Description
Book SynopsisThis anthology will be appropriate for administrative ethics classes and professional thinking in public administration at both the masters and doctoral levels. It is a collection of administrative ethics articles published in journals of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) from 1941 (the earliest publication) through 1983 (the year that the first ASPA Code of Ethics was established). The articles are organized by themes of enduring importance to the field in order to provide graduate students with ready access to the classic works on ethics in public administration. Reading this collection will enhance student''s knowledge and skills to think and act ethically and contribute to their ability to view current practices in light of traditional perspectives. The ASPA Classics volume serves to bridge the practice of public policy and administration with the empirical research base that has accrued and the models for practice that may be deduced from the research
Table of ContentsIntroduction , Credits , Administrative Responsibility , Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government , Ethics and Administrative Discretion , Trends of a Decade in Administrative Values , Ethics and the Public Service , The Possibility of Administrative Ethics , Solving Ethical Dilemmas , Ethical Guidelines for Public Administrators: Observations on Rules of the Game , Ethical Dilemmas in Forecasting for Public Policy , Types and Levels of Public Morality , Managing Competing Claims: An Ethical Framework for Human Resource Decision Making , Corruption , A Scandal in Utopia , Reflections on Watergate: Lessons for Public Administration , Administrative Corruption , New Directions in the Study of Administrative Corruption , Codes of Ethics , A Code of Ethics as a Means of Controlling Administrative Conduct , Ethics in the Public Service , The Problem of Moral Reasoning in American Public Administration: The Case for a Code of Ethics , Enforcing Ethical Behavior , Ethics in Government as a Problem in Executive Management , Whistle-Blowing in the Public Service: An Overview of the Issues , The Inspector General Concept: Where It's Been, Where It's Going , Ethics Education , The Study of Ethics in the P.A. Curriculum , Two Approaches to Police Ethics , Teaching Moral Education in Public Administration , Professionalism , The Managerial Ethic and Productivity Improvement , Citizenship and Professionalism in Public Administration , The Public Service and the Patriotism of Benevolence , Professionalism, Legitimacy, and the Constitution , Ethics in the Twenty-First Century , Politics and Inventing the Future: Perspectives in Science and Government , Administrative Crisis: The Neglect of Metaphysical Speculation , Civis, Civitas, and Civilitas: A New Focus for the Year 2000
