Beyond serving a purpose: Additional ethical focuses for public policy agents.

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dc.contributor.authorScholes, V.
dc.contributor.editorBoston, J.
dc.contributor.editorBradstock, A.
dc.contributor.editorEng, D.
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-17T03:48:29Z
dc.date.available2012-09-17T03:48:29Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractFrom the point of view of a theorist in ethics, the interest in public policy usually centres on the policy outcomes. But this point of view does not take much account of the roles and practices through which public policies are enacted. What additional ethical focuses for the policy agent might these entail? This chapter outline four features of policy making, centred on the agent's performance of their role in the process, that raise ethical issues. These features are: the nature of the policy process; the definition of the public; the treatment of policy agents; and accounting for public policy decisions. Brief examples are used to illustrate the nature of the issues and support the conclusion that these present additional ethical focuses for agents in public policy roles.
dc.identifier.citationScholes, V. (2011). Beyond serving a purpose: Additional ethical focuses for public policy agents. In J. Boston, A. Bradstock & D. Eng (Eds.), Ethics and public policy: Contemporary issues (pp. 147-165). Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11072/1081
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherVictoria University Press
dc.relation.ispartofEthics and public policy: Contemporary issues
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectEthics
dc.subjectApplied ethics
dc.subject.other360000 Policy and Political Science
dc.subject.other440104 Applied Ethics (incl. Bioethics and Environmental Ethics)
dc.titleBeyond serving a purpose: Additional ethical focuses for public policy agents.
dc.typeBook Chapter
opnz.contributorhttp://www.victoria.ac.nz/vup/2011titleinformation/ethicspublic.aspx
opnz.coveragePublisher's information for book Ethics and Public Policy: Contemporary issues. �
opnz.creatorWellington, New Zealand
opnz.date7
opnz.dateSubmitted147
opnz.description165
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