PUAD 700 Ethics in Public Administration Spring 2017 Arlington George Mason University

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1 PUAD 700 Ethics in Public Administration Spring 2017 Arlington George Mason University Instructor: James N. Burroughs JD, MPA, CAGS Fairfax Office: A 237 Robinson Arlington Office Hours: pm. Adjunct Office: 656 Founders Hall Phone: 703/ jburroug@gmu.edu Class: Monday, pm Room: Founders Hall 466 The purposes of this class are to familiarize MPA students with the ethical issues in public administration and to integrate learning from across the MPA curriculum. The course begins with a survey of ethical readings on American public administration. At the same time students are challenged to discuss and reflect upon their own value systems. Ethics courses require personal reflection along with the ability to perform more detached analysis of ethical problems set in complex situations. The course then moves towards a more systematic study of public administration ethics based on law, organization theory and political values in American and global settings. Throughout the class students will be reading and analyzing actual ethical case studies. This class will be handled in a seminar fashion with students being expected to lead discussions about the readings and topics in addition to making formal presentation. As the Capstone course in the MPA program the final research project will involve the writing and presentation of a paper integrating learning from across the curriculum focusing on ethical issues, cases or concepts. Texts: Terry Cooper. The Responsible Administrator, 6 th ed (2012) Martinez. Public Administration Ethics for the 21 st Century (2009) The books are listed as Cooper and Martinez respectively in the syllabus. Grades: Class Participation 10% Case Study/Journal Presentations 10% Reflective Writing Papers 40% Research Project 40% 1

2 Jan 23 First Day of Class Jan 30 Ethics Overview: Public, Private and Professional Assignment: Personal Ethics statement. What is or should be your code of ethics for work in government or nonprofit organizations? What are the standards of right and wrong that should guide your work, the do s and don ts of public service? Write this statement before starting to read the class texts or journal articles. Text: Martinez: Chapters: Introduction and Chapter 1 Journals: Frank Marini. The Uses of Literature in the Exploration of Public Administration Ethics: The Example of Antigone. Public Administration Review. Sept-Oct Stephen Bailey. Ethics and the Public Service. Public Administration Review. Dec Susan Wakefield. Ethics and the Public Service: A Case for Individual Responsibility. Public Administration Review. Nov-Dec (This is a follow-up to the Bailey article.) Feb 6 Ethics Overview: Public, Private and Professional continued Cooper: Chapters 1-2 Martinez: Chapter 2 Journal: Debra Schleef. Empty Ethics and Reasonable Responsibility: Vocabularies of Motive among Law and Business Students. Law and Social Inquiry. Summer Feb 13 Ethics: Law and American History Journals: Richardson and Nigro. Administrative Ethics and Founding Thought: Constitutional Correctives, Honor and Education. Public Administration Review. Sept-Oct Hubert Locke. Ethics in American Government: A Look Backward. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Jan John Rohr. The Study of Ethics in the P.A. Curriculum. Public Administration Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (July-Aug. 1976). Public Administration Review. Forum: Public Administration and the Constitution. May-June Read articles by: Spicer and Terry (2), Rohr, Stivers, Wise and Lowi. 2

3 Feb 20 Individual Ethics Cooper: Chaps 3 & 4 Journal: Willa Bruce. Personal Ethics and Administrative Action. International Review of Public Administration. Vol 7, No. 1 (2002) Online Search: Internet: Ethics and Compliance Initiative: Generational differences in Ethics. PP Style of the same report: Feb 27 Individual Ethics Conflicts Cooper: Chapter 5 Journal: John Summers. What Happened to Sex Scandals? Politics and Peccadilloes, Jefferson to Kennedy. The Journal of American History. Dec Trevino, Hartman and Brown. Moral Person and Moral Manager: How Executives Develop a Reputation for Ethical Leadership. California Management Review. Vol. 43, No 4 (Summer 2000). Reflective Writing Paper #1 Due March 6 Organizational Ethics Cooper: Chaps 6, 7 & 8 Martinez: Chapter 3 Journals: Ruth Ann Strickland and Shannon Vaughan. The Hierarchy of Ethical Values in Nonprofit Organizations. Public Integrity. Vol 10, No 3. (Summer 2008). Internet Journal: Paul Robinson. Ethics Training and Development in the Military. (2007) Internet: Kathleen Clark. Ethics for an Outsourced Government (2011). Report for the Administrative Conference of the United States. Report.pdf March 13 Spring Break No Class March 20 Organizational Ethics and Culture Martinez: Chapter 4 Lynn Pasquerella and Alfred Killilea. The Ethics of Lying in the Public Interest. Public Integrity. Vol. 7, Issue 3 (Summer 2005). 3

4 Martin Cook. Revolt of the Generals: A Case Study in Professional Ethics. Parameters (Spring 2008). Guy Adams and Danny Balfour. Leadership, Administrative Evil and the Ethics of Incompetence: Lessons from Katrina and Iraq. Mark Hoffman, Jeremy Pyne & Maria Gajewski. Ten Masks of Administrative Evil Administrative Theory & Praxis. (March 2012) Tom Barth. Crisis Management in the Catholic Church: Lessons for Public Administration. Public Administration Review. )September/October 2010). Kristen Lucas and Jeremy Fyke. Euphemisms and Ethics: A Language-Centered Analysis of Penn State s Sexual Abuse Scandal. Journal of Business Ethics. 122: (2014). March 27 Ethical Problem Solving Cooper: Chaps 9 & 10 Martinez: Chap 5 Journal: Jack Kern. The Use of the Ethical Triangle in Military Ethical Decision Making. Public Administration and Management, 11(1) (2006). Internet: Ethics and Compliance Initiative Read Ethics Toolkit with focus on Practical Guides. April 3 Politics and Corruption Journals: Stuart Gilman. Presidential Ethics and Ethics of the Presidency. Annals of the American Academy of Politics and Social Science. Jan Stephanie Newbold. Statesmanship and Ethics: The Case of Thomas Jefferson s Dirty Hands. Public Administration Review. Nov/Dec Carolyn Ball. What is Transparency?. Public Integrity. (Fall 2009) Heumann, et al. The World of Whistleblowing: From the Altruist to the Avenger. Public Integrity. Vol. 16 (Winter ). James Pfiffner. Torture and Public Policy. Public Integrity. Vol. 7. (Fall 2005) CQ Researcher (GMU database). The Ethics of War. December 13, CQ Researcher (GMU database). Political Scandals. May 27, 1994 CQ Researcher (GMU database). Sex Scandals. Jan 22, 2010 Reflective Writing Paper # 2 Due 4

5 April 10 Codes of Ethics Internet: ASPA Code of Ethics; Implementing the ASPA Code of Ethics Workbook Ethics.aspx?hkey=fefba3e2-a9dc-4fc8-a a4533 ICMA Code of Ethics and Guidelines _with_guidelines Journals: Ralph Clark Chandler. The Problem of Moral Reasoning in American Public Administration: The Case for a Code of Ethics. Public Administration Review. Jan-Feb Bowman and Knox. Ethics in Government: No Matter How Long and Dark the Night. Public Administration Review. Jul/Aug Richard Blake, et al. The Nature and Scope of State Government Ethics Codes. Public Productivity and Management Review. June Svara. Who are the Keepers of the Code? Articulating and Upholding Ethical Standards in the Field of Public Administration. Public Administration Review. (Sept/Oct 2014). Patricia Bromley and Charlene Orchard. Managed Morality: The Rise of Professional Codes of Conduct in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Vol 45(2) (2016). Internet or Personal: Find the code of ethics for your work and for the government jurisdiction where you live or where you are from. If it isn t available look at the other statements of values and expectations from your work. If you aren t working then find a code of ethics for an organization you are affiliated with or that you have an interest in. Bring a copy to class (digital or hard copy) if possible. April 17 Global Ethics Journals: Stuart Gilman and Carol Lewis. Public Service Ethics: A Global Dialogue. Public Administration Review. Vol 56 (Nov-Dec 1996). John Rohr. Comparative Administration: A Constitutional Commentary. Public Integrity. Vol 10 (Winter ). Louis Gawthrop. Public Administration in a Global Mode with Sympathy and Compassion. Public Integrity. Vol 7 (Summer 2006). John Milton-Smith. Ethics, the Olympics and the Search for Global Values. Journal of Business Ethics. Vol 35, No 2. (Jan 2002) 5

6 Mark Schwartz. Universal Moral Values for Corporate Codes of Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics. Vol 59, No 1/2 (June 2005) Sabina Alkire and Lincoln Chen. Global Health and Moral Values. The Lancet. (Sept 18-24, 2004). April 24 - Research Projects Due. Presentations Begin May 1 Last Day of Class. Presentations continued. 6