MPA 524 -- Analysis* Paper    Due November 27

Please read the case study "Losing Children" and then draft an analysis paper as follows:

                         I. Introduction (purpose of paper)

                        II. Integrity/ethics assessment of public executives

                                  A. Director Kearney

                                  B. Director Regier

                                  C. Governor Bush

                       III. Assessment of offices: the ethics "environment"

                                   A. Office of DFC Director

                                          (1) examine the parameters (or constraints) that impinge upon the director
                                                as moral actor

                                           (2) specify what is required of the person holding this position to
                                                 serve with integrity

                                    B. Office of Governor

                                          (1) examine the parameters (or constraints) that impinge upon the governor
                                                as moral actor with respect to responsibilities to children under DFC
                                                purview

                                           (2) specify what is required of the person serving as governor in regarding
                                                 children under the purview of this and other state agencies.

                        IV. Conclusion

  *Note: For each assessment, base your determinations on a broad grasp of specific readings. Where appropriate, indicate how different approaches and viewpoints in the readings could lead to divergent assessments.