Handbook of Administrative Ethics

By Terry L. Cooper

Book Overview

Delineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology and philosophy, this reference and text provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector - tracing the treatment of ethics in public administration literature from the late 19th century to the present. administative ethics are suggested. This work also: examines the effectiveness of ethics training and legal and organizational devices for encouraging desired conduct; creates a taxonomy for administrative ethics using the categories of modern philosophy; discusses the origins of the term public interest; analyzes deontological and teleological approaches to administrative ethics oriented toward duty to principle; focuses on the ethical dimensions of organizational culture and the conflicts between culture and ethical conduct; and investigates topics of particular relevance to the political and social contexts of public administration in the United States.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824790952
• ISBN13: 9780824790950
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Marcel Dekker
• Length: 585 Pages