Ethical Dilemmas in Government: Designing an Organizational Response

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Author	Edwin, Boling T. Dempsey, John
Copyright Year	2017
Description	This chapter focuses on conceptual clarification and organizational reform as the building blocks which must underlie efforts to improve the ethical tenor of organizational life. It discusses the difficulties inherent in trying to make ethical policy choices, in developing personal standards of ethical conduct, and in making difficult moral decisions in the face of likely organizational reprisals. Correcting the normative dilemmas of organizational behavior needs more than a new or a revised "Code of Ethics". Kenneth Boulding establishes ethics as a major organizational component. The chapter identifies three areas for the "ethical" reform of organizations—conceptual clarification, protection for dissenters, and a program of normative enrichment. In the analysis, the most realistic solutions to the problems of morality and ethics may lie in redesigning the organizational structures that constitute our public agencies. Another element of organizational redesign which can have a positive effect on the ethical tenor of government is an improved system of personnel evaluation. Book Name: Ethics in Planning
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Ending Page	190
Page Count	12
Starting Page	179
DOI	10.4324/9781351311366-12
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2017-07-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Ethics in Planning Ergonomics Social Psychology Building Behavior Ethical Redesign Structures Normative Dilemmas Morality
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter