Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

by J. Michael Martinez
ISBN-10:
031335880X
ISBN-13:
9780313358807
Pub. Date:
08/10/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
031335880X
ISBN-13:
9780313358807
Pub. Date:
08/10/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

by J. Michael Martinez
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Overview

This volume establishes a foundation for a uniform code of professional ethics for public administrators in the United States.

Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century lays the ethical foundations for a uniform professional code of ethics for public administrators, civil servants, and non-profit administrators in the US. Martinez synthesizes five disparate schools of ethical thought as to how public administrators can come to know the good and behave in ways that advance the values of citizenship, equity, and public interest within their respective organizations. Using case studies, he teaches American administrators how to combine the approaches of all five schools to evaluate and resolve complex ethical dilemmas within the constraints of the U.S. democratic values set.

Martinez enunciates the common ethical principles that guide public administrators in their practice within the specific ethical parameters and organizational cultures of a myriad entities at the federal, state, and local levels of government in the United States, as well as in non-profit organizations. Along the way, Martinez addresses a number of crucial issues, including personal gain, conflict of interest, transparency, democratic impartiality, hiring, hierarchical discipline, media relations, partisan pressure, appointments by elected officials, and whistle-blowing. The striking, high-profile case studies—Nathan Bedford Forrest, Adolph Eichmann, Lieutenant William Calley, and Mary Ann Wright—illustrate ethical dilemmas where, for better or worse, the individual was at odds with the organization.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313358807
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/10/2009
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

About the Author

J. Michael Martinez is a corporate attorney in Monroe, GA, and teaches political science as a part-time faculty member at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA.

What People are Saying About This

William D. Richardson Odeen-Swanson Professor of Political Science Chair

"Martinez has done a masterful job of explicating five principal approaches to administrative ethics. His graceful prose treats disparate approaches succinctly, clearly and accurately. My own approach—which favors regime values—is especially well done."

Barry Bozeman

"J. Michael Martinez' book provides a remarkable framing of contemporary ethical issues in politics and public administration, uniting classical tenets of ethics with modern ethical sensibilities. This is a most welcome book, one that will be embraced by students, teachers and practitioners."

Barry Bozeman, Ph.D.
Ander Crenshaw Chair and Regents' Professor, Public Policy Dept. of Public Administration and Policy University of Georgia

Jeffrey L. Brudney

"Administrative ethics can be a challenging topic even for those who are well-versed in the literature. Mike Martinez writes in clear prose with minimal academic jargon. His book should prove useful for readers who are seeking a clear, short, easy-to-understand explication of the debates among administrative ethicists and the various schools of thought."

William D. Richardson Odeen-Swanson Professor of Political Science Chair

"Martinez has done a masterful job of explicating five principal approaches to administrative ethics. His graceful prose treats disparate approaches succinctly, clearly and accurately. My own approach—which favors regime values—is especially well done."

William D. Richardson Odeen-Swanson Professor of Political Science Chair, Department of Political Science & Director, W. O. Farber Center The University of South Dakota

Jeffrey L. Brudney

"Administrative ethics can be a challenging topic even for those who are well-versed in the literature. Mike Martinez writes in clear prose with minimal academic jargon. His book should prove useful for readers who are seeking a clear, short, easy-to-understand explication of the debates among administrative ethicists and the various schools of thought."

Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ph.D.
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy and Professor of Public Affairs Department of Public Administration The Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Barry Bozeman

"J. Michael Martinez' book provides a remarkable framing of contemporary ethical issues in politics and public administration, uniting classical tenets of ethics with modern ethical sensibilities. This is a most welcome book, one that will be embraced by students, teachers and practitioners."

William D. RichardsonOdeen-Swanson Professor of Political Science Chair

"Martinez has done a masterful job of explicating five principal approaches to administrative ethics. His graceful prose treats disparate approaches succinctly, clearly and accurately. My own approach—which favors regime values—is especially well done."

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