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Ethics in public service / edited by Richard A. Chapman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chapman, Richard A., Author.
- Series:
- Public administration in the 1990s.
- Public administration in the 1990s
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public administration--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
- Public administration.
- Civil service ethics--Congresses.
- Civil service ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 178 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- This book, by a group of specially selected scholars, focuses on topics of current debate in the field of public service ethics. The subjects covered include codes of ethics, how ethics can be taught, the dilemma of tragic choices, administrative discretion and the protection of human rights, the interests of the state, secrecy and freedom of information, the democratic environment, and the relevance of the law and trade unions.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Contributors
- Conference Participants
- One Introduction
- Two The Duty of the Professional
- Three Promoting Public Service Ethics: The Codification Option
- Four How Can Ethics be Taught?
- Five Tragic Choices: Administrative Rulemaking and Policy Choice
- Six Administrative Discretion and the Protection of Human Rights: Public Servants’ Duty to Take Rights Seriously
- Seven Freedom of Information and the Swedish Bureaucrat
- Eight Reasons of State and the Public Interest: A British Variation of the Problem of Dirty Hands
- Nine Public Service and Democratic Accountability
- Ten The Law and Officials
- Eleven Trade Unions and Ethics in the Public Service
- Twelve Ethics in Public Service
- Index
- Notes:
- "Product of a conference of the International Political Science Association Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government ... held in 1990"--p. [vii].
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-6566-8
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