This volume establishes a foundation for a uniform code of professional ethics for public administrators in the United States.
• Four cases of ethical and unethical decision making in context?Nathan Bedford Forrest, William Calley, Adolf Eichmann, and Mary Anne Wright?who resigned in protest over the 2003 invasion of Iraq
• Six figures depicting the process of ethical decision making within a public organization
• An extensive bibliography listing of the major sources on administrative ethics in print and online
• An index of key thinkers and theories involving administrative ethics