5 18 15 Quiz Studies Quiz info 1883 Civil service reform act important for state and local levels 200 cities adopted civil service reform by the 1930s The Study of Administration 1887 by Woodrow Wilson Frank J Goodnow wrote the book Political and Administration 1900 Midterm question to Goodnow politics is what lawmakers want and Administration ors are the process being carried out Frederick Taylor wrote Principles of Scientific management 1911 One Best Way of accomplishing a task William F Willoughby s 1918 Budgetary reform WWI from 1900 to 1920 the national economy grew from just under 1 5 billion to almost 9 billion Quiz notes The Enlightenment Age of Reason 17th 18th century western Europe Scottish Enlightenment founded by frances hutcheson inspired by ideas from John Locke and elaborated the conditions that justified overthrowing foreign leaders by tyrannized colonial peoples Thinkers believed learning history was vital in the education process because it could enhance the well being of future citizens Cook and Klay 2014 Washington s ideas are centered in the Scottish Enlightenment Should public sector safety professionals focus on activity or results Officials must both care about results and be driven by a purpose as well All steps in a process must given proper attention Where should most of the responsibility fall Centralia Coal Company Workers at the CCC Union State of Illinois Coal Mines Association The Centralia Coal Co owned Centralia Mine No 5 3 25 1947 Mine exploded and 111 perished despite multiple warnings that the mine needed to be cleaned What are the normative foundations for public administrative ethics Regime Values Ethics ought to be grounded in the Constitution regime which values freedom equity property Citizenship Theory Obligations are associated with the good citizen Social Equity Normative perspective in admin theory in the early 1970 s Principle of justice as crucial Frederick Taylor Principles of Scientific Management 1911 One Best Way of accomplishing a task Goodnow s 1900 Politics and Administration Looked at Politics and Administration Three types of authorities Judicial executive administrative All help to carry out will of the state Two Primary Functions of All Governments The expression of will of the state Politics The execution of the will of the state Administration Normative Ethics is perspective based Holzer Schwester 2011 Based on what is considered to be the normal or correct way of doing something Teleological Telos Result Theories stress the importance of maximizing what is good Deontological Deon That which is binding Emphasize motives and intentions instead of consequences as the most influential element in decision making In contrast to the good Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince 1532 Provides recommendations on how rulers can gain and maintain power Means to an ends philosophy Frederickson Civil service decreased almost 25 percent from 1974 1999 while the contract workforce doubled at the federal level during the same time period As of 2010 17 million people make up the extended workforce Adams Balfour Rubenstein 1975 No laws against genocide were broken by people that perpetrated the Holocaust Reconstructing Public Ethics American liberal democracy is vastly procedural Based on elements that are laid out it is black and white and methodical Anderson Publicness Defined as a characteristic of an organization which reflects the extent to which the organization is influenced by political authority
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