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    Honest Government: An Ethics Guide for Public Service » Read Now

    by W. J. Michael Cody, Richardson R. Lynn. 167 pgs.

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    Americans deserve honest government. This text addresses the need for a comprehensive statement of ethical behavior for public officials and employees at every level of government. While recognizing the need for legal reforms that focus mainly on campaign contributions, the authors examine the...
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    Ethics, Government, and Public Policy: A Reference Guide » Read Now

    by James S. Bowman, Frederick A. Elliston. 341 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    "[T]his is much more than a conventional reference guide. The 12 carefully written chapters examine significant issues and contemporary views of many of the basic problems in the field. Topics are approaches to the study of ethics in government, ethical dilemmas and standards for public officials...
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    The Ethics of Public Service: Resolving Moral Dilemmas in Public Organizations » Read Now

    by Kathryn G. Denhardt. 200 pgs.

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    "Denhard presents a sensible organizational framework that includes (a) the individual administrator and the organizational context; (b) the distinction between process and content ethics, and (c) the dichotomy between deotological and teleological moral claims." Choice
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    Government, Ethics, and Managers: A Guide to Solving Ethical Dilemmas in the Public Sector » Read Now

    by Sheldon S. Steinberg, David T. Austern. 171 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    This volume focuses on the ethical and unethical behavior of elected and appointed government officials. Steinberg and Austern discuss the various types of ethical dilemmas that confront public sector managers, offer ways to analyze them, and describe a series of management strategies designed to...
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    Ethics in the Public Domain: Essays in the Morality of Law and Politics » Read Now

    by Joseph F. Raz. 382 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    This new collection of essays opens with a pivotal essay, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book concentrates on the consequences of two central aspects of well-being: the importance of...
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    American Ethics and Public Policy » Read Now

    by Abraham Kaplan. 110 pgs.

    ...which contemporary ethics cannot go, subjectivity...in our researches on government new reasons for loving...of so much time upon Ethics in our colleges" is...to-day...
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    Government Ethics and Law Enforcement: Toward Global Guidelines » Read Now

    by Yassin El-Ayouty, Kevin J. Ford, Mark Davies, William P. Carter. 323 pgs.

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    Recognizing that the quality of governance is a crucial factor in the overall development of a country, experts on government ethics and law enforcement examine the principles that need to be applied to create more effective and efficient governments. While focusing on the approaches adopted by the...
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    The American Moralist: On Law, Ethics, and Government » Read Now

    by George Anastaplo. 626 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    ...MORALIST On Law, Ethics, and Government George Anastaplo...moralist: on law, ethics, and government / George Anastaplo...statutes and decrees that governments issue. II...
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    Ethics for Public Managers » Read Now

    by Harold F. Gortner. 188 pgs.

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    Gortner focuses on public administration ethics theory and how it applies to the lives of managers operating in the middle ranges of public bureaucracy. Through a general review of the literature on public administration ethics and a comparison of that literature to the real-life experiences of...
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    Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government » Read Now

    by Mark H. Moore. 402 pgs.

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    A seminal figure in the field of public management, Mark Moore presents his summation of fifteen years of research, observation, and teaching about what public sector executives should do to improve the performance of public enterprises. Useful for both practicing public executives and those who...
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    Ethics Induced Stress in the Local Government Workplace, in Public Personnel Management » Read Now

    by Donald C. Menzel. 14 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...in developing the field of government ethics as a philosophically structured...empirical based research on government ethics by documenting and analyzing...Frederick A...
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    Glass Houses: Congressional Ethics and the Politics of Venom » Read Now

    by Martin Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin. 202 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Demonstrates how the Congressional ethics process has been transformed into a lethal, partisan political tool, feared by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle.
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    Both Judge and Party: Why Congressional Ethics Committees are Unethical, in Brookings Review » Read Now

    by Dennis F. Thompson. 5 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...conducted by the Office of Government Ethics for executive branch...House code and the Ethics in Government Act, but concluded...quality of our democratic government. That...
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    Ethics in Government: From a Winter of Despair to a Spring of Hope, in Public Administration Review » Read Now

    by James B. Bowman, Russell L. Williams. 10 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...jurisdiction of an external governmental ethics commission or agency (47 percent...Shafritz (1992). Essentials of Government Ethics. New York: Meridian. Mertins...Dennis F...
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    Classics of Administrative Ethics » Read Now

    by Willa Bruce. 445 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    This anthology will be appropriate for administrative ethics classes and professional thinking in public administration at both the masters and doctoral levels. It is a collection of administrative ethics articles published in journals of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) from...

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