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individual and institutional responsibilities
1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations
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 ...
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.
James S. Bowman, Florida State University, Jonathan P. West, University of Miami.
Includes bibliographical references and index.