Ethics in Public Policy and Management: A global research companion

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Preface Acknowledgements PART I Introduction 1 The scope and scale of ethics in public policy and management PART II Theorizing the practice(s) of ethics 2 A public ethics of care: bringing ethics of care into public ethics research 3 Adding colours to the shades of grey: enriching the integrity discourse with virtue ethics concepts 4 Discourses of deceit: political myth and ideological capital in public administration PART III Understanding and combating corruption 5 History, public ethics and the anti-corruption industry 6 Building integrity in public-sector operations 7 Theoretical (mis)understanding? Applying principal-agent and collective action theories to the problem of corruption in systemically corrupt countries 8 The ethics of public officials in the United States: strong, bent, broken? PART IV Managing integrity 9 Institutionalizing integrity management: challenges and solutions in times of financial crises and austerity measures 10 Ethical leadership research: looking beyond the leader 11 The limits of rule governance 12 Researching and improving the effectiveness of ethics training PART V Ethics across boundaries 13 Public service motivation in a complex public sector 14 What does working in public services mean? Describing the public service ethos in practice 15 Conflicts of interest and ethical decision-making: mainland China and Hong Kong comparisons PART VI Expanding ethical policy domains 16 Ethical decisions and the great moral challenge of our time 17 The undiscovered country: establishing an ethical paradigm for space activities in the twenty-first century PART VII Conclusion 18 Towards a global ethics: wishful thinking or a strategic necessity? Index