Tasks
To complete this assignment, you need to:
- Carefully go over my class notes and the readings/materials available in the “Readings” section in the course menu and within individual learning modules.
- After doing so, you need to answer each of the following seven (7) questions.
1.
What are some of the organizational (e.g., structure, culture, leadership, ethics programs) and psychological factors that influence (un)ethical behavior in organizations?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 6, 7, 10 and 11.
2.
What are the normative foundations (e.g., public service values—see Molina & McKeown— and the law) of public service ethics?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 9.
3.
How can ethical public organizations be developed and sustained (e.g., developing an ethical culture, addressing the organizational structure, having ethical leaders, implementing ethics programs, providing ethics training, developing a code of ethics)?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 9 (Asencio, Byrne, & Mujkic; Menzel; Van Montfort, Beck, & Twijnstra), Week 10 (all assigned readings), and Week 11 (all assigned readings).
4.
Compare and contrast deontological and teleological approaches to ethical action and explain which approach you favor and why?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 2.
5.
Compare and contrast ethical decision making models and explain which model you favor and why?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 3 (all assigned and recommended readings).
6.
Is engaging in guerrilla government—as discussed by Rosemary O’Leary—a plausible solution to the ethical challenge public administrators face in a technical-rational culture—as discussed by Guy Adams and Danny Balfour?
Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 7 and 8 (all assigned readings/videos).
Why is it important to practice ethical public administration?
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