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