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| When a public administrator or politician exhibits gravitas, this individual: |
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| Has demonstrated integrity in office over a long period of time. |
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| What is not included in the four levels of ethics? |
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| The "dirty hands dilemma" occurs: |
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| when public administrators perform a wrong act to further the public good. |
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| According to the authors, a sense of honor provides an individual with a: |
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| moral compass that determines right from wrong |
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| The public administrator who was called from his plow to save Rome and returned to his farm after defeating the enemy in fourteen days was: |
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| Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus |
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| The statement that "it is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope," is attributed to: |
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| The higher law defense is often appealed to by people who |
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| wish to attack an existing law, claim that no matter what the laws of the state are there is a higher spiritual law to which a person has an even greater obligation, and make conscientious objections to an existing policy (all the above) |
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| Organizational theorist, Peter Drucker noted that: |
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| Some of the high costs of bureaucracy represent the cost of monitoring accountability. |
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| It can be argued that public officials in a democracy may be excused at times from the obligation of truth telling. When a high public official feels it necessary to not tell the truth, then this is an example of: |
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| What are the reasons that public administrators should understand the Constitution according to David H. Rosenbloom? |
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| (All the above) So that managerial a political approaches are compatible with constitutional principles and values, that oaths to support the constitution may be more important than routine administrative functions, and the public administrators may be personally liable for civil damages if they act in contravention to the constitution. |
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| The 1998 Supreme Court decision in William Jefferson Clinton v. Paula Corbin held that: |
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| a sitting president could be sued by a private citizen for conduct alleged to have occurred before the president took office. |
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| What are the means through which Congress maintains oversight over public administration? |
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| The study of writings of Niccolo Machiavelli are important for understanding: |
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| (All the above) 1 that the prince must do all that he can, even if morally wrong, to maintain the public welfare. 2 The role of power in public policy decision making. 3 And the complexities and dilemmas in public office. |
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| Lt Colonel Oliver North's role in the Iran-Contra Affair serves to illustrate: |
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| The problems of conflicts in responsibilities, the justification by a public official for lying to Congress, and a personal interpretation of what was right and wrong. |
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| Administrative accountability, according to Fredrich and Finer provide an example of the tension between: |
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| The need for internal organization controls on individual behavior and the need for external controls on individual behavior |
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| Aristotle introduced the concept of the "sovereign's lie" referring to lies for the public good. |
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| Niccolo Machiavelli in 1532 wrote the Prince, that the ruler should be free from vice and his character above reproach. |
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| Many civilian government agencies have codes of conduct and formal guidelines for ethical behavior. THeir objective is to ensure that employees refrain from using their official positions for private gain or other wrongful purposes. |
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| The notion that organizations are obsessive with accountability-- especially public organizations, was posited by management scholar Edward Demming and Herbert Simon |
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| Appointees to high office such as cabinet positions or Supreme Court nominees have to go for hearings before the House. |
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