Ethics in Public Service

Richard A Chapman is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Durham.

• The duty of the professional, Brian Cubbon; promoting public service ethics - the codification option, Kenneth Kernaghan; how can ethics be taught?, M.W. Jackson; Tragic choices - administrative rulemaking and policy choice, B.Guy Peters; administrative discretion and the protection of human rights - public servants' duty to take rights sertiously, George J. Szablowski; freedom of information and the Swedish bureaucrat, Lennart Lundquist; reasons of state and the public interest - a British variation of the problem of dirty hands, Richard A. Chapman; public service and democratic accountability, Colin Campbell; the law and officials, Paul Finn; trade unions and ethics in public service, Barry O'Toole; ethics in public service, Richard A. Chapman.

Deals with the subject matter at an advanced level but remains eminently readable throughout ... the contributors really know what they're talking about and they keep it short. Chapman's book, good course material for the issues involved, raises the current issues in a readable form. A useful comparative reader. Editor Chapman is as cholar of real merit, and any team led by him deserves close scrutiny.This collection is a fair sample of where things are at in administrative ethics. Deals with the subject matter at an advanced level but remains eminently readable throughout ... the contributors really know what they're talking about and they keep it short. Chapman's book, good course material for the issues involved, raises the current issues in a readable form. A useful comparative reader. Editor Chapman is as cholar of real merit, and any team led by him deserves close scrutiny.This collection is a fair sample of where things are at in administrative ethics.