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Moralists, Pragmatists, and Rogues:
Bureaucrats in Modern Mysteries


PART I: GEORGE, THE ONLINE CATALOG OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS LIBRARIES


author search>>>Gormley, William T.

Gormley, William T., Jr. and David L. Weimer. Organizational Report Cards. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999.(HD58.9.G67 1999)

Gormley, William T., Jr. Taming the Bureaucracy: Muscles, Prayers, and Other Strategies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press,1989. (JK421.G645 1989)

keyword search>>>>bureaucrat or bureaucracy

Barzelay, Michael. Breaking Through Bureaucracy: New Vision for Managing in Government. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. (JK6141.B37 1992).

Prottas, Jeffrey Manditch. People Processing: The Street-level Bureaucrat in Public Service Bureaucracies. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1979. (HV91.P77)

keyword search>>>ethics

Beauchamp, Thomas. Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. (BJ1012.B4)

Frankena, William. Ethics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973. (BJ1012 .F7 1973)

subject search>>>civil service ethics-United States

Cooper, Terry. The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role, 4th ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. (JK468.E7 C66 1998)

Rohr, John A. Ethics for Bureaucrats: An Essay on Law and Values. New York: M. Dekker, 1989. (JK468.E7 R56 1989)

subject search>>>public administration-moral and ethical aspects

Dobel, J. Patrick. Public Integrity. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1999. (JF1525.E8 D63 1999)

Chapman, Richard A. Ethics In Public Service. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1993. (JF1525.E8 E85 1993).


PART II: INDEXES AND DATABASES


1) LexisNexis Congressional

search subject terms>>>civil servant

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Excellence in Government Management Act. Hearing, Mar. 24 1988. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988. (CIS No. 88-H621-25).

search subject terms>>>bureaucracy or civil service

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Improving the Public Image of Civil Servants. Hearing, June 28, 1989. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989. (CIS No. 89-H621-31).

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Red Tape: Inquiring into Delays and Excessive Paperwork in Administration of Public Works Programs. Hearing, June 15-17, 22-24, 1971. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973. (MC-Entry-No. 3849(72)).


2) ABI/Inform Global

subject search>>>public administration and bureaucrats

Gormley, William T. "Moralists, Pragmatists, and Rogues: Bureaucrats in Modern Mysteries." Public Administration Review. 61:2 (March/April 2001).

Van Thiel, Sandra and Frans L. Leeuw. "The PerformanceParadox in the Public Sector." Public Performance & Management Review. 25:3 (Mar 2002).

3) Social Sciences Index

subject search>>>bureaucrat

Hart, David K. "The Virtuous Citizen, the Honorable Bureaucrat, and 'Public' Administration." Public Administration Review. 44 (Mar 1984).

4) PAIS International

subject search.>>>ethics and civil service

Reynolds, Harry W., Jr. "Ethics in American Public Service." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 537 (January 1995).

Wittmer, Dennis and David Coursey. "Ethical Work Climates: Comparing Top Managers in Public and Private Organizations." Journal of Public Administration. 6 (October 1996).

5) PolicyFile

search>>>ethical issues

Reed, Lawrence W. "As Values Collapse, Government Grows." From The Mackinac Center for Public Policy's web site, Feb. 28,1997.

White, Maj. Gen. Jerry E., USAFR. "Personal Ethics Versus Professional Ethics." From Airpower Research Institute's web site, March 28, 1997.

6) LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index

subject search>>>bureaucracy or civil service

Grossman, Mark. "Civil Service Employees are Vital." State.441 (December 2001).

Sandate, Gilbert. "Creative Problem Solving By Taking Risks: How to Cut Against the Grain of Bureaucracy." Leader's Digest. 7:1 (Summer 1993).


PART III: INTERNET RESOURCES


United States Office of Government Ethics
<http://www.usoge.gov/home.html>

The Office of Government Ethics exercises leadership in the executive branch to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of Government employees, and to resolve those conflicts of interest that do occur. In partnership with executive branch agencies and departments, OGE fosters high ethical standards for employees and strengthens the public's confidence that the Government's business is conducted with impartiality and integrity.

The American Society for Public Administration
<http://www.aspanet.org/>

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) was established in 1939 in response to major changes in the developing field of public administration. In its 60+ years, ASPA has both influenced and been influenced by the field and profession of public administration.

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