Combating Corruption, Encouraging Ethics

William L. Richter is professor of political science at Kansas State University. He teaches International Politics of South Asia, Administrative Ethics, and Political Thought. Frances Burke is professor emerita at Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, and president of Integrity International/Boston.

• Part 1 Ethical Foundations: Virtue, Consequence, PrincipleChapter 2 Virtue, Habit, and EthicsChapter 3 On VirtueChapter 4 The PrinceChapter 5 UtilitarianismChapter 6 Principle: The Categorical ImperativeChapter 7 The Ethical TriangleChapter 8 Case 1: Gyges' RingChapter 9 Discussion QuestionsChapter 10 For Further ExplorationPart 11 Responsibility and AccountabilityChapter 12 The Study of AdministrationChapter 13 Politics as a VocationChapter 14 The Friedrich-Finer Debate: Public Policy and Nature of Administrative ResponsibilityChapter 15 The Friedrich-Finer Debate: Administrative Responsibility in Democratic GovernmentChapter 16 Ethics and the Public ServiceChapter 17 Accountability and Abuses of Power in World PoliticsChapter 18 Case 2: Following OrdersChapter 19 Discussion QuestionsChapter 20 For Further ExplorationPart 21 Twenty-First Century Challenges: Global Dimensions/Changing BoundariesChapter 22 The New Public AdministratorChapter 23 Megaprojects and RiskChapter 24 The World We Could WinChapter 25 The CAUX Round Table PrinciplesChapter 26 Balance Between Electronic Access and Privacy RightsChapter 27 Case 3: Integrity at the United NationsChapter 28 Discussion QuestionsChapter 29 For Further ExplorationPart 30 Understanding Fraud, Waste, and Corrupt PracticesChapter 31 An Organizational Perspective on CorruptionChapter 32 Corruption and GovernanceChapter 33 What is Corruption?Chapter 34 Fighting Corruption GloballyChapter 35 Corruption in the Not-for-Profit SectorChapter 36 Case 4: The Adjunct ProfessorChapter 37 Discussion QuestionsChapter 38 For Further ExplorationPart 39 Graft, Bribery and Conflict of Interest Chapter 40 Honest Graft and Dishonest GraftChapter 41 Struggling against BriberyChapter 42 Conflict of Interest in Nonprofit EthicsChapter 43 Extremism in the Search for VirtueChapter 44 Case 5: The Gift of a CarpetChapter 45 Discussion QuestionsChapter 46 For Further ExplorationPart 47 Lying, Cheating and DeceptionChapter 48 Lies for the Public GoodChapter 49 Lying in the Public InterestChapter 50 Plausible DeniabilityChapter 51 Distorting Scientific ResearchChapter 52 Case 6: Greater Good versus FalsificationChapter 53 Discussion QuestionsChapter 54 For Further ExplorationPart 55 Privacy, Secrecy and ConfidentialityChapter 56 Secrecy in the Bush AdministrationChapter 57 Privacy in the United States and the European UnionChapter 58 HIPAA ComplianceChapter 59 USA PATRIOT Act: Privacy v. SecurityChapter 60 Not Just a Driver's LicenseChapter 61 Case 7: 'Outing' Agents and Protecting SourcesChapter 62 Discussion QuestionsChapter 63 For Further ExplorationPart 64 Abuse of Authority and Administrative EvilChapter 65 The Malek ManualChapter 66 The Banality of EvilChapter 67 Torture as Public PolicyChapter 68 What about Evil?Chapter 69 History As Cause: Columbia and ChallengerChapter 70 Case 8: When the County Knows Best?Chapter 71 Discussion QuestionsChapter 72 For Further ExplorationPart 73 Establishing Expectations, Providing Guidelines and Building TrustChapter 74 Maintaining Government IntegrityChapter 75 The Investors' AdvocateChapter 76 Trust in Government: Ethics Measures in OECD CountriesChapter 77 Data Regulation: Measuring Governance and CorruptionChapter 78 Maximizing Trust, Minimizing ConflictsChapter 79 Batho Pele Principles and Service DeliveryChapter 80 The ASPA Code of EthicsChapter 81 Are You an Ethical Public Official?Chapter 82 Case 9: Legal, Wrong, or Morally Required?Chapter 83 Discussion QuestionsChapter 84 For Further ExplorationPart 85 Transparency, Whistle Blowing and DissentChapter 86 Dealing with Dissent: Learning to ListenChapter 87 The Ethical Importance of ResigningChapter 88 Protecting the WhistleblowerChapter 89 Circumscribed Protection: The Ceballos CaseChapter 90 Ethics, Transparency International and the Private SectorChapter 91 Case 10: What is a Whistle-Blower To Do?Chapter 92 Discussion QuestionsChapter 93 For Further ExplorationPart 94 Compliance, Oversight and SanctionsChapter 95 Government AccountabilityChapter 96 SEC and OversightChapter 97 Funding GASB after Sarbanes-OxleyChapter 98 Governmental Nonprofit OversightChapter 99 Hurricane Relief OversightChapter 100 Case 11: Ignorance or Insider Trading?Chapter 101 Discussion QuestionsChapter 102 For Further ExplorationPart 103 Leadership and Individual Responsibility: Encouraging EthicsChapter 104 Ethics Advice to a New Public ServantChapter 105 The Moral Responsibility of Individuals in Public Sector OrganizationsChapter 106 Eliot Spitzer as a Moral ExemplarChapter 107 As a City upon a HillChapter 108 Case 12: Mayors as Exemplars?Chapter 109 Discussion QuestionsChapter 110 For Further Exploration

William Richter and Frances Burke have gathered an excellent set of materials—many of them new in this edition—focused on an important set of ethical issues that confront citizens in the United States and abroad. I expect the readings to stimulate spirited discussion in the classroom—and in the wider world, where pressures to shade the truth and to seek personal profit, while undermining the public trust, can seem at times overwhelming.