For civil servants who take an oath to uphold the Constitution,
that document is the supreme symbol of political morality.
Constitutional issues are addressed by civil servants every day,
whenever a policeman arrests a suspect or members of different
branches of government meet. But how well do these individuals
really understand the Constitution's application in their jobs?
This book encourages civil servants to reflect on specific
constitutional principles and events and learn to apply them to the
decisions they make. Twenty seminal articles by a preeminent
scholar seek to legitimate public service by grounding its ethics
in constitutional practice.
John Rohr stresses that ethical practice demands an immersion in
the specifics of our constitutional tradition, and he offers a
guide to attaining a greater sense of those constitutional
principles that can be translated into action. Along the way he
considers such timely issues as financial disclosure, the treatment
of civil servants as second-class citizens, and instances of civil
servants caught between executive and legislative forces.
Rohr's opening essays demonstrate that responsible use of
administrative discretion is the key issue for career civil
servants. Subsequent sections examine approaches to training civil
servants using constitutional principles; character formation
resulting from study of the constitutional tradition; and the
ethical choices that are sometimes posed by separation of powers. A
final group of chapters shows how a study of other countries'
constitutional traditions can deepen an understanding of our own,
while a closing essay looks at past issues and future prospects in
administrative ethics from the perspective of Rohr's long
involvement in the field.
Throughout this insightful collection, Rohr seeks to remind
public servants of the nobility of their calling, reinforce their
role in articulating public interests against the excesses of
private concerns, and encourage managers to make greater use of
constitutional language to describe their everyday activities.
Although his work focuses on the federal career civil servant, it
also offers valuable lessons applicable to state and local civil
servants, elected officials, judges, military personnel, and those
employed in the nonprofit sector.
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