The Ethics of Public Administration: The Challenges of Global Governance

by Sara R. Jordan, Phillip W. Gray

Overview

Managing the challenges of governance is more than merely managing people and resources; it is about managing the values that intersecting cultures attach to people and resources. The Ethics of Public Administration: The Challenges of Global Governance provides an exploratory introduction to the history and trends of major ethical cultures around the globe. Featuring chapters that explore national and ideological forms of ethics—including those of India, Russia, and Africa as well as Marxism, Leninism, Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam— The Ethics of Public Administration is an indispensable guide for all those working in international affairs and government.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781602582484
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Pages:	426
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sara R. Jordan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and The Graduate School at the University of Hong Kong, where her research interests include civil service and research ethics.

Phillip W. Gray is Lecturer, Humanities Department, United States Coast Guard Academy. He has taught at various universities in Hong Kong, and his research focuses on international political theory, morality in warfare, and totalitarian politics.

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"In this book, we seek to provide the reader with a focused history of moral traditions from time immemorial to modern political movements and to apply the lessons of historical texts to the practice of public administration in a globalized environment. We believe, and we have lived with the experiential knowledge that globalization can be a confronting phenomenon where individuals in one location must correspond politely, knowledgably, and respectfully with others whose histories, traditions, and beliefs may seem alien, even hostile. To overcome mutual feelings of alienation and frustration, we believe that parties to all sides of the confrontation need information."

—excerpted from the Introduction

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Part I Introduction

1 Public Administration Ethics through Time and Place 3

2 The Five E's of Orthodox Public Administration 19

Part II Ethical Traditions for Public Administration

3 Ethical Traditions of India 49

4 Ethical Traditions of Daoism 83

5 Ethics in the Buddhist Traditions 107

6 Traditions of Confucian Ethics 137

7 Ethics in the Judaic Tradition 163

8 Ethics in the Constitutionalist and Republican Traditions 175

9 Ethics in the Christian Tradition 195

10 Ethics in the Traditions of Islam 217

11 Ethics in the Traditions of Africa 249

12 Ethics in the Liberal Tradition 275

13 Marxist-Leninist Ethical Traditions 295

14 Ethics in the Russian Tradition 321

Part III Conclusion

15 Revisiting the "Global" in the Challenges of Global Governance 345

Appendix 355

Notes 359

Bibliography 383

Index 409

What People are Saying About This

It is truly a remarkable achievement to explore the ethical traditions and thoughts about efficiency, economy, efficacy, expertise, and equality in all continents. This comparative study has no equal and is of interest to any public administration scholar.

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It is truly a remarkable achievement to explore the ethical traditions and thoughts about efficiency, economy, efficacy, expertise, and equality in all continents. This comparative study has no equal and is of interest to any public administration scholar.

Editorial Reviews

Jordan and Gray offer practitioners in the field a comprehensive historical overview that traces the philosophical and ethical traditions of public administration across the dominant global cultures.

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Jordan and Gray offer practitioners in the field a comprehensive historical overview that traces the philosophical and ethical traditions of public administration across the dominant global cultures.

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