ABSTRACT

This important text integrates the study of ethics into public management training, highlighting Supreme Court opinions on three specific constitutional values-equality, freedom, and property-focusing on the pedagogical aspects of law and posing challenging questions to help readers apply theories to concrete situations. It includes a case index for further research. Topics of specific interest include abortion, affirmative action, bureaucratic bashing, civil disobedience, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Iran-Contra scandal, moral absolutism, privileged communications, religious fundamentalism, and whistle blowing. The Midwest Review of Pubic Administration lauds it as "…a unique teaching tool."

chapter |22 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|36 pages

Stating the Problem

chapter 2|38 pages

Regime Values

chapter 3|60 pages

Equality

chapter 4|68 pages

Freedom

chapter 5|55 pages

Property

chapter 6|33 pages

Conclusion