The Ethics Challenge In Public Service: A Problem-Solving Guide

The Ethics Challenge in Public Service: A Problem-Solving Guide

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of TheEthics Challenge in Public Service is the classic ethics text in public management programs nationwide. The book serves as avaluable resource for public managers who work in a world thatpresents numerous ethical challenges every day. It is filled with awealth of practical tools and strategies that public managers canuse when making ethical choices in the ambiguous and pressuredworld of public service. The book also contains new material ontopics such as social networking, the use of apology, ethics asapplied to public policy, working with elected officials, andmore.

"The Ethics Challenge in Public Service, now in its thirdedition, continues to be simply indispensable for teaching publicservice ethics. Thoroughly updated to encompass the latestdevelopments in the field, this new edition adds both a companionwebsite and an instructor's website, further enhancing its valuefor both students and faculty."
—Guy B. Adams, Harry S. Truman School of PublicAffairs, University of Missouri

"If you want to know about ethical decision making in publicservice, this is the book to read."
—Patricia J. Harned, president, Ethics ResourceCenter

"This book cuts through the rhetoric and the partisanship rightto the heart of ethics in the public service; here is a smoothblend of how and why."
—Carole L. Jurkiewicz, Woman's Hospital DistinguishedProfessor of Healthcare Management, John W. Dupuy EndowedProfessor, Louisiana State University