Exam 5: Honor, Ethics, Accountability

Casework is one means through which lawmakers maintain oversight of the bureaucracy while maintaining support among constituents.

The notion that a sitting President could be sued by a private citizen in a civil suit for conduct alleged to have been committed before the President took office was upheld in the case, William Jefferson Clinton v. Paula Corbin Jones.

The "dirty hands dilemma" occurs

Lobbyists often offer expensive gifts, such as foreign "junkets," sports tickets, and other things of value to unlawfully influence Congresspersons to vote in a partisan way, this is a form of bribery.

Which of the following is NOT included in the four levels of ethics

The statement that "it is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope," is attributed to:

The study of the writings of Niccolo Machiavelli is are important for understanding

Niccolo Machiavelli in 1532 wrote in The Prince, that the ruler should be free from vice and his character above reproach.

Lt. Colonel Oliver North's role in the Iran-Contra Affair serves to illustrate:

According to the authors, a sense of honor provides an individual with

Common Law is the totality of legislative law.

The higher law defense is often appealed to by people who

Which of the followings are means through which Congress maintains oversight over public administration?

When a government holds true to its body of law that applies equally to all, and as its highest authority, we say that this is the "rule of men", because laws are created by men.

The notion that organizations are obsessive with accountability-especially public organizations, was posited by management scholar Edwards Demming and Herbert Simon.

Appointees to high office such as cabinet positions or Supreme Court nominees have to go for hearings before the House.

Which of the following is a reason that public administrators should understand the Constitution according to David H. Rosenbloom?

Many civilian government agencies have codes of conduct and formal guidelines for ethical behavior. Their objective is to ensure that employees refrain from using their official positions for private gain or other wrongful purposes.

It can be argued that public officials in a democracy may be excused at times from the obligation of truth telling. When a high public official feels it necessary to not tell the truth, then this is an example of:

Mark Felt's role as "Deep Throat," the informant in the Watergate scandal, is an example of the tension between maintaining honor and acting ethically.