ABSTRACT
Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors. Inquiry-based discussion prompts challenge students to examine scenarios that they are likely to encounter in professional public service careers.
Critics of the public sector often use the analogy that government should be run more like a business. Issues such as profitability versus social value preclude the public sector from becoming a mirror image of the private sector; however, ethical decision making in fiscal administration is an important concern across sectors. Using examples drawn from the public and nonprofit arenas, Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction will help prepare future budget managers and other public administrators for the important work of upholding the public financial trust.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|31 pages
Government ≠ Business
part II|38 pages
Forming an Ethical Foundation
part III|27 pages
Transparency and Accountability
part IV|39 pages
The Third Sector
part V|19 pages
Innovation and Globalization
part VI|11 pages
Application and Conclusion