POL 318  Public Integrity and Political Leadership -- Fall 2011

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

Final Examination click here

TEXTS:
    Dobel Public Integrity 1999
    Tavris and Aronson Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)  2007
    Thompson and Leidlein Ethics in City Hall  2009

    
COURSE SCHEDULE

Introduction with focus on misdeeds

Aug. 25: Introduction to course

Aug. 30: Tavris and Aronson Introduction; Thompson and Leidlein (T&L) #4, #13

Public Integrity—the Dobel model

 Sept. 1: Dobel pp. 1-17

 Sept. 6: Dobel pp. 17-22; T&L #20

 Public Integrity Amid Power, Cognitive Dissonance

 Sept. 8:   Dobel ch. 2

 Sept. 13: Tavris and Aronson ch. 1; T&L #5

 Sept. 15: Tavris and Aronson ch. 2

 Sept. 20: Dobel ch. 5

Corruption

 Sept. 22: Dobel pp. 130-138;  "Jury Finds Blagojevich Guilty of Corruption" NY Times June 27, 2011; T&L #17

 Sept. 27: Yang, "Institutional Congruence, Ideas, and Anticorruption Policy." PAR 2009
 Sept. 29: Dobel pp. 138-146; T&L #2
 Oct. 4:     Tavris and Aronson chs. 3-4

 Oct. 11:   Tavris and Aronson ch. 5; T&L #7  distribute midterm exam
  

 Remedies to Improve Ethics in Government

  Oct 18:  Van Wart, “Codes of Ethics as Living Documents” Public Integrity 2003   midterm exam due

  Oct. 20:  Drybaugh, “Personal and Policy Implications of Whistle-Blowing.” Public Integrity 2009

  Oct. 25:  O'Leary "When a Career Public Servant Sues the Agency He Loves..." PAR 2009

 Building the Common Amid Differences, Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation

  Oct. 27: Dobel ch. 8; T&L #1

  Nov. 1:  Tavris and Aronson ch. 7; T&L #21

  Nov. 3:  Jennings, "The Developmental Dialectic of Human Rights Advocacy"
                    Political Psychology 1996

 Personal Lives

  Nov. 8:  Dobel ch. 9

  Nov. 10: Eimicke and Shacknai, “Eliot Spitzer.” Public Integrity 2008

 Leadership in Resolving Ethics Problems

  Nov. 15:  Tavris and Aronson ch. 8

  Nov. 17:  White, “Are Women More Ethical?...”  
  Nov. 22:  Ghere "Ethics and Gender In International Development Programs"

Prudence and Long-Term Accomplishment 

 Nov. 29: Dobel ch. 10

 Dec. 1:   Pops, “The Ethical Leadership of George C. Marshall.” Public Integrity 2006
 Dec. 6:  Adams et al, “Abu Ghraib, Administrative Evil…”    course paper due                                  

 
COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course presents ethics and public integrity issues from a leadership perspective to sensitize students with strong interests in service and leadership to a variety of values-related issues they may confront in the future. Course topics include

·        A model of public integrity

·        The temptation of power

·        Cognitive dissonance problems in leadership (and followership)

·        Corruption

·        Remedies to improve ethics in government or other organizations

·        Conflict resolution and reconciliation

·        Integrity in personal lives

·        Values-related problem resolution

·        Leadership and long-term accomplishment.

This course material relates to a broad gamut of political science and human rights studies measures as well as to students with interests in journalism (related to public affairs) and in psychology. Generally, classes will be conducted as seminar discussions with active student participation. 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING WEIGHTS

Attendance/contribution
(combined]                                                   45 pts.

Take-Home Midterm Examination*               60 pts 

Final Examination                                        60 pts

Discussion Paper (6-8 pages)**                      60 pts.

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                                                                      225 pts

*Substantial deduction for late exams. Exam responses must
  directly address questions as posed.

**Substantial deduction for late papers.