Chapter 3 - Ethics And Public Administration || Al
Chapter 3 - Ethics and Public Administration || Al
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Chapter 3 - Ethics And Public Administration || Al
Ethics correct answers A system or theory of moral values
_________ and ________ constitute the core of the role of the public administrator. correct answers Accountability, ethical behavior
Regime values correct answers The core values of a people; for the American people, these include pers...
Chapter 3 - Ethics and Public Administration || Already Passed.
Ethics correct answers A system or theory of moral values
_________ and ________ constitute the core of the role of the public administrator. correct answers Accountability, ethical behavior
Regime values correct answers The core values of a people; for the American people, these include personal liberty, property, and political equality, and are derived from the Constitution
Textbook working definition of ethics correct answers The process of using reason, guided by moral standards or personal values, to make decisions regarding right-and wrong-doing in one's professional and personal life, and taking responsibility for those decisions
Deontology correct answers the earliest of all relevant philosophical approaches; an approach to ethics which asserts that there is an absolute or ultimate standard for morals that can be arrived at
through reason; can be both theistic (religious/believers in a diety) and atheistic (nonbelievers); believe in "objective, ultimate, or absolute standards or criteria for assessing morality;
Rawlsianism correct answers based on work of the American philosopher John Rawls in the early 1900s; modern example of deontology; the theory that the welfare of society is enhanced if the poorest individual is materially improved even if this reduces the well-being of everyone else; social equity or social justice should be the overriding concern of all public policy; the ends
do not justify the means
Utilitarianism correct answers Jeremy Bentham; The philosophy which holds that the results of one's actions are more important than one's intentions; actions that produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people constitute ethical behavior; doesn't involve absolute moral standards, but that each decision must be made on a cost-benefit analysis; argues the ends can justify the means
Areas of the formal code of ethics of the ASPA correct answers 1) public interest
2) legal interest
3) personal interest
4) organizational interest
5) professional interest
ASPA correct answers American Society for Public Administration
Moral choices for public administration often involve ______________. correct answers reconciling competing sets of values, such as accountability and efficiency, political responsiveness, and professional responsibility Level of success of the ASPA code of ethics correct answers Moderate; it lacks an enforcement method, meaning that it remains largely a "statement of ethical behavior"
Characteristics of successful codes of ethics correct answers 1) provide guidelines for, at a minimum, a modest level of ethical behavior
2) they cover a wide range of different occupations within the same profession
3) they have provisions for effective compliance
reasons why ethics codes can be limited in their usefulness correct answers Wide diversity of occupations and professions found in the public service; vague and general nature of the codes themselves; are often unable to provide guidance in specific situations
What drives the development of ethics policy? correct answers Media and public opinion; reaction to legislative scandals
Office of Government Ethics correct answers Created by the Ethics in Government Act in 1978 in response to the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation; is responsible for setting ethics policy for the executive branch only; head is appointed by the Senate; decentralized system that does not enforce, deflecting to the DoJ; scope really only goes as far as financials, creating the risk of thinking ethics really only involves finances
Low road approach correct answers A minimalist approach to ethics which holds that adherence to the law is sufficient for ethical behavior
Unique responsibilities of public administrators that create greater ethical demands: correct answers 1) legal and moral obligations to the poor and dependent populations
2) regulatory and policing powers
3) the provision of basic services
4) the stewardship of national resources
Administrative accountability correct answers The assignment of organizational responsibility in a hierarchical or legal manner, which is objective in quality;
responsibility correct answers Moral obligations that are unrelated to an individual's formal role, status, or power within an organization
Finer on administrative accountability correct answers Effective accountability can only be achieved through strong external mechanisms, such as legislative oversight and judicial review, established by political officials, that external controls create full accountability
Friedrich on achieving accountability in public administration correct answers the necessary legislation to produce the level of administrative responsibility necessary is too burdensome for both the administrator and legislator, and that instead, the administrator's own sense of morality should be better safeguards of administrative probity and that internal controls ensure full accountability
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