How Do Ethics Influence Public Policy?
How do Ethics Influence Public Policy?
LaShan Lewis
- PAD 510
Instructor: Dr.
Date- March 13, 2011
Table of Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………3
Chapter 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………4
Main Research Question and Sub-Questions…………………………………...6
Significance of the Study……………………………………………………....7
Research Design and Methodology…………………………………………....7
Limitation of the Study……………………………………………………….12
Organization of the Study…………………………………………………….12
CHAPTER 2: Review of Literature………………………………………….13
References…………………………………………………………………….14
Abstract
Ethics is the branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. The field of ethics (or moral philosophy) involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethics). Ethics exists everywhere whether it is in government or non-government agencies. Careerists can provide inputs to the policy process that differ from the contributions of elected officials. Those inputs may take the form of special knowledge passed to elected officials in a particular policy area. They may also involve representation of concerns to elected decisionmakers on behalf of interest groups, which – though their views are important and their stake in the controversy is great – might not be heard in the normal pull and haul of interest group politics. An aspect of internal responsibility is the commitment to ethical considerations. Ethical problems may vary considerably but often concern one or more of three elements. At one level, there are questions of ascribed ethics, situations in which we discuss the demands that stem from our notions of civil virtue. John Rohr has argued, for example, that the Constitution, if
LaShan Lewis
- PAD 510
Instructor: Dr.
Date- March 13, 2011
Table of Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………3
Chapter 1: Introduction…………………………………………………………4
Main Research Question and Sub-Questions…………………………………...6
Significance of the Study……………………………………………………....7
Research Design and Methodology…………………………………………....7
Limitation of the Study……………………………………………………….12
Organization of the Study…………………………………………………….12
CHAPTER 2: Review of Literature………………………………………….13
References…………………………………………………………………….14
Abstract
Ethics is the branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. The field of ethics (or moral philosophy) involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ethics). Ethics exists everywhere whether it is in government or non-government agencies. Careerists can provide inputs to the policy process that differ from the contributions of elected officials. Those inputs may take the form of special knowledge passed to elected officials in a particular policy area. They may also involve representation of concerns to elected decisionmakers on behalf of interest groups, which – though their views are important and their stake in the controversy is great – might not be heard in the normal pull and haul of interest group politics. An aspect of internal responsibility is the commitment to ethical considerations. Ethical problems may vary considerably but often concern one or more of three elements. At one level, there are questions of ascribed ethics, situations in which we discuss the demands that stem from our notions of civil virtue. John Rohr has argued, for example, that the Constitution, if
References: Dye, T. R. (2011). Understanding Public Policy, Thirteenth Edition, Boston, MA, USA: Pearson Education, Inc.