Public Service, Ethics and Constitutional Practice (Studies in Government and Public Policy) - Hardcover

Rohr, John A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700609253 ISBN 13: 9780700609253

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1999

Synopsis

This text encourages civil servants to reflect on specific constitutional principles and events and learn to apply them to the decisions they make. It includes 20 articles which seek to legitimate public service by grounding its ethics in constitutional practice.

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Review

"John Rohr is the clearest and strongest voice in the contemporary study of ethics for public service, and Public Service, Ethics, and Constitutional Practice is his finest work. In it Rohr brings together constitutional and legal perspectives on ethics, the place of education and training in professional ethics, and, to top it off, compares American, British, and French perspectives on public service ethics."--H. George Fredrickson, author of The Spirit of Public Administration and editor of Ethics and Public Administration "John Rohr is widely regarded as one of the preeminent ethics and constitutional scholars in the United States. In this book he continues his lifelong project of encouraging both academicians and practitioners to appreciate the link between ethical behavior and our constitutional tradition. He seeks to create a 'frame of mind' that will guide their decision making--a frame of mind governed by a complex understanding of constitutional principles. The publication of these essays in one volume is a great service to the public administration community."--Larry D. Terry, author of The Leadership of Public Bureaucracies: The Administrator as Conservator

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700609253
• ISBN 13: 9780700609253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208