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PHL404 Ethics and the Public Sector (8)
Abstract| This subject examines the ethical character of public service as the means to a critical discussion of the moral dimensions of institutional design and individual behaviour in public sector work. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: PHL404
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions| Not available to students who have completed PHL204 Ethics and the Public Sector.
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to identify and describe the characteristics of the public sector and of public service;
- be able to identify and describe the normative dimensions of the public sector and public service;
- be able to apply techniques and theories of critical thinking and ethical theory to discussions of recurrent ethical problems in the public sector, and
- be able to act in morally informed ways in their dealings with the public sector. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
-Conceptualisations of the public sector; public sector institutions.
-Institutional Designs
-Bureaucracy and bureaucratic rationality.
-Institutional independence/subordination to political direction.
-Authority structures: originary and delegated responsibility.
-Institutionalising ethics: codes and organisational transparency/secrecy.
-Individual Behaviour
-Role morality vs individual morality.
-The demands and limit of loyalty.
C-onflicts of interest.
-Privacy and confidentiality.
-Corruption.
-Whistleblowing. |
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
