Whenever Two or More Are Gathered : Relationship as the Heart of Ethical Discourse.
This study of the critical role of ethics and moral responsibility in the field of public administration, Michael M. Harmon and O.C. McSwite posit that administrative ethics, as presently conceived and practiced, is largely a failure, incapable of delivering on its original promise of effectively re...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Public administration, criticism & creativity.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This study of the critical role of ethics and moral responsibility in the field of public administration, Michael M. Harmon and O.C. McSwite posit that administrative ethics, as presently conceived and practiced, is largely a failure, incapable of delivering on its original promise of effectively regulating official conduct in order to promote the public interest. They argue that administrative ethics is compromised at its very foundations by two core assumptions: that human beings act rationally and that language is capable of conveying clear, stable, and unambiguous principles of ethical c. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780817385361 0817385363 9780817317294 0817317295 |