Description

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This comprehensive work details the special efforts that need to be initiated by governments on a continuing basis to eliminate unethical behavior by public officers and employees. The current conflict-of-interest programs are inadequate to eliminate corruption, and special controls should be installed to detect and deter unethical behavior. The evaluation of different approaches to ethical government and the development of a model ethics program are of special interest.

About the Author

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JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany, and Research Director of the New York State Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices. He is author of State-Local Relations: A Partnership Approach (Praeger, 1983), Participatory Democracy: Populism Revived (Praeger, 1986), Federal Preemption: The Silent Revolution (Praeger, 1992), and Contemporary American Federalism (Praeger, 1992).