Terry L. Cooper 
The Responsible Administrator 
An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role

Those who serve the public trust must take special care to ensurethey make ethical and responsible decisions. Yet the realities ofbureaucracies, deadlines, budgets, and demands for quick resultsmake the payoffs for dealing formally with ethics seem unclear.Since its original publication, The Responsible Administrator has guided professionals and students alike asthey grapple with the challenges of making ethical, responsibledecisions in real world situations.

This new edition includes information on coping with new demandsfor accountability, as well as new cases and examples, anexamination of current issues relevant to administrative ethics, and supplementary materials for professors.

Cooper’s theoretical framework and practical applicationsand techniques will help you consider all of the factors involvedin a decision, ensuring that you balance professional, personal, and organizational values. Case studies and examples illustratewhat works and what does not. The Responsible Administratorhelps both experienced and novice public administrators andstudents become effective decision makers, provides them with asolid understanding of the role of ethics in public service and theframework to incorporate ethical and values-based decision makingin day-to-day management.

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Preface to the Fifth Edition.

Acknowledgments.

The Author.

1 Introduction.

2 Understanding Ethical Decision Making.

Part One: Ethics for Individual Administrators.

3 Public Administration in Modern and Postmodern Society: The Context of Administrative Ethics.

4 Administrative Responsibility: The Key to Administrative Ethics.

5 Conflicts of Responsibility: The Ethical Dilemma.

Part Two: Ethics in the Organization.

6 Maintaining Responsible Conduct in Public Organizations: Two Approaches.

7 Integrating Ethics with Organizational Norms and Structures.

8 Safeguarding Ethical Autonomy in Organizations: Dealing with Unethical Superiors and Organizations.

Part Three: The Design Approach.

9 Applying the Design Approach to Public Administration Ethics.

10 Conclusion: Responsible Administration.

References.

Index.

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Terry L. Cooper is The Maria B. Crutcher Professor in Citizenship and Democratic Values (Social Ethics) at the Universityof Southern California (USC). His research centers on citizenparticipation and public ethics. He is one of the coprincipalinvestigators in the USC Neighborhood Participation Project (NPP), conducting research on the role of neighborhood organizations ingovernance in the City of Los Angeles through the system ofneighborhood councils established in 1999. Also, he is the directorof the USC Civic Engagement Initiative, which is expanding the workof the NPP beyond neighborhood councils and beyond Los Angeles.
Cooper is the author of The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role (4th ed., 1998)and An Ethic of Citizenship for Public Administration(1991). He is the coeditor of Exemplary Public Administrators:Character and Leadership in Government (1992) and the editor of Handbook of Administrative Ethics (2nd ed., 2001). Hisarticles have appeared in Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Journal of Public Administration, Administrative Theory and Praxis, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Public Budgeting and Finance, and The Bureaucrat. He is a past member of the editorialboards of Public Administration Review and Administrative Theory and Praxis and currently serves on the editorial boardof The American Review of Public Administration. Cooper isthe editor of the Exemplar Profile series in the journal Public Integrity.
Cooper has previously served as chair of the Section on Ethics ofthe American Society for Public Administration. He has conductedethics training for many professional groups at different levels ofgovernment around the United States and in several other countries.