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 - Loyalty First

    Loyalty First

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a...

  • Teaching Case - A Distant Command (B)

    A Distant Command (B)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a...

  • Teaching Case - A Distant Command (A)

    A Distant Command (A)

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a...

  • Teaching Case - Getting Squeezed

    Getting Squeezed

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    The executive assistant to the Army Chief of Staff prepares the nomination forms for all Army officers eligible for promotion, which are then submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee...

  • Teaching Case - A Close Election

    A Close Election

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    Publication Date: September 01, 1998

    When a Republican state representative in the Midwest decides not to seek re-election, he is approached by a politically active, successful farmer about running for the seat. He thinks the...

  • Teaching Case - ABC and Food Lion: A Case Study

    ABC and Food Lion: A Case Study

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1997

    The rise of highly-rated nonfiction television programs has sparked concern about the techniques which television producers use to gather images and information. This press ethics case...