Common Ground, Common Future: Moral Agency in Public Administration, Professions, and Citizenship

Abstract

The Moral Agent, Moral Organization, and the Public Administrator What Is a Moral Agent? The Special Ethical Aspects of Public Organizations Citizenship and Public Administration The Ethical Environment of Public Administration The Need for Ethical Reasoning in Public Administration Moral Agency, the Public Administrator, and the Private Citizen Moral Agency in the Public Sector The Ideal Public Administrator The Legislator's Moral Agency Conflicts of Obligations Bending and Breaking the Rules Moral Whistle-Blowing The Ideal and the Real Ethical Breakdowns in Public Administration Insufficient Commitment Excessive Commitment to Goals Moral Dilemmas The Public Administrator as Strong Evaluator Ethics in Business CSR Opponents of CSR Proponents of CSR Discussion Perspectives on Government Conclusion Managed Care Origins and Structure of Managed Care Moral Challenges of Managed Care Alternative Perspectives on Managed Care The Legal Profession The Client's Interest and the Interests of Justice Moral Obligations Common to the Legal Profession The Legal Profession and Public Service Civil Law Attorneys Committed to Causes Conclusion Higher Education Ethics in the Academy: Level 1 Ethics in the Academy: Level 2 University-Government Partnerships University-Business Partnerships Intercollegiate Athletics Conclusion Unifying Ethical Theory Traditional Ethical Theories The Unity of the Absolutist Theories The Kantian Legislator in the Kingdom of Ends and the Moral Agent The Unified Ethic, Communitarianism, and Individualism Rawls and the Unified Ethic Applying the Unified Ethic to Moral Agency The Moral Agent as Morally Responsible Citizen Insufficient Commitment to Moral Values Transformation and Reconfiguration Moral Agency in Business Use of Foreign, Low-Wage Labor Should Tobacco Companies Exist? The Moral Exemplarship of the Private Executive Moral Agency and the Attorney Encouraging the Process of Moral Agency in the Health Professions Higher Education in the Context of the Kingdom of Ends The Public Agent as Exemplar for the Private Professional: A Dialogue Points of Agreement Geuras: The Public Administrator as Citizen Exemplar Model Does Not Fully Apply to the Private Sector Garofalo's Response Summary Common Ground, Common Future Introduction Requirements for Reform Conclusion

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