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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798956103321

Autore

Bowman James S. <1945->

Titolo

Public service ethics : individual and institutional responsibilities / / James S. Bowman, Florida State University, Jonathan P. West, University of Miami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : CQ Press, An Imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., , [2015]

ISBN

1-4833-2376-5

1-4833-9534-0

1-4833-1256-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

172/.2

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Foundations of public service ethics -- Part II. Individual-centered approaches to ethics -- Part III. Institutional approaches to ethics -- Part IV. Issues in public service ethics -- part V. Future history.

Sommario/riassunto

Ethics provides the preconditions for the making of good public policy as all policies depend on it. This book builds upon the authors' teaching and research in government ethics. As a core text for upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, it will examine conceptual tools to clarify moral experiences, analyze individual decision making strategies, and assess organizational ethics programs. The emphasis is not only on "how to," but also "why." The manuscript will be written in a manner accessible to academicians, students, and managers; it will to offer them practical knowledge and insight into ethics in government. To that end, the book is not about right and



wrong answers. Rather it aims to understand ethics and human behavior in an analytical, yet provocative manner by ...