PAM 5310 - [Ethics, Public Policy in American Society]

3 credits.

Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing. Next offered 2013-2014.

Staff.

Explores current issues of ethics and public policy against a background of theories of ethical behavior. Examines questions of how public officials and managers of public and nonprofit agencies and private enterprises act. How do standards of ethical behavior in the professions get established? How are public policy issues with ethical implications resolved? Readings are drawn from political philosophy, contemporary social science, and imaginative writing. Class participation is essential.