Practical Ethics in Public Administration - Softcover

Geuras, Dean; Garofalo, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567262953 ISBN 13: 9781567262957

Publisher: Management Concepts, 2011

Synopsis

Ethically problematic cases occur everywhere, but rarely can the implications be as wide-reaching or the consequences as serious as with those in the arena of public management. Most people working in the public sector want to do the 'right' thing, but the issues involved can be complex, and sometimes the answers are anything but easy. This third edition of Practical Ethics in Public Administration offers, at its core, the tools, techniques and methods needed to clarify difficult or problematic ethical situations and to determine the best course of action.

Designed for use as a text on public administration and professional ethics courses, or as a reference book for those working in the public sector, Practical Ethics in Public Administration is an engaging and informative blend of theory and practice. The authors introduce established ethical theories and, using real-life and hypothetical examples, develop a unified ethical approach that can be applied to everyday situations. Readers will learn the ethical nature of questions such as whether to fire an employee, how to allocate departmental funds and how to evaluate an employee's performance in a yearly appraisal.

New material in this edition also covers the emerging ethical issues related to private-public partnerships, the shift from compliance-based to moral-based integrity and the context of moral complacency.

About this title

About the Authors

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
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567262953
• ISBN 13: 9781567262957
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 440