Common ground, common future : moral agency in public administration, professions, and citizenship /: moral agency in public administration, professions, and citizenship. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Charles Garofalo, Dean Geuras.
• Other Names: Garofalo, Charles; Geuras, Dean
• Contents: The Moral Agent, Moral Organization, and the Public; Administrator; What Is a Moral Agent?; The Special Ethical Aspects of Public Organizations; Citizenship and Public Administration; The Ethical Environment of Public Administration; The Need for Ethical Reasoning in Public Administration; Moral Agency, the Public Administrator, and the Private Citizen; ; Moral Agency in the Public Sector; The Ideal Public Administrator; The Legislator's Moral Agency; Conflicts of Obligations; Bending and Breaking the Rules; Moral Whistle-Blowing; The Ideal and the Real; ; Ethical Breakdowns in Public Administration; Insufficient Commitment; Excessive Commitment to Goals; Moral Dilemmas; The Public Administrator as Strong Evaluator; ; Ethics in Business; CSR; Opponents of CSR; Proponents of CSR; Discussion; Perspectives on Government; Conclusion; ; Managed Care; Origins and Structure of Managed Care; Moral Challenges of Managed Care; Alternative Perspectives on Managed Care; ; The Legal Profession; The Client's Interest and the Interests of Justice; Moral Obligations Common to the Legal Profession; The Legal Profession and Public Service; Civil Law; Attorneys Committed to Causes; Conclusion; ; Higher Education; Ethics in the Academy: Level 1; Ethics in the Academy: Level 2; University-Government Partnerships; University-Business Partnerships; Intercollegiate Athletics; Conclusion; ; Unifying Ethical Theory; Traditional Ethical Theories; The Unity of the Absolutist Theories; The Kantian Legislator in the Kingdom of Ends and the Moral Agent; The Unified Ethic, Communitarianism, and Individualism; Rawls and the Unified Ethic; ; Applying the Unified Ethic to Moral Agency; The Moral Agent as Morally Responsible Citizen; Insufficient Commitment to Moral Values; Transformation and Reconfiguration; Moral Agency in Business; Use of Foreign, Low-Wage Labor; Should Tobacco Companies Exist?; The Moral Exemplarship of the Private Executive; Moral Agency and the Attorney; Encouraging the Process of Moral Agency in the Health Professions; Higher Education in the Context of the Kingdom of Ends; ; The Public Agent as Exemplar for the Private Professional; A Dialogue; Points of Agreement; Geuras: The Public Administrator as Citizen Exemplar Model; Does Not Fully Apply to the Private Sector; Garofalo's Response; Summary; ; Common Ground, Common Future; Introduction; Requirements for Reform; Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (191 pages)
• Subjects: 172/.2; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Ethics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; Ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420027808; 9781420027808
• Related ISBNs: 0824753372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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