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Informationen zum Autor James S. Bowman is a professor of public administration at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University. Noted for this work in ethics and human resource management, Dr. Bowman is author of over 100 journal articles and book chapters, as well as editor of six anthologies. He is co-author of The Professional Edge: Competencies in Public Service (2nd ed., Sharpe, 2010) and Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Responsibilities (CQ Press, 2015). For nearly two decades, he served as editor-in-chief of Public Integrity , a journal owned by the American Society for Public Administration. A past National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Fellow, as well as a Kellogg Foundation Fellow, he has experience in the military, civil service, and business. Jonathan P. West is a professor and chair of political science and director of the graduate public administration program at the University of Miami. His research interests include ethics, public administration, and human resource management. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters as well as nine books. He is co-author of Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Perspectives (CQ Press, 2015) American Politics and the Environment (2nd. Ed., SUNY Press, 2015) and The Professional Edge: Competencies in Public Service (2nd ed., Sharpe, 2010.) For nearly two decades he has been managing editor of the Public Integrity journal. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army as a management analyst in the Office of the Surgeon General. Klappentext The emphasis of this text is not only on "how to," but also "why", and the book offers readers 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 behaviour in an analytical, yet provocative manner by extending one's ordinary moral experience by making it explicit, clearer, and more consistent. Zusammenfassung Ethics provides the preconditions for the making of good public policy as all policies depend on it. To that end! this book examines conceptual tools to clarify moral experiences! analyses individual decision making strategies! and assesses organizational ethics programs. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors I. Foundations of Public Service Ethics 1. Pertinence, Practicality, and Poppycock Pertinence: Reasons to Study Ethics Practicality: Commitment as a Privilege and Obligation Poppycock: Myths About Ethics Conclusion Appendix 1.1 Personal Checklist 2. Perspectives on Ethics: Macro, Meso, Micro Levels of Analysis Contemporary Research on Levels of Ethics Meso Level of Analysis: The Organization Micro Level of Analysis: The Individual Factors Influencing Meso-Micro Ethics Conclusion Case Study 2.1 The Pennsylvania State University Athletic Sex Abuse Scandal 3. Values, Ethics, and Dilemmas Defining Values Applying Values in Public Service Defining Ethics Domains of Human Action: Law vs. Free Choice Case Study 3.1 Challenge the Leader Social Forces Endangering Ethics Case Study 3.2 Value Conflicts in World Affairs Conclusion II. Individual-Centered Approaches to Ethics 4. Moral Development Theory Kohlberg's Moral Development Theory: A Rational Approach Case Study 4.1 Applying Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development Milgram's Shock and Zimbardo's Prison Experiments: Ethics Under Pressure Haidt's Social Intuitionalist Approach Conclusion 5. Cogniti...
