Common ground, common future : moral agency in public administration, professions, and citizenship / Charles Garofalo, Dean Geuras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garofalo, Charles.

Contributor:

Geuras, Dean.

Series:

Public administration and public policy ; 115.

Public administration and public policy ; 115

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Moral and ethical aspects.

Public administration.

Public administration--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Common Ground, Common Future: Moral Agency in Public Administration, Professions, and Citizenship examines the public and private roles of the citizen as a moral agent. The authors define this agent as a person who recognizes morality as a motive for action, and not only follows moral principles but also acknowledges morality as his or her principal. The book explains that public administration is a fundamentally moral enterprise that exists to serve the values that society considers significant, and that this moral nature makes public administration a prototype for other professions to emulate, a model of moral governance in American society.The title reflects the book's principal purpose and abiding hope: the development of a broad perspective on our individual and collective roles and responsibilities as citizens, professionals, and moral beings, with a recognition of mutual obligations to the large and small challenges inherent in the process of governance.

Contents:

Front Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: The Moral Agent, Moral Organization, and the Public Administrator; Chapter 2: Moral Agency in the Public Sector; Chapter 3: Ethical Breakdowns in Public Administration; Chapter 4: Ethics in Business; Chapter 5: Managed Care; Chapter 6: The Legal Profession; Chapter 7: Higher Education; Chapter 8: Unifying Ethical Theory; Chapter 9: Applying the Unified Ethic to Moral Agency; Chapter 10: The Public Agent as Exemplar for the Private Professional: A Dialogue; Chapter 11: Common Ground, Common Future; Index

Notes:

"A CRC Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-24748-6

1-280-51684-4

9786610516841

1-4200-2780-8

9780429247484

OCLC:

475979406