Research Catalog

Title

Honest government : an ethics guide for public service / W.J. Michael Cody and Richardson R. Lynn ; foreword by Howard Baker.

Author

Cody, W. J. Michael.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lynn, Richardson R.

Description

xviii, 167 pages; 25 cm

Subject

• Political ethics > United States
• Political ethics
• Politische Ethik
• Wahlsystem
• Öffentlicher Dienst
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]) and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Howard Baker -- 1. A Philosophy of Public Service -- General Rules -- The Honest Person Rule -- Balancing Two Opposing Principles -- The Role of the Ego -- An Ethical Premise -- Basic Principles -- 2. Financing Election Campaigns -- Money Talks -- Your Best Buy Since 1972 -- The PACman Cometh -- Public Financing -- The Remedy of Disclosure -- In the Dark -- Debt and Surplus -- Ethical Guidelines -- 3. Campaigning -- Media, Makeup, and Market Share -- Fairness -- Access -- Election Day -- Ethical Guidelines -- 4. Elected Officials -- Voting Conscience or Constituents -- Access -- Conflicts of Interest -- Indirect Conflicts of Interest -- Honoraria and Freebies -- Running for Reelection -- Bribery or Business as Usual -- Term Limits -- Ethical Guidelines -- 5. Appointed Officials -- Loyalty to the Appointer -- To Fish or to Cut Bait -- Ethical Guidelines -- 6. Public Employees -- The Safe Harbor of Civil Service -- Whistle-blowing -- Unions -- Politics and Public Employees -- A Code of Ethics for Public Employees -- Ethical Guidelines -- 7. Lobbyists -- Disclosure -- Access -- Campaign Contributions -- Ethical Guidelines -- 8. Paying Public Servants -- Fair Pay -- Perks -- Outside Income -- Disclosure -- Blind Trusts -- Gifts -- Ethical Guidelines -- 9. The Revolving Door -- The Value of the Revolving Door -- The Federal Ethics in Government Act of 1978 -- Experience Wanted -- Ethical Guidelines
• 10. Lawyers in Public Life -- Two Sets of Ethics -- The First Temptation of Lawyers -- Prosecutors -- Judges Are Lawyers, Too -- Ethical Guidelines -- 11. The Private Lives of Public Officials -- Health -- Finances -- Sexual Misconduct -- The Appearance of Impropriety -- Ethical Guidelines -- 12. Enforcing Ethics -- The Second Track -- Reporting -- Evaluation -- Sanctions -- An Enforcement Model -- 13. Competent or Ethical?

ISBN

• 0275941787
• 9780275941789
• 0275943763
• 9780275943769

LCCN

92007480

OCLC

• ocm25546412
• 25546412
• SCSB-1963789

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library