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· Unit 1 Personal Ethics And Codes Of Ethics
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the fascinating and sometimes frustrating topic of ethics in public service. This course requires you to think deeply about many topics that are sometimes difficult for us to consider. You will be challenged to examine your own belief system, the exhibited values of your government organizations, and the public and private ethics principles of our leaders. In this course, the term public administrator is be defined as anyone who works for the public sector, including appointed and elected officials, public department or agency employees, and anyone who staffs a government function.
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OBJECTIVES
To successfully complete this learning unit, you will be expected to:
1. Identify similarities and differences in personal ethics and codes of ethics.
2. Analyze the application of ethics to work in public administration.
3. Evaluate ethical dilemmas and public administrator responses to them.
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Ethics in our Public Service Lives |
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VitalSource Bookshelf
This course is part of a program offering free e-books through the VitalSource Bookshelf. The interactive features built into the VitalSource Bookshelf help save time and enhance learning by allowing you to search, notate and highlight, organize, and share information about your texts.
You will access some of your readings for this course via Bookshelf. To access links to your e-readings, go to your e-books page on iGuide. You also have the option of downloading the VitalSource Bookshelf to your desktop to read your books without accessing the Internet. Click VitalSource Overview for more information.
To learn more about the VitalSource Bookshelf and e-books at Capella, visit the iGuide eBooks page.
Readings
Use the reserved library readings and the Internet to complete the following:
· Read Dobel, " The Realpolitik of Ethics Codes: An Implementation Approach to Public Ethics ."
· On the ASPA Web site, read the ASPA Code of Ethics .
Presentation
This course in ethics is designed to balance both theory and practice, and you will be exposed to some of both in each unit. Click Launch Presentation to view an introduction to this course, "Ethics in our Public Service Lives." You will also use the information from this presentation for the discussions in this unit.
Discussion Preparation
To prepare for the Ethical Concepts discussion, choose an ethical dilemma you have encountered in your personal and professional life to discuss with your peers.
To prepare for the Personal Ethical Codes discussion, locate a code of ethics you can use to compare to the ASPA code of ethics and the reading from Frederickson.
Ethical Mindmap
Create a mind map on ethics and add to it the theories and practices that you learn about this week.
Each week throughout this course, you will add what you have learned in the unit to your mindmap. You will use your mindmap in a variety of ways and it will inform the content of your course project. You will submit it to your instructor for grading in Unit 8, and include it in your e-Portfolio for a reference as you move forward in your career.
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Ethical Dilemma
Read the Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma course project description to learn the requirements for your course project.
Ethical Dilemma
Identify an ethical dilemma that you will use for the assignments in this course. You will need to prepare a description of that dilemma for the assignment in Unit 2.
Ethical Concepts
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Discussion Participation Scoring Guide
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We all face ethical dilemmas in our professional lives. Sometimes the issue can be something seemingly small, like a co-worker who regularly takes office supplies home for personal use. At other times it can be a big issue like a conflict between regulations and the rights of an individual to services. For this discussion:
· Summarize an ethical dilemma you have encountered. Include enough detail so that your peers can understand the depth of the issue.
· Describe your role in this issue and how you handled it.
· Relate how a code of ethics might have helped or did help in resolving this.
· Tell us about the outcome.
· Finally, describe what you would do differently today.
While it is not required, you may use this discussion to offer a possible scenario for examination in the assignments in this course.
Response Guidelines
Read your peers' posts and respond to at least one, sharing your perspective on the stated ethical dilemma and your peer's analysis of it.
Personal Ethical Codes
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Discussion Participation Scoring Guide
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You have examined the code of ethics for ASPA, a national professional association representing the field of public administration. You have as comparison another code of ethics that you located, and the reading from Frederickson. Based on what you understand about the field, write a personal code of ethics for your professional position in public administration. You will examine this again in Unit 10.
Response Guidelines
Read your peers' posts and respond to at least one, examining how your personal code relates to what your peer has offered. Assess in particular any areas that were not included that might provide ideas for your own evolving code.
Unit 1 Summary
At the completion of this unit, your instructor will post a summary of key points from the week's concepts and topics.
Periodically, information will be posted in this space for the good of the class.
This thread was created to provide a convenient space for you to ask questions—questions about particular assignment and discussion activities, questions about the course in general, questions about expectations. If there is something that you feel you could use help with, please post your question here. Most likely, some of your classmates will have the same concern, so your post may help several learners. If you feel your question is private, please use the Messages tool found under Notifications.
