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Keeping Them Honest by Stephen Charles,Catherine Williams Pdf

A revealing and compelling case for the establishment of a strong national anti-corruption body and the enactment of other vital democratic reforms. Over the last few years, instances of the federal government spending taxpayers’ money to gain improper political advantage in elections have continued, with many hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on the Community Sport Infrastructure Program (aka the Sports Rorts) and the Urban Congestion Fund (the Carpark Rorts). As Stephen Charles writes, these electorally targeted pork-barrelling exercises are better understood as political corruption, which can take many forms but essentially involves dishonest conduct that undermines trust in our democratic political system. Keeping Them Honest points to the crucial absence of a federal integrity commission to expose corruption in government and public administration, and to hold wrongdoers to account. While the federal government promised to establish such a commission in 2018 (a promise since abandoned), Stephen Charles argues that, in any case, its insipid terms would protect — rather than expose — ethical breaches by federal politicians. As well, as Catherine Williams reveals, there is an overwhelming need to deal with the dark side of Australia’s political system: the hidden influence of political donors and lobbyists, including the revolving door between lobbyists and former ministers; the absence of controls on electoral expenditure and political advertising; and the cavalier, unregulated expenditure of public money. Keeping Them Honest explains what we need to do to expose political corruption, uphold accountability, and restore trust — and why we need to do it now.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Civil service
ISBN : MINN:31951001890256W

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Good Government by Anonim Pdf

Author : Garry Wallace
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798672854762

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The Honest Politician by Garry Wallace Pdf

Politics, hey... ya gotta laugh!... but especially if you're looking through the eyes of a politician. So, let's have a look at our contemporary world through the eyes of a politician... but not just any politician... one with a difference... a big difference... one who tries to be open and honest... well, most of the time. It isn't easy. But please be warned... these are not just stories about the argy-bargy of politics... there are many home truths, belly laughs and cutting insights... but there is a whole lot more. This is satire at its powerful best aimed at the many unique characters and groups, and the fractious and divisive issues that are found in contemporary life. This rich and amusing tapestry will be unwoven and revealed before your very eyes... but through his eyes. This is the first of eight books in this series. The characters highlighted here range from: the disgruntled and mistreated elderly; the savvy long-term unemployed; monstrous and disrespectful bikies; tattooed and humble bodyguards; discourteous and strangely ambitious teenagers; the desperate but optimistic homeless; captivating street artists; captains of failing industries; frazzled shoppers; a conniving Ponzi Schemer, and many others in between. Enjoy! Book 1 1. The Elderly. 2. The Unemployed. 3. Teenagers. 4. The Homeless. 5. Business People. 6. Ponzi Schemers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112098085431

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To-day by Anonim Pdf