Ethics and crisis management

The daily process of public service provision and administration is filled with value judgments and value trade-offs, and the safeguarding of just and fair processes is key to the public's trust in governing institutions. In crises, public decision-makers face complex ethical judgments under gr...

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Other Authors Svedin, Lina M. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2011.
SeriesEthics in practice (Greenwich, Conn.)
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806616169
DOI10.1108/978-1-61735-498-4
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 262 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Inherent ethical challenges in bureaucratic crisis management : The Swedish experience with the 2004 tsunami disaster / P Dalus and Dan Hanson
  • Value conflicts in foreign policy crises : How the United States and the u.k. Wrestled with the ethical dilemma of going to war in iraq / Fredrik Bynander
  • International humanitarian assistance : Legitimate intervention or illegitimate interference? / Lieuwe Zijlstra, Andrej Zwitter, and Liesbet Heyse
  • Drowning in discretion : Crisis management ethics and the problem of aporia / Arjen Boin and Paul Nieuwenburg
  • The ethical dilemmas of straddling the public' private divide in economic crises / Lina Svedin
  • Chasing evil, defending atrocities : Blame avoidance and prisoner abuse during the war in iraq / Sanneke Kuipers, Kasia Kochanska, and Annika Br?ndstr?m
  • Communication in crises of public diplomacy : The quest for ethical capital / Eva-Karin Olsson
  • The poltics-administration dichotomy and the failure of symmetrical responsibility doctrines / Helena Wockelberg
  • The purpose, functions, and ethical dimensions of postcrisis investigations : The case of the 9/11 commission / Charles F. Parker
  • Uncertainty, accountability, and the conduct of postcrisis inquiries / Daniel Nohrstedt.