Public Service Ethics

Individual and Institutional Responsibilities
2. New Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-57818-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Ethics—in all its exemplary and exhausting forms—matters. It deals with the most gripping question in public life: "What is the right thing to do?" Now in a thoroughly revised second edition, Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Responsibilities introduces readers to this personally relevant and professionally challenging field of study. No matter the topic—the necessity of ethics, intriguing human behavior experiments, the role of ethics codes, whistleblowing incidents, corruption exposés, and the grandeur and decay of morality—there is no shortage of controversy. The book enables readers to:

appreciate why ethics is essential to leadership;

understand and apply moral development theory at the individual and organizational levels of analysis;

differentiate between ethical problems and ethical dilemmas, and design creative ways to deal with them;

develop abilities to use moral imagination and ethical reasoning—to appraise, argue, and defend an ethical position, and

cultivate individual and institutional initiatives to improve ethical climate and infrastructure.

Authors James Bowman and Jonathan West capture reader interest by featuring learning objectives, skill-building material, discussion questions, and exercises in each chapter. The authors’ narrative is user-friendly and accessible, highlighting dilemmas and challenging readers to "own" the book by annotating the pages with one’s own ideas and insights, then interacting with others in a live or virtual classroom to stretch one’s thinking about the management of ethics and ethics of management. The ultimate goal is to bolster students’ confidence and prepare them for the ethical problems they will face in the future, equipping them with the conceptual frameworks and context to approach thorny questions and behave ethically.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowman, James S. (Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA)

Bowman, James S.

West, Jonathan P. (University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA)

West, Jonathan P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Foundations of Public Service Ethics

1. Pertinence, Practicality, and Poppycock

2. Perspectives on Ethics: Macro, Meso, Micro

3. Values, Ethics, and Dilemmas

Part 2. Individual-Centered Approaches to Ethics

4. Moral Development Theory

5. Cognitive Ethics Methods: Result and Rule Problem-Solving Approaches

6. Virtue Theory

7. Conscious Deliberation and Subconscious Action: The Dishonesty of Honest People

Part 3. Institutional Approaches to Ethics

8. Organizational Ethics

9. Corruption Control

10. Whistleblowing in Organizations

Part 4. Issues in Public Service Ethics

11. Ethics and Elected Officials

12. Organizational Gaming and Performance Measurement

13. At-Will Employment

14. Open Government Case Study: Pay Disclosure

Part 5. Future History

15. Choices and Strategies for the Years Ahead

Über Autor(innen)

James S. Bowman is Professor and Director of the Masters of Public Administration program at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, USA.
Jonathan P. West is Professor and Chair of Political Science and Director of the graduate Public Administration program at the University of Miami, USA.