Achieving Ethical Competence for Public Service Leadership

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7656-3245-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

This book shows students entering the public service as well as professionals in the field how to become ethically competent to provide the leadership needed to advance the public interest. The book doesn't just talk about ethics. The contributors describe how ethical competence should guide organizational conduct. All chapters are original, and written by experts in the PA field for this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Terry L

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. In Pursuit of Ethical Competence Part I. Ethical Competence and Leadership 2. A New Definition and Conceptualization of Ethical Competence 3. From Ethical Competence to Ethical Leadership 4. Ethical Competence in Business Leadership Part II. Pedagogical Approaches and Methods to Achieve Ethical Competence 5. Developing Ethical Competence: An Integrated Pedagogical Method 6 Advancing Ethical Competence Through Pedagogy Part III. Ethical Competence Within and Across Professions 7. Ethical Competence in Social Work 8. Ethical Competence and Professionalism in Public Administration 9. Ethical Competence for Public Service Lawyers 10. Ethical Competence in Nonprofit Organizations: A Human Resources Perspective Part IV. Conclusion 11. The Road Ahead

Über Autor(innen)

Terry L. Cooper is the Maria B. Crutcher Professor in Citizenship and Democratic Values at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy. Cooper’s research focuses on civic engagement and public ethics. He is the director of the USC Civic Engagement Initiative and the author of The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role, 6th ed. (Jossey-Bass, 2012) and An Ethic of Citizen[1]ship for Public Administration (Prentice Hall, 1991). In addition, Cooper is the editor of the Handbook of Administrative Ethics, 2d ed. (Marcel Dekker, 2001) and the co-editor of Exemplary Public Administrators (Jossey-Bass, 1992). He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, including Public Administration Review, Administration & Society, and the American Review of Public Administration. His current research is on the homeowner association movement in China as an emerging expression of civil society in that country.