Ethics and integrity in public administration [[electronic resource] ] : concepts and cases / / edited by Raymond W. Cox III

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459329003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2009
• ISBN: 1-317-47114-8; 1-315-70453-6; 1-282-55481-6; 9786612554810; 0-7656-2644-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CoxRaymond W
• Disciplina: 172.2
• Soggetti: Public administration - Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Democratic morality : back to the future / Thomas Dexter Lynch and Cynthia E. Lynch -- I that is we : recognition and administrative ethics / Michael Macaulay -- Ethical failings, incompetence, and administrative evil : lessons from Katrina and Iraq / Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour -- Administrative leadership and transparency / Charles Garofalo and Dean Geuras -- Implications of organizational influence on ethical behavior : an analysis of the perceptions of public managers / Rodney Erakovich and Sherman Wyman -- Public management in a culture of waiver / Harold Moeller -- Ethics management and ethical management / Alan Lawton and Michael Macaulay -- Politics and numbers : the iron cage of governance indices / Tero Erikkilä and Ossi Piironen -- Fighting corruption globally and locally / Kalin Ivanov -- Global versus local perspectives of anticorruption reforms in Italy / Maria Laura Seguiti -- Ethical management and leadership : is an ethical perspective a necessary component of good management and organizational leadership? / Alessandra Storlazzi -- Measuring integrity : a Dutch-American comparative project / Emile Kolthoff, Raymond W. Cox III, and Terrance Johnson -- Two-pronged methodological ; approach for measuring public and private sector organizational core values : the importance of content and context / Zeger van der Wal -- Developing the "ethical competence" of public officials : a capacity-building approach / Howard Whitton.
• Sommario/riassunto: With contributions from authoritative authors from around the globe, and from both the academy and government, this eclectic book presents cutting-edge perspectives on the role of ethics in public sector management--what it is and where it is going.