Public Service Ethics : Individual and Institutional Responsibilities /: Individual and Institutional Responsibilities. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West.
• Other Names: Bowman, James S, 1945-; West, Jonathan P (Jonathan Page), 1941-
• Contents: List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; I. Foundations of Public Service Ethics; 1. Pertinence, Practicality, and Poppycock; Pertinence: Reasons to Study Ethics; Practicality: Commitment as a Privilege and Obligation; Poppycock: Myths About Ethics; Conclusion; Appendix 1.1 Personal Checklist; 2. Perspectives on Ethics: Macro, Meso, Micro; Levels of Analysis; Contemporary Research on Levels of Ethics; Meso Level of Analysis: The Organization; Micro Level of Analysis: The Individual; Factors Influencing Meso-Micro Ethics; Conclusion; Case Study 2.1 The Pennsylvania State University Athletic Sex Abuse Scandal; 3. Values, Ethics, and Dilemmas; Defining Values; Applying Values in Public Service; Defining Ethics; Domains of Human Action: Law vs. Free Choice; Case Study 3.1 Challenge the Leader; Social Forces Endangering Ethics; Case Study 3.2 Value Conflicts in World Affairs; Conclusion; II. Individual-Centered Approaches to Ethics; 4. Moral Development Theory; Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory: A Rational Approach; Case Study 4.1 Applying Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development; Milgram’s Shock and Zimbardo’s Prison Experiments: Ethics Under Pressure; Haidt’s Social Intuitionalist Approach; Conclusion; 5. Cognitive Ethics Methods: Result and Rule Problem-Solving Approaches; Approaches to Ethics; A Five-Stage Method for Analyzing Ethical Issues; Moral Courage; Case Study 5.1 Applying the Kew Gardens Principles; Applying the Five-stage Method: A Personal and Professional Conflict; Conclusion; Appendix 5.1 Sensitivity-Intensity Matrix Approach; Appendix 5.2 The Ethical Principles Approach; Case Study 5.2 Applying the Ethical Principles Approach: Playing Poker With a Vendor; Appendix 5.3 Line Drawing; Case Study 5.3 Applying the Line Drawing Method: A Questionable Gift; 6. Virtue Theory; Comparing Cognitive and Virtue Ethics; The Vocabulary of Virtue; Habituation: The Formation of Character; Virtue Theory Strengths and Weaknesses; Case Study 6.1 Applying Rion’s Ethical Decision-Making Framework: Probing the Conscience; Utility of Virtue Ethics for Managers: Challenge and Response; Conclusion; 7. Conscious Deliberation and Subconscious Action: The Dishonesty of Honest People; Results, Rule, Virtue: Decision Making With the Ethics Triad; Utilizing the Ethics Triad; Case Study 7.1 The Ethics Triad: Applying the Rational Approach to a Birthday Invitation; Behavioral Ethics: What People Do vs. What They Say They Do; Conclusion; Appendix 7.1 Critiquing Student Case Analyses; III. Institutional Approaches to Ethics; 8. Organizational Ethics; Types of Organizational Strategies; Ethical Infrastructure: Building Blocks in Ethics Management; Case Study 8.1 Applying Philosophical and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: To Follow or Not to Follow Government Hiring Policy; Organizational Structure; Values Statements; Psychological Contracts; Oaths and Codes; Institutionalizing Ethics Cultural Competency; Conclusion; 9. Corruption Control; Scope and Magnitude of Corruption Today; Defining Corruption; Causes of Corruption and Evolution of Anticorruption Strategies; Individual and Institutional Moral Failure; Scandals: Types and Impacts; Avenues for Reform; Case Study 9.1 Applying Philosophical and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: Public to Private Employment on Similar Work; Conclusion; 10. Whistleblowing in Organizations; Significance of Whistleblowing; Case Study 10.1 Problem Solver or Trouble Maker?; Whistleblower Laws; Case Study 10.2 Applying Rational and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: Cooking the Books; Dissent in Organizations; Case Study 10.3 The Silent Whistle; Case Study 10.4 Successful Whistleblowing; Trends in Blowing the Whistle; Conclusion; IV. Issues in Public Service Ethics; 11. Ethics and Elected Officials; Case Study 11.1 Congressional Conflict of Interest; Case Study 11.2 Congressional Insider Trading; Ethics and Legislative Decision Making; Case Study 11.3 Robert Torricelli and the CIA; The Influence of Character and Roles on Elected Officials; Polarization of Politics and Ethical Implications; Negative Campaigning; The Problem of Dirty Hands; Case Study 11.4 Applying Philosophical and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: Interrogation Methods; Presidents and Truthfulness; The Influence of Citizens and the Media on Politicians; Case Study 11.5 Applying Philosophical and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: A Transgender City Manager; Conclusion; Appendix 11.1 Ethics Committees; 12. Organizational Gaming and Performance Measurement; Duplicity Pressures; Case Study 12.1 Organizational Cheating in Education; Types of Gaming; Cheating, Politicians, and Public Opinion; Ethically Evaluating and Minimizing Cheating; Case Study 12.2 Applying Philosophical and Behavioral Ethics Approaches: Electronic Surveillance in the Workplace; Conclusion; 13. At-Will Employment; The Employment At-Will Doctrine; Applying the Ethics Triad to At-Will Employment; Summary and Conclusion; 14. Open Government Case Study: Pay Disclosure; Trends and Tensions in Open Government; Background: Increasing Demand for Transparency; Applying the Ethics Triad to Pay Disclosure; Summary; Conclusion: Implementing Balance in Transparency Policy; V. Future History; 15. Choices and Strategies for the Years Ahead; Moral Grandeur; Moral Decay; New Challenges; Guidelines for Ethical Conduct; Case Study 15.1 Applying Rational and Philosophical Ethics Approaches: Drones in Domestic Law Enforcement; Appendix 15.1 Sample Graduate Student Action Plan; Index;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 342 pages)
• Subjects: 172.2; Civil service ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; Political ethics; Civil service ethics -- United States; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Political ethics -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483312569; 1483312569
• Related ISBNs: 9781452274133
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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