Ethics in Public Service / / Richard A. Chapman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Chapman, Richard A.,
• MitwirkendeR: Campbell, Colin S. J.,; Chapman, Richard A.,; Cubbon, Brian,; Finn, Paul,; Jackson, M. W.,; Kernaghan, Kenneth,; Lundquist, Lennart,; O’Toole, Barry J.,; Peters, B. Guy,; Szablowski, George J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Public Admin & Management : PAM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Notes on Contributors --; Conference Participants --; One Introduction --; Two The Duty of the Professional --; Three Promoting Public Service Ethics: The Codification Option --; Four How Can Ethics be Taught? --; Five Tragic Choices: Administrative Rulemaking and Policy Choice --; Six Administrative Discretion and the Protection of Human Rights: Public Servants’ Duty to Take Rights Seriously --; Seven Freedom of Information and the Swedish Bureaucrat --; Eight Reasons of State and the Public Interest: A British Variation of the Problem of Dirty Hands --; Nine Public Service and Democratic Accountability --; Ten The Law and Officials --; Eleven Trade Unions and Ethics in the Public Service --; Twelve Ethics in Public Service --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474465663; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474465663
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard A. Chapman.

This book, by a group of specially selected scholars, focuses on topics of current debate in the field of public service ethics. The subjects covered include codes of ethics, how ethics can be taught, the dilemma of tragic choices, administrative discretion and the protection of human rights, the interests of the state, secrecy and freedom of information, the democratic environment, and the relevance of the law and trade unions.