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Debuting it its first edition, this unique casebook contains dozens of brief, engaging case studies for public administrators in public and nonprofit institutions. Inspired by real-life stories, these short cases cover a wide range of topics from affirmative action to human resources to sports management.  Managing the Public Sector illustrates theoretical concepts while encouraging active reader participation and critical thinking.

Table of Contents:
Introduction:  A Primer on Ethics in Public Administration             Why Study Ethics?             Subjectivism             Cultural Relativism             Psychological Egoism             Utilitarian Theory (Teleological Ethics)             Duty Ethics (Deontological Ethics)             Virtue Ethics             The Moral Minimum             The Case Study Method   Chapter I:  Managing Employees             Case   1:  Floggings Will Continue             Case   2:  Not Paying Taxes at the IRS             Case   3:  Cutting Loose the Dirty Dozen             Case   4:  Eleven Months to Retirement             Case   5:  A Competent but Slow Employee             Case   6:  A Termination by Any Other Name   Chapter II:  Leading Public Organizations             Case   7:  Gay Rights Signs on City Utility Poles             Case   8:  Serving at the Pleasure of the City Council             Case   9:  Office of Emergency Management Fake Press Conference             Case 10:  Squeezing Out the Garbage Collectors             Case 11:  The Governor’s Transition Team             Case 12:  Running the Numbers at the State Health Department   Chapter III:  Public Financial Management and Budgeting             Case 13:  The Long Forgotten Raise in the Property Tax             Case 14:  Tuition Reimbursement Program             Case 15:  Submitting an Incomplete Financial Report             Case 16:  Ineligible for Suggestion System Awards             Case 17:  Free Boat for Soda Display at State Lodge             Case 18:  Charging for Copies of Public Documents   Chapter IV:  Managing Human Resources             Case 19:  The Planning Director & the HR Analyst             Case 20:  Patronage Charges Against the Governor             Case 21:  Selecting the Special Assistant to the City Council             Case 22:  Maintaining Pay During Reduction in Force             Case 23:  A Speed Bump on Staff             Case 24:  The Bureaucrat’s Wife     Chapter V:  Public Health and Welfare             Case 25:  Pennies From Heaven             Case 26:  Spanking the Foster Child             Case 27:  Children Abused in State Institution             Case 28:  Smoking at the State Health Department             Case 29:  Prenatal Care for Illegal Immigrants             Case 30:  Privatizing the County Hospital   Chapter VI:  Planning and Economic Development             Case 31:  Tourism Advertisement             Case 32:  Reasonable Ofer             Case 33:  Shootout at the Zoning Commission:  MegaStore v. the Pharmacists             Case 34:  Complimentary Soda Drinks for Bus Drivers             Case 35:  The Ethanol Loan Subsidy             Case 36:  Free Building for Titan Trout Shop   Chapter VII:  Education Administration and Policy             Case 37:  Changing the Grade             Case 38:  The Superintendent’s Scandal             Case 39:  Gift Certificate for Recommendation Letter             Case 40:  State University Football Coach and the Wayward Team             Case 41:  Working Extra to Pay Your Own Salary             Case 42:  Professor Dating Student   Chapter VIII:  To Protect and to Serve             Case 43:  Rough Day in Tornado Alley             Case 44:  Pornography and the Police Chief’s Wife             Case 45:  Nukes Travel Cross County             Case 46:  Highway Patrol Officer Sells Benefit Tickers             Case 47:  Cyber Terrorism             Case 48:  Records Check   Chapter IX:  Bureaucracy and Public Morality             Case 49:  The Corrections Officer Selection Video             Case 50:  Indecent Exposure and the Board of Cosmetology             Case 51:  American General Opines on Gays             Case 52:  Hollywood Discovery             Case 53:  Advertisement for Topless Bar in University Newspaper   Chapter X:  Diversity Management             Case 54:  Sensitivity Training and Pandora’s Box             Case 55:  The Fair Employment Practices Act             Case 56:  Weekend Racist             Case 57:  Accommodating a Student with a Disability             Case 58:  Hate Speech in Confidential Course Evaluations             Case 59:  Equal Pay Experts in a Hot Tub   Chapter XI:  Challenges in Nonprofit Management             Case 60:  Firefighters Get Money For Charity             Case 61:  Ghost Worker at the Nonprofit             Case 62:  Sharing the Donor List             Case 63:  University President Protests Football Official’s Decision             Case 64:  The Lazy Volunteer   Chapter XII:  Environmental Protection             Case 65:  An Ombudsman by Any Other Name             Case 66:  Northern Spotted Owl             Case 67:  Funding the Frog Study             Case 68:  Penciling in Your Own Salary             Case 69:  Carbon Footprint of a Global Warming Activist   Appendix A:  Cases Listed by Subject Areas


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780136039754
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 250 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0136039758
  • Publisher Date: 30 Mar 2010
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Sub Title: A Casebook in Ethics and Leadership
  • Width: 153 mm


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