Ethics

How should political actors behave? What is good representation? When is it appropriate to make a compromise? Is releasing confidential information ever justified? How do you change deeply entrenched social norms? Should you? These are just some of the questions raised by the teaching cases in this section, which ask students to consider the implications and ramifications of real-world ethical scenarios, with sources of conflict ranging from personal to structural dilemmas.

  • Teaching Case - Smith and the Public Health Battle

    Smith and the Public Health Battle

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In this disguised case, Helen Smith is a newly appointed state administrator of personnel hired as part of a new governor's reform effort. Smith's task is to crack down on the practice of using outside contracts to bypass state-required job...

  • Teaching Case - Overcoming Police Corruption in Hong Kong (A)

    Overcoming Police Corruption in Hong Kong (A)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This two-part case outlines the efforts of the Hong Kong government in the past fifteen years to reduce the widespread corruption within its ranks, particularly in the police force. Part A begins with background information on police corruption...

  • Teaching Case - Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard (Sequel)

    Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On October 23, 1981, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) head Raymond A. Peck, Jr. announced his decision to rescind those sections of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 which would have required passive...

  • Teaching Case - Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard

    Rescission of the Passive Restraints Standard

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1982

    On October 23, 1981, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) head Raymond A. Peck, Jr. announced his decision to rescind those sections of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 which would have required passive...

  • Teaching Case - Ethical Problems in Public Careers: Lying

    Ethical Problems in Public Careers: Lying

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1980

    This case consists of ten "minicases"--some fictitious and some drawn from actual events--that involve instances of deception in public affairs. Students are asked, via an answer sheet at the back, to judge whether the deceptions were, on...