Ethics for Bureaucrats: An Essay on Law and Values, Second Edition
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Summary
This important text integrates the study of ethics into public management training, highlighting Supreme Court opinions on three specific constitutional values-equality, freedom, and property-focusing on the pedagogical aspects of law and posing challenging questions to help readers apply theories to concrete situations. It includes a case index for further research. Topics of specific interest include abortion, affirmative action, bureaucratic bashing, civil disobedience, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Iran-Contra scandal, moral absolutism, privileged communications, religious fundamentalism, and whistle blowing. The Midwest Review of Pubic Administration lauds it as "…a unique teaching tool."
Table of Contents
Introduction Stating the Problem Regime Values Equality Freedom Property Conclusion Appendix: Constitution of the United States of America Case Index
Editorial Reviews
"About the previous edition. . . . . .well-written. . .an admirable and provocative attempt to avoid what the author terms 'moralistic bombers and pious platitudes.' "
---State Government Journal
". . .a unique teaching tool. "
---Midwest Review of Pubic Administration
