Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics

, by Richter, William L.; Burke, Frances

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ISBN: 9780742544512 | 0742544516
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Copyright: 1/15/2007

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In the second edition of Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics, William L. Richter and Frances Burke delve deeply into the unique ethical problems of twenty-first-century public administration. Wide-ranging readings from Aristotle and Immanuel Kant to John F. Kennedy and John T. Noonan provide initiation into the philosophical basis of ethics as virtue, consequence, principle, and responsibility. New case studies drawn from today's headlines join classic selections from the previous edition to help students and professionals apply ethical understanding to meeting contemporary management challenges. Book jacket.

Preface	p. ix
Ethics: Foundations and Challenges	p. 1
Introductory Essay
Ethical Foundations: Virtue, Consequence, Principle	p. 11
Virtue, Habit, and Ethics	p. 11
On Virtue	p. 12
The Prince	p. 15
Utilitarianism	p. 17
Principle: The Categorical Imperative	p. 20
The Ethical Triangle	p. 22
Gyges's Ring	p. 29
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 29
For Further Exploration	p. 29
Responsibility and Accountability	p. 31
The Study of Administration	p. 31
Politics as a Vocation	p. 33
The Friedrich-Finer Debate	p. 35
Public Policy and the Nature of Administrative Responsibility	p. 35
Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government	p. 37
Ethics and the Public Service	p. 38
Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics	p. 42
Following Orders	p. 45
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 45
For Further Exploration	p. 46
Twenty-First Century Challenges: Global Dimensions/Changing Boundaries	p. 47
The New Public Administrator	p. 47
Megaprojects and Risk	p. 52
The World We Could Win	p. 58
The CAUX Round Table Principles for Business	p. 60
Balance Between Electronic Access and Privacy Rights	p. 62
Integrity at the United Nations	p. 65
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 66
For Further Exploration	p. 66
Ethical Problems: Some Blatant, Some Not So Obvious	p. 69
Introductory Essay
Understanding Fraud, Waste, and Corrupt Practices	p. 75
An Organizational Perspective on Corruption	p. 75
Corruption and Governance	p. 78
What Is Corruption?	p. 80
Fighting Corruption Globally	p. 81
Corruption in the Not-for-Profit Sector	p. 83
The Adjunct Professor	p. 85
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 86
For Further Exploration	p. 87
Graft, Bribery, and Conflict of Interest	p. 89
Honest Graft and Dishonest Graft	p. 89
Struggling Against Bribery	p. 91
Conflict of Interest in Nonprofit Ethics	p. 94
Extremism in the Search for Virtue	p. 99
The Gift of a Carpet	p. 102
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 103
For Further Exploration	p. 104
Lying, Cheating, and Deception	p. 105
Lies for the Public Good	p. 105
Lying in the Public Interest	p. 108
"Plausible Deniability"	p. 114
Distorting Scientific Research	p. 116
Greater Good Versus Falsification	p. 120
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 121
For Further Exploration	p. 121
Privacy, Secrecy, and Confidentiality	p. 123
Secrecy in the Bush Administration	p. 123
Privacy in the United States and the European Union	p. 129
HIPAA Compliance	p. 131
USA Patriot Act: Privacy v. Security	p. 132
Not Just a Driver's License	p. 135
"Outing" Agents and Protecting Sources	p. 138
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 139
For Further Exploration	p. 139
Abuse of Authority and 'Administrative Evil"	p. 141
The Malek Manual	p. 141
The Banality of Evil	p. 144
Torture as Public Policy/	p. 147
What About Evil?	p. 150
History as Cause: Columbia and Challenger	p. 152
When the County Knows Best?	p. 154
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 156
For Further Exploration	p. 156
Strategies: What to Do When the Angels Are Missing	p. 157
Introductory Essay
Establishing Expectations, Providing Guidelines, and Building Trust	p. 165
Maintaining Government Integrity	p. 165
The Investors' Advocate	p. 167
Trust in Government: Ethics Measures in OECD Countries	p. 169
Data Regulation: Measuring Governance and Corruption	p. 171
Maximizing Trust, Minimizing Conflicts	p. 172
Batho Pele Principles and Service Delivery	p. 174
The ASPA Code of Ethics	p. 175
Are You an Ethical Public Official?	p. 178
Legal, Wrong, or Morally Required?	p. 182
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 183
For Further Exploration	p. 183
Transparency, Whistle-Blowing, and Dissent	p. 185
Dealing with Dissent: Learning to Listen	p. 185
The Ethical Importance of Resigning	p. 189
Protecting the Whistle-blower	p. 193
Circumscribed Protection: The Ceballos Case	p. 197
Ethics, Transparency International, and the Private Sector	p. 199
What Is a Whistle-Blower to Do?	p. 201
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 202
For Further Exploration	p. 202
Compliance, Oversight, and Sanctions	p. 205
Government Accountability	p. 205
SEC and Oversight	p. 208
Funding GASB after Sarbanes-Oxley	p. 210
Governmental Nonprofit Oversight	p. 212
Hurricane Relief Oversight	p. 215
Ignorance or Insider Trading?	p. 218
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 218
For Further Exploration	p. 219
Leadership and Individual Responsibility: Encouraging Ethics	p. 221
Ethics Advice to a New Public Servant	p. 221
The Moral Responsibility of Individuals in Public Sector Organizations	p. 225
Eliot Spitzer as a Moral Exemplar	p. 230
As a City Upon a Hill	p. 234
Mayors as Exemplars?	p. 235
Chapter Discussion Questions	p. 236
For Further Exploration	p. 236
Index	p. 239
About the Editors	p. 247
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