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Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics: A Practical Guide To Management Ethics

In their second edition of Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics, William L. Richter and Frances Burke update this essential staple to delve deeply into the unique ethical problems of twenty-first century public administration. Wide-ranging readings from Aristotle and Kant to John Kennedy and John T. Noonan provide initiation into the philosophical basis of ethics as virtue, consequence, principle, and responsibility, while new case studies drawn from today's headlines join old classics from the previous edition to help students apply ethical foundations to a modern administrative career. New chapters on privacy, secrecy, and confidentiality and the changing boundaries of public administration consider the consequences of computerization and globalization, two of this century's greatest challenges. By seamlessly melding theory with practice, Richter and Burke have created a key resource in educating future public administrators on the ethical problems associated with corruption, deception, evasion of accountability, and the abuse of authority. Open-ended examples and discussion questions encourage students to understand the complexity of administrative ethics and the need for careful thought in their day-to-day decisions. Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics offers both the depth demanded by graduate courses in administrative ethics and the accessibility necessary for an undergraduate introduction to public administration.

Paperback: 258 pages

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2 edition (January 23, 2007)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0742544516

ISBN-13: 978-0742544512

Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.5 x 10.1 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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This book is one of the most powerful books I have read. It presents modern day ethical dilemmas using very real situation and enables the reader to understand how decisions are not just black and white. As we seek to rebuild our governmental institutions, we need to have a commitment to investing in ethics. This includes building a solid foundation of ethical and moral teaching. The early chapters do just that by providing readings from important philosophical texts such as Aristotle, Kant and Mill that all had influences in our most fundamental laws and doctrines. The later chapters tie ethical and moral decision making into the foundation.In the end ask yourself this question: If we want trustworthy people running our public institutions why don't we invent in teaching them the theories of moral and ethical behavior?

Beautiful one . beautiful edition. quite good to read as a course required reading material. I really love it .

Great book!!!

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