Global Virtue Ethics Review articles from April 2000

Global Virtue Ethics Review archives from April 2000

BREAKING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT: AN ACT OF ANTI-ETHICS.
April 1, 2000... Abstract This article is about the ethical implications and ramifications of breaking the non-written and implicit psychological contract in organizations that is a mutually agreed upon set of expectations. Individuals develop their...

BALANCED ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE TO STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.
April 1, 2000... Abstract Economic development has become a major policy challenge for state and local governments in the United States for the past two decades. Many studies evaluate these policies from the perspective of political economy but few examine...

Is It Possible to be a Mystic and Serve the Public Good.
April 1, 2000... Abstract This article examines the positivist and technicist foundations of public administration within the context of Christian Mysticism. Using Christian Mysticism as an ideal construct of the spiritual life, the purpose of this article...

EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
April 1, 2000... Volume 2, number 2 has four articles and a literature review. Our co-editor wrote the lead article and I need to stress that we reviewed her manuscript as all others in this journal. Her call in her article is important and I hope that many in...

A COMMENTARY ON THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP LITERATURE -- STEWARD LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: SOMETHING MORE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL.
April 1, 2000... Abstract Stewardship is "the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care. "As public administrators and future public administrators, we need to understand this concept and its relevance to the way we approach...

CREATING A NATION WIDE ETHICS: THE CASE OF CHINA.
April 1, 2000... Abstract Corruption is widespread in almost every country even though the nature of corruption may differ across societies and change over time. This article focuses specifically on bureaucratic corruption in China's modernization process....