The management of ideals: A political perspective on ethics

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 1091-1115

  Denhardt, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 85007092291     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900699708525239     Document Type: Article

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1. Olin, T. Edwin, and Dempsey, John. 1981. Ethical Dilemmas in Government: Designing an Organizational Response. Public Personnel Management Journal, 10: 11–19. Discussions of the terms ethos and ethics are contained Diamond, Martin. “Ethics and Politics: The American Way.” in Norwitz, Robert H., ed. Moral Foundations of the American Republic, 3rd ed. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1986, p. 77
2. Friedrich, Carl J., 1940. “ Public Policy and the Nature of Administrative Responsibility ”. In Public Policy, Edited by: Friedrich, C.J., and Mason, Victor. 1–24. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. There is a rich historical literature on the relationship of these ideals to public administration. Among the most significant Finer, Herman “Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government.” Public Administration Review 1 (December 1941): 335-350; Redford, Emmette S. Democracy in the Administrative State, Oxford University Press, New York, 1969; and Martin, Roscoe C., ed., Public Administration Democracy, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York, 1965. For a review and discussion of these two sets of ideals, see the discussion of the bureaucratic ethos and democratic ethos in Dennis, Afril Hejka. Teaching Ethics Public Administration: Analysis Goals, Ethical Standards, Approaches Ethical Decision-Making, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1987). Also see her article, “Teaching Ethics in Public Administration.” Public Administration Review 48 (September/October 1988): 885-891
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