(a) explain what are some of the key organizational (e.g., structure, culture, leadership, ethics programs, peer pressure, code of silence, blind obedience to authority) and psychological factors (e.g., level of moral development) that influence (un)ethical behavior in organizations; and (b) illustrate your points with examples from you own experiences or from the cases/readings assigned in the course or from recent developments in the public sector. Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 4, 5, 6, and 7. 2. Please explain: (a) what public service ethics is and (b) its normative foundations, as discussed in the course (., public service valuessee Molina and McKeowns articleand the lawsee Rohrs article). Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 1 and 3. 3. Please (a) explain how can ethical public organizations be developed and sustained (., developing an ethical culture, addressing the organizational structure, having ethical leaders, implementing ethics programs, providing ethics training, developing a code of ethics) and (b) illustrate your points with examples from you own experiences or from the cases/readings assigned in the course or from recent developments in the public sector. Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 6 (all assigned readings) and Week 7 (all assigned readings, but in particular: Asencio, The Effects of Ethical Leadership; Dennard and Asencio, Beyond the Moral Manager; Asencio, Strengthening the Fight Against Corruption; Asencio, Byrne, & Mujkic, Ethics Training for . Military Leaders). 4. Please (a) compare and contrast deontological and teleological approaches to ethical action; explain (b) how public administrators move back and forth between the two as they decide on what the right thing to do is when serving the public; and (c) illustrate your points with examples from you own experiences or from the cases/readings assigned in the course or from recent developments in the public sector. Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 2. 5. (a) Compare and contrast descriptive (., those outlined in Dennis Wittmers book chapter) and prescriptive (., Terry Coopers model outlined in the course textbook) ethical decisionmaking models and (b), b PUB 512 – Foundations of Ethical Administration Fall 2021 | Session 1 2021 Dr. Hugo D. Asencio Page 4 of 6 6. Please (a) explain the ethical challenges public administrators face in a technical rational cultureas discussed by Guy Adams and Danny Balfour; (b) argue whether engaging in guerrilla governmentas discussed by Rosemary OLearyis a plausible solution to overcome such challenges; and (c) illustrate your points with examples from you own experiences or from the cases/readings assigned in the course or from recent developments in the public sector. Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Week 5 (all assigned readings/videos). 7. Please: (a) explain the reasons supporting the value of adopting and promoting public service values and principles in public agencies to promote ethical conduct; and (b) illustrate with examples from your own experiences or from the cases/readings assigned in the course or from recent developments in the public sector how the adoption of such values and principles can help encourage ethical behavior in public agencies. Key: to answer this question, you need to draw from course readings/materials for Weeks 1, 3, 6, and 7.
