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Preface | |
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Ethics: Foundations and Challenges | |
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Introductory Essay | |
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Ethical Foundations: Virtue, Consequence, Principle | |
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Virtue, Habit, and Ethics | |
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On Virtue | |
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The Prince | |
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Utilitarianism | |
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Principle: The Categorical Imperative | |
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The Ethical Triangle | |
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Gyges's Ring | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Responsibility and Accountability | |
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The Study of Administration | |
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Politics as a Vocation | |
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The Friedrich-Finer Debate | |
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Public Policy and the Nature of Administrative Responsibility | |
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Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government | |
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Ethics and the Public Service | |
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Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics | |
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Following Orders | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Twenty-First Century Challenges: Global Dimensions/Changing Boundaries | |
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The New Public Administrator | |
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Megaprojects and Risk | |
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The World We Could Win | |
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The CAUX Round Table Principles for Business | |
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Balance Between Electronic Access and Privacy Rights | |
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Integrity at the United Nations | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Ethical Problems: Some Blatant, Some Not So Obvious | |
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Introductory Essay | |
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Understanding Fraud, Waste, and Corrupt Practices | |
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An Organizational Perspective on Corruption | |
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Corruption and Governance | |
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What Is Corruption? | |
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Fighting Corruption Globally | |
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Corruption in the Not-for-Profit Sector | |
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The Adjunct Professor | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Graft, Bribery, and Conflict of Interest | |
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Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft | |
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Struggling Against Bribery | |
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Conflict of Interest in Nonprofit Ethics | |
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Extremism in the Search for Virtue | |
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The Gift of a Carpet | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Lying, Cheating, and Deception | |
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Lies for the Public Good | |
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Lying in the Public Interest | |
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"Plausible Deniability" | |
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Distorting Scientific Research | |
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Greater Good Versus Falsification | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Privacy, Secrecy, and Confidentiality | |
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Secrecy in the Bush Administration | |
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Privacy in the United States and the European Union | |
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HIPAA Compliance | |
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USA Patriot Act: Privacy v. Security | |
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Not Just a Driver's License | |
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"Outing" Agents and Protecting Sources | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Abuse of Authority and 'Administrative Evil" | |
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The Malek Manual | |
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The Banality of Evil | |
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Torture as Public Policy/ | |
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What About Evil? | |
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History as Cause: Columbia and Challenger | |
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When the County Knows Best? | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Strategies: What to Do When the Angels Are Missing | |
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Introductory Essay | |
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Establishing Expectations, Providing Guidelines, and Building Trust | |
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Maintaining Government Integrity | |
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The Investors' Advocate | |
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Trust in Government: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries | |
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Data Regulation: Measuring Governance and Corruption | |
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Maximizing Trust, Minimizing Conflicts | |
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Batho Pele Principles and Service Delivery | |
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The ASPA Code of Ethics | |
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Are You an Ethical Public Official? | |
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Legal, Wrong, or Morally Required? | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Transparency, Whistle-Blowing, and Dissent | |
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Dealing with Dissent: Learning to Listen | |
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The Ethical Importance of Resigning | |
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Protecting the Whistle-blower | |
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Circumscribed Protection: The Ceballos Case | |
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Ethics, Transparency International, and the Private Sector | |
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What Is a Whistle-Blower to Do? | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Compliance, Oversight, and Sanctions | |
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Government Accountability | |
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SEC and Oversight | |
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Funding GASB after Sarbanes-Oxley | |
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Governmental Nonprofit Oversight | |
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Hurricane Relief Oversight | |
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Ignorance or Insider Trading? | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Leadership and Individual Responsibility: Encouraging Ethics | |
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Ethics Advice to a New Public Servant | |
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The Moral Responsibility of Individuals in Public Sector Organizations | |
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Eliot Spitzer as a Moral Exemplar | |
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As a City Upon a Hill | |
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Mayors as Exemplars? | |
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Chapter Discussion Questions | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Index | |
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About the Editors | |