Taking Tough Choices Seriously: Public Administration and Individual Moral Agency
accountability
Journal of Public Administration and Theory 16 (3), 393-415.
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Using the concepts of thick and thin relationships as the basis for ethical behaviour, this paper critiques the emphasis on discretion in the mainstream administrative ethics literature and argues that moral and other dilemmas facing public administrators provide a more useful frame. Two examples drawn from the UK Hutton Investigation into the death of David Kelly are used to demonstrate the relevance and usefulness of this approach.
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BibTeX citation:
@article{2006,
author = {},
title = {Taking {Tough} {Choices} {Seriously:} {Public}
{Administration} and {Individual} {Moral} {Agency}},
journal = {Journal of Public Administration and Theory},
volume = {16},
number = {3},
pages = {393-415},
date = {2006-07-27},
url = {https://academic.oup.com/jpart/article/16/3/393/934236},
langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
“Taking Tough Choices Seriously: Public Administration and
Individual Moral Agency.” 2006. Journal of Public
Administration and Theory 16 (3): 393–415. https://academic.oup.com/jpart/article/16/3/393/934236.