Accountability and the evil of administrative ethics

Administration and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-267

  Dubnick, Melvin J ^a,b   Justice, Jonathan B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Bureaucracy; Ethics; Moral dilemmas; Moral responsibility; Organizational behavior; Theodicy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645518266     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399705285999     Document Type: Review

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