ETHICS MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS : BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS OF INTEGRITY, 2ND ED

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ETHICS MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS : BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS OF INTEGRITY, 2ND ED

By MENZEL (Author)

ISBN 9780765632616

Pages 312

Year 2012

Edition 1

Publisher M.E. SHARPE, INC.

Subject PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

~~Rs 4395.60~~ Rs 3516.48

Description

As with the first edition, this practical book is dedicated to building organizations of integrity. It has been written for students contemplating careers in public service, elected and appointed officials, administrators, and career public servants in America and abroad.

Content

Preface and Acknowledgements

Ethics Management
- Ethics in Government
- Challenges to Ethical Governance
- Ethics Management Is Important
- Is Ethics Management Possible?
- An Ethical Oversight
- The Ethics-Performance Linkage
- Managers as Ethical Leaders
- Ethics Management in Practice
- Organizational Perspectives on Ethics Management
- Practical Wisdom
- Key Themes
- Plan of the Book
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Constitutional and Administrative Environments
- Government of, by, and for the People
- Administration, Science, and Ethics
- Morally Mute Public Management
- Low Road, High Road, No Road?
- Administration as Management
- An Unfinished Portrait
- The Evolution of Government Ethics in the United States
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Leading with Integrity
- Integrity
- Managers as Leaders
- Becoming an Ethical Leader
- Beware of the Utilitarian Trap
- Are There Ethical Blind Spots?
- Leadership Styles
- Leadership Success and Failure
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Tools for Building Organizations of Integrity
- An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth . . .
- Ethics Codes
- Oaths
- Ethics Audits
- When Serious Wrongdoing Turns Up
- Human Resources Management
- Hotlines
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Ethics Management in American Cities and Counties
- Ethics and Integrity Past
- Ethics Management and Local Governance
- City-County Ethics Programs
- Filing and Investigating a Complaint
- Georgia's Certified Cities of Ethics
- Challenges to Ethical Governance in Cities and Counties
- Meeting the Challenges
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Local Government Ethics Management in Action
- Tampa, Florida: Progress in Slow Motion?
- City of Chicago: In Pursuit of Compliance?
- New York City: Taking Ethics Management Seriously?
- Palm Beach County, Florida: Progressive in Ethical Matters?
- King County, Washington: A Unique Division of Labor?
- Salt Lake County, Utah: Fits and Starts?
- Cook County, Illinois: A Work in Progress?
- Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas: Marching to a Different Drummer?
- Jacksonville-Duval County, Florida: National Leader?
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Ethics Management in the States
- State Ethics Laws
- State Legislators
- State Judiciary
- Florida: Ethics Reform in Waiting?
- Illinois: Race to the Top or Bottom?
- New York: Endless Pursuit of Ethics Reform?
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Federal Ethics Management
- Federal Ethics Laws
- The U.S. Office of Government Ethics
- Presidents
- Congress
- Federal Judiciary
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Ethics Management Internationally
- Ethics and Corruption: Two Sides of a Common Coin?
- International Organizations
- Ethics Laws and Codes Internationally
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Moving Forward
- Summing Up
- Ethics Management Skill Building
Ethical Governance in the Twenty-First Century
- The Privatization Challenge
- Information (R)Age Challenges
- The Winds of Globalization
- Ethics Education Challenges
- Effectiveness of Ethics Education
- The "New" Ethics
- A New Generation of Leaders
- Staying the Ethical Course
- Twenty-First-Century Challenges
- Ethics Management Skill Building