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Ethics provides the preconditions for the making of good public policy as all policies depend on it. This book builds upon the authors’ teaching and research in government ethics. As a core text for upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, it will examine conceptual tools to clarify moral experiences, analyze individual decision making strategies, and assess organizational ethics programs. The emphasis is not only on “how to,” but also “why.” The manuscript will be written in a manner accessible to academicians, students, and managers; it will to offer them practical knowledge and insight into ethics in government. To that end, the book is not about right and wrong answers. Rather it aims to understand ethics and human behavior in an analytical, yet provocative manner by extending one's ordinary moral experience by making it explicit, clearer, and more consistent.
Whistleblowing in Organizations
Whistleblowing in Organizations
The ultimate measure of a man or woman is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The last chapter demonstrated that corruption is a significant problem in society. Indeed, many scandals are revealed by “whistleblowers,” those who disclose organizational misconduct. Whistleblowing is a manifestation of serious issues; as long as fraud, waste, and abuse exist, so will the need to expose them. Consistent with legal usage, blowing the whistle is a process, as external reports of wrongdoing typically start with internal reports. Although dissent on the job is as old as the advent of the workplace, it only crystallized into a movement in the late 1970s as ...
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