Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Leading and Building Organizations of Integrity

Donald C. Menzel

M.E. Sharpe, 2012 - Business & Economics - 304 pages

As with the first edition, this practical book is dedicated to building organizations of integrity. It has been written for students contemplating careers in public service, elected and appointed officials, administrators, and career public servants in America and abroad.

Concise and comprehensive, Ethics Management for Public Administrators takes a public management perspective toward constructing ethical organizations. It includes:
--an introduction to ethics management;
--a discussion of the U.S. Constitutional and administrative environment in which officials carry out their duties;
--descriptions and assessments of the tools available to elected and appointed officials who are committed to building ethical organizations;
--a review of existing ethics management programs in American cities and counties;
--an overview of legislative and administrative measures taken by Congress, presidents, the judiciary, and the fifty states to foster ethical governance;
--unique coverage of ethics management around the world, with a focus on Europe and Asia;
--hands-on skill-building exercises that conclude each chapter with active learning opportunities.

Changes in the second edition include updated text and references, new examples, and new boxes and exhibits that appear throughout the text.

Contents

• 1 Ethics Management: 3
• 2 Constitutional and Administrative Environments: 32
• 3 Leading with Integrity: 54
• 4 Tools for Building Organizations of Integrity: 77
• 5 Ethics Management in American Cities and Counties: 118
• 6 Local Government Ethics Management in Action: 134
• 7 Ethics Management in the States: 161
• 8 Federal Ethics Management: 184
• 9 Ethics Management Internationally: 206
• 10 Ethical Governance in the TwentyFirst Century: 234
• References: 257
• Index: 281
• About the Author: 296

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Leading and Building Organizations of Integrity
• Author: Donald C. Menzel
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, 2012
• ISBN: 0765632632, 9780765632630
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior; Political Science / General