PAD 3003- Quiz 2
2 types of grants-in-aid
1. Categorical 2. Block
administrative ethics
1. Integrity, 2. Duty/acting in the public interest, 3. Primacy of law, 4. Importance of sound management, 5. Need to avoid conflicts of interest
How does Federalism work in the USA?
3 systems
stress motives and intentions are opposed to the consequences as the critical factor in making decisions based on principle; moral actions are evaluated on the basis of inherent rightness or wrongness rather than goodness or a primary consideration of consequences
Deontological theory of ethics
Checks and balances are important, no branch can overpower and all are dependent on themselves... articles of confederation was too weak, written to convince ratification of the constitution
Federalists Paper 51
the ends justify the means the means philosophy- one that rewards getting the job done regardless of the potential consequences is often referred to as
Machiavellian philosophy
How to battle corruption?
Whistle Blowing
Waldo's first observation is cited as
a decay of traditional moral values and morality is "relative"
block grants
afford states more freedom in determining how grant $ will be spent
public morality
based on a collective good
public-private paradox contains 2 propositions about business and government
both are concepts of economic individualism; both are also concepts of the politics-administration dichotomy
Public-Private Paradox
businesses and govt are ultimately different, they have a lot in common
picket-fence model
close fiscal relationships among the national, state, and local govt. >riles on grants-in-aid
privatization
contracting or outsourcing of govt services to private sector companies
two types of ethics
denotological and teleological
is the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on rules. It is sometimes described as "duty-" or "obligation-" or "rule-" based ethics, because rules "bind you to your duty."
deontological theory
morality is the foundation (BASIS) of
ethics
philosophy concerned with how morality guides the norms of human conduct and individual and group behavior
ethics
Public servants can help battle corruption by
expressing disgust with a rip-off heard about in another department requesting an explanation of questionable financial decisions
these types of grants must be used for very specific purposes
federal categorical
the system in which the governing powers of the national and regional authorities are DIVIDED
federalism
marble cake
hard to tell the distinction between state/local responsibilities... causes friction
Ferrell and Skinner argue that bureaucracy's centralized and hierarchical power base
helps create opportunities for unethical behavior
is understanding the distinction between right and wrong and living according to that understanding
morality
categorical grants
must be spent for specific purposes- lots of strings attached
first 3 ethical organizations to which the public administrator must respond (Dwight Waldo)
obligation to the constitution, law, and nation
10th amendment
powers not mentioned belong to the state
Grants-in-aid programs
provided by the federal govt. to the states, from tax $ collected by the IRS- a portion is filtered down to the county and local govts
layer cake
separate and distinct areas of authority between the national, state, and local governments
ethics
set of normative guidelines directed at resolving conflicts of interest so as to enhance societal well-being
shared services include
sharing personnel, equipment, internal services, and external services between governmental entities
the rightness or wrongness of actions is based solely on the goodness or badness of their consequences and argues that the ends justify the means
teleological theory of ethics
The conclusion of the Rohr article is that the most appropriate method of integrating the study of ethics into public administration is...
to study regime values and get in the touch with the values of the American people
The purpose of the Rohr article is stated in the 1st sentence...
to suggest a method for integrating the study of ethics into a public administration curriculum