Table of Contents:
  • Introduction-and a pop quiz
  • Administrative ethics : ideas, sources, and development
  • Refining the sense of duty : responsibilities of public administrators and the issue of agency
  • Reinforcing and enlarging duty : the philosophical bases of ethical behavior and the ethics triangle
  • Codifying duty and ethical perspectives : professional codes of ethics
  • Undermining duty : challenges to the ethical behavior of public administrators
  • Overcoming challenges and deciding how to act responsibly : ethical analysis and problem solving
  • Acting on duty in the face of uncertainty and risk : responsible whistleblowing
  • Mandating duty : external measures to promote ethics
  • Elevating ethical behavior in the organization
  • Public affairs education and ethics
  • Conclusion : the duties of public administrators.