Lewis / Gilman The Ethics Challenge in Public Service

A Problem-Solving Guide
3. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-22876-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of TheEthics Challenge in Public Service is the classic ethics textused in public management programs nationwide. The book serves as avaluable resource for public managers who work in a world thatpresents numerous ethical challenges every day. It is filled with awealth of practical tools and strategies that public managers canuse when making ethical choices in the ambiguous and pressuredworld of public service. The book also contains new material ontopics such as social networking, the use of apology, ethics asapplied to public policy, working with elected officials, andmore.
"The Ethics Challenge in Public Service, now in its thirdedition, continues to be simply indispensable for teaching publicservice ethics. Thoroughly updated to encompass the latestdevelopments in the field, this new edition adds both a companionwebsite and an instructor's website, further enhancing its valuefor both students and faculty."
--Guy B. Adams, Harry S. Truman School of PublicAffairs, University of Missouri
"If you want to know about ethical decision making in publicservice, this is the book to read."
--Patricia J. Harned, president, Ethics ResourceCenter
"This book cuts through the rhetoric and the partisanship rightto the heart of ethics in the public service; here is a smoothblend of how and why."
--Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Woman's Hospital DistinguishedProfessor of Healthcare Management, John W. Dupuy EndowedProfessor, Louisiana State University

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Carol W.

Gilman, Stuart C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Exhibits, Tables, and Figures vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xix
The Authors xxi
Introduction: Ethics in Public Service 1
PART ONE: ETHICAL DUTIES OF PUBLIC MANAGERS 17
1 What Is Important in Public Service? 19
2 Obeying and Implementing the Law 46
3 Serving the Public Interest 63
4 Taking Individual Responsibility 90
PART TWO: TOOLS FOR INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING 113
5 Finding Solid Ground 115
6 Resolving Ethical Dilemmas 141
7 Understanding Who and What Matters 164
PART THREE: ETHICS AND THE ORGANIZATION 189
8 Designing and Implementing Codes 191
9 Broadening the Horizon 225
10 Building an Ethical Agency 247
Afterword: The Job Ahead 277
Resource A: Glossary 285
Resource B: Rules of Thumb--A Summary of Arguments andRecommendations 295
References 299
Name Index 323

Über Autor(innen)

Carol W. Lewis is professor emerita of political science at the University of Connecticut. She is a consultant and trainer for public agencies and professional organizations at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels.
Stuart C. Gilman is a consultant in Washington, D.C., working with state and federal government agencies, for large corporations and nonprofit organizations, as well as multinational organizations. He is a former director of the UN Global Programme against Corruption and senior executive with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.