Preface

Contributors

Introduction

I. Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study

The Emergence of Administrative Ethics as a Field of Study in the United States

Terry L. Cooper

Research and Knowledge in Administrative Ethics

H. George Frederickson

Jeremy David Walling

Ethics Education in Public Administration and Affairs: Preparing Graduates for Workplace Moral Dilemmas

Diane E. Yoder

Kathryn G. Denhardt

Ethics in In-service Training

April Hejka-Ekins

II. Philosophical Perspectives in Administrative Ethics

The Use of Philosophy in Administrative Ethics

Charles J. Fox

Administration and the Ethics of Virtue: In All Things, Choose First for Good Character and Then for Technical Expertise

David K. Hart

The Public Interest

Douglas F. Morgan

Deontological Dimensions of Administrative Ethics Revisited

Ralph Clark Chandler

A Teleological Approach to Administrative Ethics

Gerald M. Pops

A Dream of What We Could Be: The Founding Values, the Oath, and Homo virtutis americanus

David K. Hart

III. Contexts of Administrative Ethics

Organizational Structure: A Reflection of Society's Values and a Context for Individual Ethics

Montgomery Van Wart

Kathryn G. Denhardt

Governmental Ethics and Organizational Culture

Leigh E. Grosenick

Pamela A. Gibson

The Relevance of Public Ethics to Administration and Policy

Curtis Ventriss

Administrative Ethics and the Chimera of Professionalism: The Historical Context of Public Service Ethics

Guy B. Adams

IV. Maintaining Ethical Conduct: External Controls

Codes of Ethics

Jeremy F. Plant

From Codes of Conduct to Codes of Ethics: The ASPA Case

James S. Bowman

Ethics Management in Public Organizations: What, Why, and How?

Donald C. Menzel

Federal Ethics Management and Public Trust

Robert Roberts

Federal Inspectors General and the Paths to Accountability

Paul C. Light

Whistleblower Protection and the Judiciary

Judith A. Truelson

Dealing with Administrative Corruption

Gerald E. Caiden

V. Maintaining Ethical Conduct: Internal Controls

Moral Development in Public Administration

Debra W. Stewart

Norman W. Sprinthall

David M. Shafer

Ethical Decision-Making

Dennis P. Wittmer

Values and Ethics

Harold F. Gortner

Character and Conduct in the Public Service: A Review of Historical Perspectives

Jeffrey S. Luke

David W. Hart

VI. Administrative Ethics in American Society

Gender Differences in Administrative Ethics

Anneka Marina Scranton

Molly J. Ranney

Citizenship Ethics in Public Administration

Camilla Stivers

Administrative Ethics and Democratic Theory

John P. Burke

Administrative Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations

Michael O'Neill

Military Ethics

Richard D. White, Jr.

VI. Administrative Ethics in Other Cultures

Administrative Ethics in a Chinese Society: The Case of Hong Kong

Terry T. Lui

Ian Scott

Constitutionalism and Administrative Ethics: A Comparative Study of Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States

John A. Rohr

Administrative Ethics in an African Society: The Case of Zimbabwe

Jonathan N. Moyo

Public Service Ethics in Australia

John G. Uhr

Index