Ethics and Public Administration [Paperback]

Ethics and Public Administration refutes the arguments that administrative ethics cannot be studied in an empirical manner and that empirical analysis can deal only with the trivial issues in administrative ethics. Within a theoretical perspective,the authors qualify their findings and take care not to over-generalise results. The findings are relevant to the practice of public administration. Specific areas addressed include understanding public corruption, ethics as control, and ethics as administration and policyRefutes the arguments that administrative ethics cannot be studied in an empirical manner and that empirical analysis can deal only with the trivial issues in administrative ethics. Topics covered include understanding public corruption, ethics as control, and ethics as administration and policy.Introduction, H. George Frederickson; Part 1 The ProblemUnderstanding Public Corruption; Chapter 1 Public Attitudes toward Corruption: Twenty-five Years of Research, Kathryn L. Malec; Chapter 2 Politics, Bureaucracy, and Political Corruption: A Comparative State Analysis, Thomas M. Holbrook, Kenneth J. Meier; Chapter 3 Public-Sector Conflict of Interest at the Federal Level in Canada and the U.S.: Differences in Understanding and Approach, Andrew Stark; Part 2 Ethics as Control; Chapter 4 Whistleblowing, Organizational Performance, and Organizational Control, James L. Perry; Chapter 5 Federal Ethics Controls: The Role of Inspectors General, Paul C. Light; Chapter 6 The Ethics of Physicians and Citizens: An Empirical Test of the Separatist Thesis, E. Sam Overman, Linda Foss; Chapter 7 Ethics Codes and Ethics Agencies: Current Practices and Emerging Trends, Carol W. Lewis; Chapter 8 The Realpolitik of Ethics Codes: An Implementation Approach to Public Ethics, J. Patrick Dobel; Part 3 Ethics as Administration and Policy; Chapter 9 The American Odyssey of the Career Public Service: The Ethical Crisis of Role Reversal, Douglas F. Morgan, Henry D. Kass; Chapter 10 Tls*