Book Review

<p>Most books of relevance to local government ethics deal with administrative ethics, that is, the ethical behavior of government administrators, rather than with conflicts or government ethics programs. However, they do deal partially with government ethics, and it is valuable to see how government ethics fits in the larger context of administrative ethics. Most of the books on government ethics deal primarily with the federal and state levels; the ones that focus on local government are either old or international.</p>

The principal problem with getting one's ethics from one's organization is that, according to Bailey, “Organizations seem to have a poorly developed sense of right and wrong. Expediency all too often comes out ahead of morality. Organizations and institutions are supposed to be the guardians of trust and fair dealing, but often there is no one to guard the guardians and — self interest being a prime mover — they look after their own good rather than the public good. ...

Another cause for my last blog entry, on the three lies of government
ethics, is that I had just
finished F. G. Bailey's book <span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prevalence-Deceit-F-G-Bailey/dp/0801497736/ref=sr…; target="”_blank”">The
Prevalence of Deceit</a></span> (Cornell, 1991). The book is about the

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<p>The <a href="http://www.ethics.org/&quot; target="_blank">Ethics Resource Center</a> in Washington DC has released an interesting document for anyone active in the <b>Ethics & Compliance Officer</b> field - see the quotes below which give a taste of the subject of the document:</p>
Note that they have removed the link to the paper. It may be elsewhere...