Handbook Of Administrative Ethics 2nd Ed.

Description:
Delineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, this reference provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector. Detailing the context within which contemporary ethics training has developed, the book examines the effectiveness of ethics training, legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct, and other topics of particular relevance to the political and social contexts of public administration. Written by over 25 leading scholars in public administration ethics, the book creates a taxonomy for administrative ethics using the categories of modern philosophy.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Administrative ethics as a field of study: the emergence of administrative ethics as a field of study in the US; research and knowledge in administrative ethics; ethics education in public administration and affairs; ethics inservice training.Part 2 Philosophical perspectives in administrative ethics: the use of philosophy in administrative ethics; administration and the ethics of virtue; the public interest; deontological dimensions of administrative ethics, revisited; a teleological approachto administrative ethics; founding thought and administrative ethics. Part 3 Contexts of administrative ethics: organizational structure - a reflection of society's values and a context for individual ethics; governmental ethics and organizationalculture; the relevance of public ethics to administration and policy; administrative ethics and the chimera of professionalism - the historical context of public service ethics. Part 4 Maintaining ethical conduct - external controls: codes of ethics; fromcodes of conduct to codes of ethics - the ASPA case; ethical management in public organizations; federal ethics legislation and public trust; federal inspectors general and the paths to accountability; whistleblowers and their protection; dealing withadministrative corruption. Part 5 Maintaining ethical conduct - internal controls: moral development in public administration; ethical decision making; values and ethics; character and conduct in the public service. Part 6 Administrative ethics inAmerican society: gender diffferences in administrative ethics; citizenship ethics in public adminstration; administrative ethics and democratic theory; ethical dimension of non-profit administration; military ethics. Part 7 Administrative ethics in othercultures: administrative ethics in a Chinese society - the case of Hong Kong; constitutionalism and administrative ethics - a comparative study of Canada, France and the United Kingdom, and the United States; administrative ethics in an African society -the case of Zimbabwe; public service ethics in Australia.