Ethics in Fiscal Administration

An Introduction

Angela Pool-Funai (Southern Utah University, USA)

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Routledge
03 May 2018

Public administration; Public finance accounting; Public ownership & nationalisation; Non-profitmaking organisations

Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors. Inquiry-based discussion prompts challenge students to examine scenarios that they are likely to encounter in professional public service careers.

Critics of the public sector often use the analogy that government should be run more like a business. Issues such as profitability versus social value preclude the public sector from becoming a mirror image of the private sector; however, ethical decision making in fiscal administration is an important concern across sectors. Using examples drawn from the public and nonprofit arenas, Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction will help prepare future budget managers and other public administrators for the important work of upholding the public financial trust.

By: Angela Pool-Funai (Southern Utah University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781138630710
ISBN 10: 1138630713
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 03 May 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I. Government ≠ Business 1. Historical Underpinnings of Public Administration 2. The Role of Government 3. Linking Economics and Politics Part II. Forming an Ethical Foundation 4. Developing Administrative Ethics 5. Moral Agents 6. Ethical Behavior in Organizations Part III. Transparency and Accountability 7. Transparency through Financial Management 8. Political Influences on Public Budgets 9. Evaluating Revenue Options Part IV. The Third Sector: Nonprofit Organizations 10. The Art and Science of Nonprofit Management 11. Endowed Funds 12. Charitable Gifts and Bequests Part V. Innovation and Globalization 13. Agenda Setting and Innovation in the Global Economy 14. Information Management, Security, and Whistleblowing Part VI. Application and Conclusion 15. Developing an Ethical Framework

Angela Pool-Funai is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Director of the Master of Public Administration program, and interim Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Southern Utah University, USA.

Reviews for Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction

A book for any MPA course! Pool-Funai grapples with all the important moral and ethical issues facing public servants, integrating theories into modern decision making. Transparency. Whistle-blowing. Technology. Government versus Business. You name it; she offers a case scenario to prompt an extraordinary classroom discussion. - Patricia Keehley, Southern Utah University, USA The author importantly presents an ethical framework that emphasizes the importance of transparency, participation, and collaboration in the public sector. Serious students and practitioners of public administration and fiscal policy should read this book as a catalyst for their own careers. - James Walter Peterson, Professor Emeritus, Valdosta State University, USA Life is all about people. Dr. Pool-Funai's thought provoking work outlines the need of an ethical framework to ensure we can live, work, and play together. From the early philosophers and founding fathers to modern practitioners, Dr. Pool-Funai details the need for ethics, virtue, justice, and protection of society's common good. Technological advances, increasing the complexity of society, underscores the importance of both the art and science of good public administration to ensure the government's power to tax, and therefore control, is moderated by appropriate checks and balances. Ethical fiscal policy and administration becomes the ultimate valve through which 'we the people' can better our lives by guiding those we elect to govern. - Marvin L. Dodge, Southern Utah University, USA