Includes bibliographical references and index. Koven, S. G. (2015). Public sector ethics: Theory and applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Chapter 1: Introduction: in search of a paradigm -- Influences on ethical behavior -- Problems of religious and philosophical guides -- Mission statements of public sector organizations -- Mission and organizational culture -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2: Ethical grounding: philosophical perspectives -- Basic tenets of dentology -- John Rawls -- Robert Nozick -- Basic tenets of teleology -- Jeremy Bentham -- John Stuart Mill -- Basic tenets of virtue ethics -- Arsitotle -- Alasdair MacIntyre -- David K. Hart -- Ethical insights from philosophy -- Chapter 3: Ethical grounding: religious perspectives -- Buddhist ethics -- Confucian ethics -- Judaic ethics -- Islamic ethics -- Christian ethics -- Ethical insights from religious perspectives -- Chapter 4: Mission, ethical dilemmas, and role of culture in organizations -- Mission statements -- Personal versus organizational ethics: dilemmas of loyalty -- Personal versus organizational ethics: dilemmas of resistance -- Mission and culture: safety, research/knowledge, and economic oversight organizations -- Safety organizations -- Research/knowledge organizations -- Economic oversight organization -- Chapter 5: Personally confronting mission dissonance: exit and voice -- Why exit? ethics of exit -- Exit case studies -- Why voice? ethics of whistle-blowing -- Voice case studies -- Conjectural cases in exit and voice -- Chapter 6: Exemplars of public service -- Notable exemplars of public service -- Insights from case studies -- Chapter 7: Conclusions -- Mission and ethics: a utilitarian perspective -- Ethics and the public sector

This book is a guide to public sector ethics covering the major obstacles and stigmas within the field. For example, the ethics and rules of behavior will differ greatly in an elementary classroom versus a public library or a sanitation route or a battlefield. The book offers macro and local level ripped-from-the-headline style examples spanning areas such as whistle-blowing, public official scandal and resignation, even the age old stigma "are government employees lazy?".