Public Service Ethics

Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Responsibilities, 3rd Edition, is a textbook examining moral decision-making across public administration and public policy. The volume explores personal accountability alongside institutional systems to help students evaluate ethical issues in governance.

Core chapters address foundational perspectives across macro, meso, and micro levels alongside cognitive problem-solving methods and virtue theory. Institutional analysis examines structural challenges such as corruption control and whistleblowing.

Designed for public administration and public policy students, the text integrates case studies drawn from actual and hypothetical events to support practice with ethical frameworks.