Practical Ethics in Public Administration - Softcover

Geuras, Dean; Garofalo, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567261116 ISBN 13: 9781567261110

Publisher: Management Concepts Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Practical Ethics in Public Administration is a skillful blend of theory and practice, with many case examples taken from daily public service. Students will be introduced to historical ethical theories - and how they combine in a unified ethical approach that can be applied to everyday situations. They'll learn the ethical nature of questions such as whether to fire an employee...how to allocate departmental funds...how to rate an employee on a yearly evaluation...policies of confidentiality...and more.

The new second edition features updated examples, guidelines, and hypothetical cases...two new chapters, one on how to address conflict by applying the unified ethic and a second on the ethics involved in leadership development...and new discussions of personal and professional issues such as new public management and creating public value.

About this title

Book Description

Prepares readers to handle tricky ethical issues, make decisions with greater self-assurance and perform their duties in a more ethically justifiable manner.

Additional and updated case studies reflect the current issues facing todays public administrators

Supplementary material available for text adoptions - contact pubsupport@managementconcepts.com for details.

About the Author

Dean Geuras is Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University. In addition to articles in his own field of philosophy, Dr. Geuras has authored several interdisciplinary publications in the fields of theology, counseling, and, in collaboration with Dr. Charles Garofalo, ethics in public administration. Their previous book, Ethics in the Public Service: The Moral Mind at Work, was selected among the top academic titles of the year 2000 by Choice magazine.

Charles Garofalo is Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in public administration ethics, public policy, business-government relations, and comparative public administration. His research focuses on administrative ethics, with recent publications including Ethics in the Public Service: The Moral Mind at Work (with Dean Geuras). He also has published in a number of journals, including the American Review of Public Administration, the International Journal of Public Sector Management, the Innovation Journal, the Journal of Management History, and Global Virtue Ethics Review . His career also includes both governmental and university administration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Management Concepts Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567261116
• ISBN 13: 9781567261110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 303