Practical Ethics in Public Administration

by Dean Geuras, Charles Garofalo

Discover how sound ethical theories can be applied to everyday situations and decisions in public administration
Ethical questions arise every day in the normal course of your work, such as whether to fire an employee. . .how to allocate departmental funds. . .how to rate an employee on a yearly evaluation. You intend to take the best course of action, but how can you determine what that is?

Practical Ethics in Public Administration helps clarify difficult or problematic ethical situations. It will help you improve your skills so you'll be better prepared to handle ethical issues, decide them with greater self-assurance, perform your duties in a more ethically justifiable manner, and be able to explain your actions more reasonably.

The authors have drawn together numerous examples, guidelines, and hypothetical cases to help you work through these problems with the best information and understanding possible. In addition, the book addresses other personal and professional issues in public administration such as stress, new public management, and creating public value.



Key Features

Application of a unified ethical theory to practical cases in public administration
Use of hypothetical examples for practice in applying the theory
Balance of theory and practice
Analysis of the essentially ethical nature of public service

362 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001