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MPA 524  Ethics in Public Administration   

 Fall 2007
Dr. Rick Ghere     304 Zehler Hall      937.229.4220
richard.ghere@notes.udayton.edu

Date  Topic Readings
August  21 Introduction   class details:      Objectives      Course Requirements   Texts/Readings     paper
    -be prepared to discuss this scenario as well as articles from 8/12 DDN  article 1   article 2
August  28 Integrity in Public Service;
The Law
-Lewis&Gilman Introduction, Ch1, and Ch. 2
September 4 Integrity in Public Service -Dobel Public Integrity Ch 1 library e-reserve, pw=rove
September 11 Individual Responsibility -Lewis&Gilman Ch4
-"Getting ahead through mimicry"
NPR Marketplace July 30, 2007 (read and listen to commentary)
-Cooper&Block
"The Blame Game" in Disaster... library e-reserve, pw=rove
-A Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking (entirety)
September 18 The Public Interest (Does it exist?) -Lewis&Gilman Ch3
-Cooper&Block
"Water Pork" in Disaster... library e-reserve, pw=rove
-deBruijn&Ringeling "Normative Notes: Perspectives on Networks" in Managing Complex
  Networks
pp. 152-159
library e-reserve, pw=rove
September 25 Fine Line between
 Political Influence and Corruption
-Condrey&Battaglio "Radical Civil Service Reform in Georgia"
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Chandrasakaren,
"Who are These People?" and "A Fool's Errand" in Imperial Life in the Emerald City
 
library e-reserve, pw=rove
October 2 Ethical Problems:
Public-Private Connections
-Jensen and Kennedy "Public Ethics, Legal Accountability..." in Ethics in Public Management. eds.
   Frederickson and Ghere
[recent review of book]
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Rasor and Bauman, Betraying Our Troops, Chs 1, 14, and 25 library e-reserve, pw=rove
-"Subcontracting the War" [editorial] NY Times Oct. 1, 2007
October 9

                                 Midterm Examination  (click for copy)

October 16 Ethics Intervention and
Compliance Strategies
-Lewis&Gilman Ch8/
-Ohio Ethics Commission-Administrative Codes

-Smyth, "Sting of Scandal Gives Boost to Strickland's Ethics Order." DDN Jan 27, 2008
October 23 Ethical Standards and
Moral Cognitive Development
-Lewis&Gilman Ch5             
-Swisher et al.
"Update on Moral Reasoning Research..." in Ethics in Public Management.
   eds. Frederickson and Ghere (see slide)
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"The New Culture War..." NY Times, June 14, 2007
October 30 Political Prudence -Dobel Public Integrity Ch 10 library e-reserve, pw=rove
--Chandrasakaren, "A Lot Left To Be Done" in Imperial Life in the Emerald City  library e-reserve, pw=rove
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Walker "Ethics and Integrity in Government: Putting the Needs of Our Nation First
November 6 Organizations and
Ethical Dissent
-Lewis&Gilman Ch10
-O'Leary  Ch. 4 
library e-reserve under POL 318, pw=integrity (not rove) and Ch 5
  
library e-reserve under MPA 524, pw=rove
-David Brooks "Wolfowitz's Big Mistake" NY Times May 3, 2007
November 13 Professional Self-Justification -Tavris & Aronson Mistakes Were Made Intro., Chs. 1, 2, and 3
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David Brooks "A Still, Small Voice" NY Times Oct. 16 2007
November 27 Professional Self-Justification -Tavris & Aronson Mistakes Were Made Chs. 4,5,7, and 8   paper due
December 4 Personal Character
 and Public Office
-Dobel Public Integrity Ch 7 library e-reserve, pw=rove
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Cloud, "Psychology of Hypocrisy" Time Sept. 17, 2007
-Dobel "Managerial Leadership and the Ethical Importance of Legacy"

                                              Final Examination -- Due 8:00 a.m. Wed. Dec. 12 (e-mail)