Deck 4: Administrative Responsibility and Ethics

Question 1

What does Bok recommended we do about deception by government officials?

Answer 1

not answered

Question 2

"Trust is a social good to be provided just as much as the air we breathe or the water we drink." Who said that? (A) Sissela Bok
(B) Philip K.Howard
(C) Robert Redford
(D) Sandra Day O'Connor
(E) Ralph Nader

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The concept of due process is stated for the state courts in

A)the Fifth Amendment.
B)the Tenth Amendment.
C)the Fourteenth Amendment.
D)the Charter of the National Conference of State Attorneys General.
E)the Olmstead decision (1928).

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How might the concepts of product, price, promotion, and placement apply to the design of a customer-driven government program?

Question 5

What is administrative responsibility?

Question 6

The first two stages in the process of ethical analysis, as presented in the text, concern: (A) issued definition and moral philosophy
(B) core values and "gut check"
(C) interpretation and explanation
(D) core values and fact gathering
(E) moral philosophy and "gut check"

Question 7

Ernest Fitzgerald and Colleen Rowley are famous (A) special prosecutors
(B) ethicists
(C) whistleblowers
(D) inspector generals
(E) public relations experts

Question 8

The text suggested market segmentation as a technique to improve which of the following? (A) responsiveness
(B) accountability
(C) fairness
(D) flexibility
(E) competence

Question 9

What is the difference between malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance?

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT listed in the text as a pricing strategy a public-sector organization might follow? (A) profit maximization
(B) price inversion
(C) discriminatory
(D) cost-recovery
(E) cost plus

Question 11

At a practical level, why is honesty important in a society?

Question 12

Persons who are harmed by administrative action often seek to recover damages from the government to compensate them for their injuries.Such efforts always require a statutory basis for otherwise they might founder on the ancient doctrine______________. (A) legitimacy
(B) sovereign immunity
(C) res judicata
(D) res ipsa loquitur
(E) executive exemption

Question 13

What men and women would choose if they saw clearly, thought rationally, and acted disinterestedly and benevolently defines

A)rational choice or public choice.
B)codes of conduct.
C)utilitarianism.
D)general will.
E)public interest.

Question 14

Explain how a representative bureaucracy is, in theory, supposed to encourage administrative responsibility.Why might the theory not work in practice?

Question 15

Misfeasance is

A)the performance by public officials of duties they are forbidden to perform by constitutional or statutory law or by commonly accepted moral standards.
B)any criminal action less serious than a felony.
C)the submission of a report incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
D)the performance of lawful actions in an illegal or improper manner.
E)the failure of a public official to perform required duties.

Question 16

The text uses the contemporary US Border Patrol to illustrate which of the following concepts? (A) professional codes
(B) citizen participation
(C) importance of judicial control
(D) representative bureaucracy
(E) use of inspectors general

Question 17

Which of the following statements about judicial control is INCORRECT?

A)Arguably, it is the most rapidly expanding control over administration in recent years.
B)Responsibility is always after the fact; that is, all courts can do is alleviate or punish wrongs that have already occurred.
C)The court's power is not limited to federal agencies but extends to state prisons, police, and other institutions.
D)The Supreme Court tends to oppose federal agencies more frequently than they support them.
E)In some cases, parties may circumvent the administrative process and take their grievances directly to court.

Question 18

Discuss how control of administrative behavior is achieved through liability laws.

Question 19

The text uses Lincoln's position on slavery to illustrate which of the following virtues public officials can exhibit in performing their duties? (A) prudence
(B) fidelity to the public interest
(C) civility
(D) respect for citizens as responsible agents
(E) social architecture

Question 20

Discuss some of the reasons some public officials deceive.

Question 21

Why should an administrator study ethics?

Question 22

How does Aristotle think one finds happiness?

Question 23

Define the public interest.

Question 24

How might utilitarianism be made a little less theoretical so that the general ideas behind it could be incorporated into practical management decision making?

Question 25

Discuss the process of ethical analysis.

Question 26

Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the following four approaches to ethics: the utilitarian ethic, obligation to formal principles, the rights ethic, and the ethics of Aristotle.Note: this question can be reformulated in a variety of ways.For example: "Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of two of the following three approaches…."