Faculté des sciences sociales | Faculty of Social Sciences
Ethics and Public Affairs – PAP 4355 C
Professor David C.G. Brown
Winter 2015: January 12 — April 13, 2015
COURSE OUTLINE
Course schedule:
Course location:
Important Dates:
January 12
January 30
February 16 – 20
March 20
April 6
April 13
April 15 – 28
Monday, 14:30 p.m. to 16:00 p.m.
Thursday, 16:00 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
Faculty of Social Sciences Building (FSS) Room 4012
120 University Private
Course begins
Last day to withdraw from a course with 100% financial credit
Reading Week (no classes – Family Day is February 16)
Last day to withdraw from a course with no financial credit
No classes (Easter Monday)
Last class
Final examination period
CONTACT YOUR PROFESSOR
Office:
Office hours:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Dr. David C.G. Brown
Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Hall, Room FSS 7023
Monday, 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Thursday before class as required
Appointments at other times to be made / confirmed by e-mail
(613) 562-5800 ext. 4157
[email protected]
OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Examination of the use of ethical reasoning for understanding contemporary problems
in public administration and public policies. Examination of the norms associated with
the ethical behavior of politicians and public servants in democratic societies as well
as the institutions concerned with the upholding of ethical standards in public life.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The first part of the course sets the context for considering ethics in public affairs and
provides some tools for analyzing ethical issues that arise from public sector decisionmaking and behaviour. Ethical standards can be derived both from moral reasoning
and from the values and standards of the governance and administrative environment.
The early classes seek to understand why ethics is important in public-sector decisionmaking and behaviour and how these dynamics are influenced by the institutions and
processes of public sector governance. A central issue is the personal responsibility of
public office holders for their actions. This is followed by a consideration of ethical
theoretical lenses used to analyze administrative decisions and actions and to guide
ethical behaviour. A related question is the nature and role of the public interest,
how it is interpreted and its relationship to private interests of public sector actors.
The second part of the course seeks to develop an understanding of the current ethics
regime. After looking at the regime’s evolution, the course explores some of the main
circumstances in which ethical issues arise: the implications of operating in a political
environment, including the relationship between politicians and public servants and
the balance between public service political neutrality and political rights of public
servants as citizens; conflict of interest and related issues such as post-employment;
corruption and other circumstances when legal standards apply; and ethical issues
raised by the roles played by information and technology in modern governance.
While each set of ethical issues has given rise to administrative policies and machinery
to address potential and actual breaches of ethical standards, the third part of the
course assesses how well these accountability mechanisms work, both individually and
in the aggregate. It concludes with a discussion of what a comprehensive ethics
regime needs to include in order to promote ethical behaviour in the public sector.
The federal government provides the reference point for the course, although the
textbook draws extensively on provincial and municipal examples.
In the nature of the subject-matter, the course will be informed by actual cases that
have arisen in the past as well as by cases that students may wish to raise. Students
will be expected to participate actively, and an important course objective will be to
help them strengthen their analytic and problem-solving skills. Class assignments will
also stress oral presentation and research and writing skills.
COURSE FORMAT AND WEBSITE
Each class is one hour and 20 minutes. There are no breaks. All classes are in a
seminar format, led either by the professor or by students. Beginning week 4
(February 2 & 5) through week 12 (March 30 & April 2), the first class each week will
be led by the professor while the second class will be student-led.
All assignments and lecture notes will be posted on the course Blackboard Learn
(Virtual Campus) site on the University of Ottawa website (web address
(https://uottawa.blackboard.com/). Learning modules will include additional
background reading material, websites and other relevant resources.
ASSESSMENT
Components of the Final Mark
Evaluation format
Weight
Due date
Reflection on ethical
assumptions
Research paper
Seminar reading
presentation
Final exam
15 %
February 12
35 %
10%
Attendance and
participation
10%
April 9
Weekly - sign-up
sheet
Final exam period –
April 15 – 28
Throughout
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Absence from an examination or late submission of an assignment
Class attendance is necessary to complete the course successfully. Absence from any
examination or class assignment, or late submission of assignments due to illness, must
be justified. Otherwise, a penalty will be imposed – penalties are specified with each
assignment, but generally they are about 5% of the assignment’s value per day.
The Faculty of Social Sciences reserves the right to accept or reject the reason offered
for an absence or late submission. Reasons such as travel, employment, and
misreading the examination schedule are not usually accepted. In the event of an
illness or related complications, only the counselling service and the campus clinic (at
100 Marie-Curie) may issue valid certificates to justify a delay or absence. Students
are advised to notify the professor as soon as possible if a religious holiday or event
forces their absence during an evaluation.
Written assignments are due in paper form at the beginning of class on the due date
and electronically by midnight the same day. Paper copies can also be submitted
during the professor’s office hours, although a late penalty will apply unless the office
hours are immediately after the class on the due date. At other times, assignments
can be left at the School of Political Studies office (Social Sciences/FSS Hall 7005)
during its office hours (8:45 a.m. – noon and 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.), where they will be date
stamped on receipt. They can also be left after hours in the drop box at the FSS 7th
floor mail room, in which case they will be date stamped the following morning.
1. Reflection on ethical assumptions (15% – due February 12)
 With the reference point of the first three chapters of the textbook (Kernaghan
and Langford 2014) and the first module of classes, discuss the assumptions about
the analysis and promotion of ethical behaviour in the public sector. What do you
think are the most important considerations in an approach to ethical reasoning?
Which of the sets of assumptions do you consider the most challenging? With which
are you the most comfortable? Why? While you are expected to write your paper
in standard essay format, to document your ideas and to be rigorous in your
thinking, the goal of the assignment is to encourage you to develop a reflective
approach to public sector ethical issues. In that sense you will not necessarily be
expected to reach definitive answers, and a legitimate conclusion will be to
identify questions for further consideration during the course. While the core
course readings should provide the starting point, weight in the marking will also
be given to inclusion of wider readings in this and related fields.
 The paper should be written in standard essay format, with consistent use of
footnoting and referencing. It should be six to seven pages double spaced (1500 –
1700 words) plus references and supporting material.
 A more detailed description of the assignment will be provided during class on
January 22. The assignment is due on February 12. Late submissions will be
penalized one point (out of 20) for each late day.
2. Research essay (35% – due April 9)
 The research essay topic can be in one of three areas:
a) An exploration of a real-life public affairs ethics-based case – preferably one
discussed in the course readings – and its influence on the evolving ethics
regime. Typically such cases have been addressed by a parliamentary inquiry,
commission of inquiry or other independent investigation, and have resulted in
changes in the ethics regulatory framework. As a rule they have received
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media attention, and frequently they have also been studied in the wider
literature.
b) An ethics theme or field, as discussed in the course readings. This could be a
more conceptual discussion, reviewing debates in the field, for example. The
argument should, however, also be illustrated by one or more public affairs
ethics cases.
c) Another ethics-related topic that is agreed with the professor.
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Detailed guidance will be distributed and discussed in class on February 12. You
are strongly encouraged to attend this class. The topic should be confirmed with
the professor by no later than March 26 (worth 1 mark out of the available 35).
Essays may follow any standard style guide for referencing and should be 25003000 words long (10-12 pages double spaced, not including references); the word
count should be indicated on the title page and pages should be numbered. The
essay should include at least two references from the required readings. Students
are also required to send an electronic copy of the essay to the instructor,
preferably through the Blackboard Learn course Website or by e-mail
([email protected]), by no later than midnight on the due date. Failure
to observe any of these points will result in a deduction of one point each out of
the 35 available.
Late submissions will be penalized. Marks for the research essay will be reduced
by two points (out of 35) for each late day.
3. Reading presentation in class (10% – timing based on sign up sheet)
 Beginning February 5 through April 2, the second class in each week will be a
student-led discussion of the week’s readings. The objective is to identify the key
information and arguments in the readings and their relevance to the course. The
presenters are encouraged to explore the major debates in the readings and to
promote class discussion. Presentation groups can, if they wish, organize their
presentations as a debate. In most cases there will be three readings in addition
to a chapter from the textbook.
 There will be up to four students making presentations and leading discussion in
each class, and each student will play this role once during the term. Groups are
asked to coordinate their presentations, ensuring that all group members are
involved. They should send a written summary of their notes to the professor by
6:00 p.m. the day before the class in which they are presenting. Marks will be
assessed on a combination of a group and individual basis.
 Details of the assignment and marking criteria will be discussed in the third class
(January 19). There will be a sign-up sheet in class on January 19 and 22 and
during the instructor’s office hours during the week of January 19. Students who
have not signed up by the end of the January 22 class will be assigned to a group,
and the sign-up sheets will be posted on the course website.
4. Attendance and seminar participation (10%)
 Attendance (5%) will be taken at each class. More than one class missed after
January 22 without satisfactory explanation to the professor will result in a
deduction of one percentage point (out of the five available) for each additional
class missed, up to the limit of the full amount of the participation mark.
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The class participation mark (5%) will be assessed by the instructor. It
complements attendance and will recognize active but respectful participation in
the class and evidence in class participation of having read the readings.
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5. Final exam (30%)
 There will be a three-hour final examination during the regular examination
period, April 15 – 28, according to the schedule published by the University of
Ottawa. It will consist of a combination of long and short essay questions.
TEACHING LANGUAGE
The instruction language for this course is English. Students have the right to produce
their written work and to answer examination questions in the official language
(English or French) of their choice. During the lectures, questions or clarifications may
be asked in French if you wish. The professor will summarize the exchange in English
for the benefit of the other students.
COURSE READINGS
Required text (available at the University of Ottawa textbook store):
Kenneth Kernaghan and John Langford. 2014. The Responsible Public Servant, 2nd
edition. Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 294 pp.
The other course readings are available on-line, as indicated in the syllabus, either
through the University of Ottawa Library website or on publicly-accessible websites.
Students are encouraged to monitor public administration-related stories in the media,
including the Ottawa Citizen and the Hill Times. They should also familiarize
themselves with public administration-oriented academic journals and make use of
them in researching their term essays and other assignments. The most relevant is
Canadian Public Administration, published by the Institute of Public Administration of
Canada (IPAC). Others include: Canadian Journal of Political Science, Governance,
International Review of Administrative Sciences, Public Administration Review (US),
Public Administration (UK), Canadian Public Policy, Optimum and Policy Options.
SCHEDULE
Week 1 – January 12 & 15 – Introduction
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – Introduction
 Chandler, R.C. 1983. “The problem of moral reasoning in public
administration” in Public Administration Review, vol. 43, no. 1 (1983): 32—
39.
Week 2 – January 19 & 22 – Personal and government responsibility
 Reading presentation assignment handed out – January 19
 Sign-up for reading presentations – January 19 & 22
 Reflection on ethical assumptions assignment handed out – January 22
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 1, Personal Responsibility
 Friedrich, C.J. 1940. “Public policy and the nature of administrative
responsibility” in C.J. Friedrich and E.S. Mason, editors. Public policy.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press: 3—24.
 Finer, H. 1941. “Administrative responsibility and democratic government” in
Public Administration Review vol. 1, no. 4 (Summer 1941): 335—350.
 Sossin, Lorne. 2005. “Speaking truth to power? The search for bureaucratic
independence in Canada” in University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 55, no. 1
(Winter 2005): 1—59.
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Week 3 – January 26 & 29 – Ethical theory and practice
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Readings
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Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 2, Making Defensible Decisions
Brady, F.N. 2003. “‘Publics’ administration and the ethics of particularity” in
Public Administration Review, vol. 63, no. 5 (September 2003): 525—534.
Lynch, Thomas D. 2004. “Virtue ethics, public administration, and telos” in
Global Virtue Ethics Review, vol. 5, no. 4 (July 1, 2004): 32—49.
Amy, D.J. 1984. “Why policy analysis and ethics are incompatible” in Journal
of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 3, no. 4 (Summer 1984): 573—591.
Week 4 – February 2 & 5 – The public interest
 Reading presentations begin – February 5
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 3, Acting in the Public Interest
 Downs, Anthony. 1962. “The public interest: Its meaning in a democracy” in
Social Research, vol. 29, no. 1 (Spring 1962): 1—36.
 Hodgetts, J.E. 1981. “Government responsiveness to the public interest: Has
progress been made?” in Canadian Public Administration, vol. 24, no. 2 (June
1981): 216—231.
 MacNair, M.D. 2006. “In the name of the public good: ‘Public interest’ as a
legal standard” in Canadian Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (February
2006): 175—204.
Week 5 – February 9 & 12 – Evolution of the ethics regime
 Reflection on ethical assumptions assignment due – February 12
 Research essay assignment handed out – February 12
 Reading presentations – February 12
Readings
 Canada. Canadian Centre for Management Development. 1996. A strong
foundation: Report of the task force on public service values and ethics.
Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Management Development. Available at:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/SC94-72-1996E.pdf
 Langford, John W. 2004. “Acting on values: An ethical dead end for public
servants” in Canadian Public Administration vol. 47 no. 4 (Winter 2004):
429—450.
 Heintzman, Ralph. 2007. “Public service values and ethics: Dead end or
strong foundation?” in Canadian Public Administration vol. 50 no. 4 (Winter
2007): 573—602.
 Langford, John W. 2007. “Building an ethical public service: Michael and
Jennifer on Heintzman and Langford” in Canadian Public Administration vol.
50 no. 4 (Winter 2007): 603—608.
Week 6 – February 16 & 19 – No classes
 Family Day (February 16) and Reading Week
Week 7 – February 23 & 26 – Ethics, public service and politics
 Reading presentations – February 26
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 4, The Politically Neutral Public Servant
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Benoit, Lianne. 2006. “Ministerial staff: The life and times of Parliament’s
statutory orphans” in Canada. Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship
Program and Advertising Activities. Restoring Accountability: Research
Studies Volume 1: 145—240. Available at:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/GomeryII/ResearchStudies1
/CISPAA_Vol1_5.pdf
Good, David A. 2008. “An ideal model in a practical world: The continuous
revisiting of political neutrality and ministerial responsibility” in David Siegel
and Ken Rasmussen, editors. Professionalism and public service: Essays in
honour of Kenneth Kernaghan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 63—83.
Thomas, Paul G. 2013. “Communications and Prime Ministerial power” in J.
Bickerton and B. Guy Peters, editors. Governing: Essays in honour of Donald
J. Savoie. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press: 53—84.
Week 8 – March 2 & 5 – Conflict of interest
 Reading presentations – March 5
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 5, Conflict of Interest
 Kernaghan, Kenneth. 2007. Public integrity and post-employment: Issues,
remedies and benchmarks. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development. Available at:
https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.178
7/oecd_papers-v7-art19-en
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Taylor, M.H. and A.E. Filmer. 1986. “Moonlighting: The practical problems” in
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 29, no. 4 (December 1986): 592—597.
Pross, Paul. 2009. “Law and Innovation: The Incremental Development of
Canadian Lobby Regulation” in O.P. Dwivedi, Tim A. Mau and Brian Sheldrick,
editors. The Evolving Physiology of Government: Public Administration in
Transition. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press: 151—187.
Week 9 – March 9 & 12 – Corruption and the outer boundaries of ethics
 Reading presentations – March 12
Readings
 Dye, Kenneth. 2007. “Corruption and Fraud Detection by Supreme Audit
Institutions” in Anwar Shah, editor. Performance Accountability
and Combating Corruption. D.C.: The World Bank: 303—321.
 De Graaf, Gjalt and L. W. J. C. Huberts. 2008. “Portraying the Nature of
Corruption Using an Explorative Case Study Design” in Public Administration
Review, Volume 68, Issue 4 (July/August 2008): 640—653.
 Engelbrekt, Kjell. 2011. “EU Enlargement and the Emboldening of
Institutional Integrity in Central and Eastern Europe: The ‘Tough Test’ of
Public Procurement” in European Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 (March 2011):
230—25.
 Persson, Anna, Bo Rothstein and Jan Terorell. 2013. “Why Anticorruption
Reforms Fail—Systemic Corruption as a Collective Action Problem” in
Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and
Institutions, Vol. 26, No. 3 (July 2013): 449—471.
Week 10 – March 16 & 19 – Ethics and information
 Reading presentations – March 19
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Readings
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Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 6, Confidentiality, Transparency and
Privacy Protection
Roberts, Alasdair. 2005. “Spin control and freedom of information: Lessons
for the United Kingdom from Canada” in Public Administration, vol. 83, no. 1
(2005): 1—23.
Davis, S. 2006. “Privacy, rights and moral value” in University of Ottawa Law
and Technology Journal, vol. 3, no. 1 (2006): 109—131.
Forcese, C. 2009. “Canada’s national security ‘complex’: Assessing the
security rules” in IRPP Choices, vol. 15, no. 5: 3—38. Available at:
http://archive.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol15no5.pdf
Week 11 – March 23 & 26 – Accountability and ethics
 Last date for confirming essay topic with 1 point credit – March 26
 Reading presentations – March 26
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 7, The Accountable Public Servant
 Hupe, P. and M. Hill. 2007. “Street level bureaucracy and public
accountability” in Public Administration, vol. 85, no. 2 (2007): 279—299.
 Langford, John W. and Yvonne Harrison. 2001. “Partnering for e-government:
Challenges for Public administrators” in Canadian Public Administration, vol.
26, no. 3 (2001): 393—416.
 Thomas, Paul G. 2008. “The swirling meaning and practices of accountability
in Canadian government” in David Siegel and Kenneth Rasmussen, editors.
Professionalism and public service: Essays in honour of Kenneth Kernaghan.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 34—62.
Week 12 – March 30 & April 2 – Towards an ethics regime
 Final reading presentations – April 2
Readings
 Kernaghan and Langford – chapter 8, Managing Ethical Behaviour
 Kernaghan, Kenneth. 2003. “Integrating values into public service: The values
statement as centerpiece” in Public Administration Review, vol. 63, no. 6
(2003): 711—719.
 McGraw, D.K. 2004. “A social contract theory critique of professional codes of
ethics” in Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, vol.
2, no. 4: 235—243.
 Langford, John W. and Allan Tupper. 2006. “How Ottawa does business:
Ethics as a government program” in G. Bruce Doern, editor. How Ottawa
spends, 2006-2007. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press:
116—137.
Week 13 – April 9 – Revisiting assumptions about ethics
 No class April 6 (Easter Monday)
 Research essay due – April 9
 Invited guest – April 9
Readings
 Thompson, D.F. 1985. “The possibility of administrative ethics” in Public
Administration Review, vol. 45, no. 5 (September/October 1985): 555—561.
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Heintzman, Ralph. 2013. “Establishing the boundaries of the public service:
Toward a new moral contract” in J. Bickerton and B. Guy Peters, editors.
Governing: Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie. Montreal and Kingston:
McGill-Queen’s University Press: 85—138.
Week 14 – April 13 – Conclusions
 Concluding discussion
 Final exam preparation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amy, D.J. 1984. “Why policy analysis and ethics are incompatible” in Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management, vol. 3, no. 4 (Summer 1984): 573—591.
Benoit, Lianne. 2006. “Ministerial staff: The life and times of Parliament’s statutory
orphans” in Canada. Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and
Advertising Activities. Restoring Accountability: Research Studies Volume 1:
145—240. Available at:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/GomeryII/ResearchStudies1/CIS
PAA_Vol1_5.pdf
Brady, F.N. 2003. “‘Publics’ administration and the ethics of particularity” in Public
Administration Review, vol. 63, no. 5 (September 2003): 525—534.
Canada. Canadian Centre for Management Development. 1996. A strong foundation:
Report of the task force on public service values and ethics. Ottawa: Canadian
Centre for Management Development. Available at:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/SC94-72-1996E.pdf
Chandler, R.C. 1983. “The problem of moral reasoning in public administration” in
Public Administration Review, vol. 43, no. 1 (1983): 32—39.
Davis, S. 2006. “Privacy, rights and moral value” in University of Ottawa Law and
Technology Journal, vol. 3, no. 1 (2006): 109—131.
De Graaf, Gjalt and L. W. J. C. Huberts. 2008. “Portraying the Nature of Corruption
Using an Explorative Case Study Design” in Public Administration Review, Volume
68, Issue 4 (July/August 2008): 640—653.
Downs, Anthony. 1962. “The public interest: Its meaning in a democracy” in Social
Research, vol. 29, no. 1 (Spring 1962): 1—36.
Dye, Kenneth. 2007. “Corruption and Fraud Detection by Supreme Audit Institutions”
in Anwar Shah, editor. Performance Accountability and Combating
Corruption. D.C.: The World Bank: 303—321.
Engelbrekt, Kjell. 2011. “EU Enlargement and the Emboldening of Institutional
Integrity in Central and Eastern Europe: The ‘Tough Test’ of Public Procurement”
in European Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 (March 2011): 230—25.
Finer, H. 1941. “Administrative responsibility and democratic government” in Public
Administration Review vol. 1, no. 4 (Summer 1941): 335—350.
Forcese, C. 2009. “Canada’s national security ‘complex’: Assessing the security rules”
in IRPP Choices, vol. 15, no. 5: 3—38.
Friedrich, C.J. 1940. “Public policy and the nature of administrative responsibility” in
C.J. Friedrich and E.S. Mason, editors. Public policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press: 3—24.
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Good, David A. 2008. “An ideal model in a practical world: The continuous revisiting of
political neutrality and ministerial responsibility” in David Siegel and Ken
Rasmussen, editors. Professionalism and public service: Essays in honour of
Kenneth Kernaghan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 63—83.
Heintzman, Ralph. 2007. “Public service values and ethics: Dead end or strong
foundation?” in Canadian Public Administration vol. 50 no. 4 (Winter 2007): 573—
602
Heintzman, Ralph. 2013. “Establishing the boundaries of the public service: Toward a
new moral contract” in J. Bickerton and B. Guy Peters, editors. Governing:
Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s
University Press: 85—138.
Hodgetts, J.E. 1981. “Government responsiveness to the public interest: Has progress
been made?” in Canadian Public Administration, vol. 24, no. 2 (June 1981): 216—
231.
Hupe, P. and M. Hill. 2007. “Street level bureaucracy and public accountability” in
Public Administration, vol. 85, no. 2 (2007): 279—299.
Kernaghan, Kenneth. 2003. “Integrating values into public service: The values
statement as centerpiece” in Public Administration Review, vol. 63, no. 6
(2003): 711—719.
Kernaghan, Kenneth. 2007. Public integrity and post-employment: Issues, remedies
and benchmarks. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Available at:
https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/o
ecd_papers-v7-art19-en.
Kernaghan, Kenneth and John Langford. 2014. The Responsible Public Servant, 2nd
edition. Toronto: Institute of Public Administration of Canada, 294 pp.
Langford, John W. 2004. “Acting on values: An ethical dead end for public servants” in
Canadian Public Administration vol. 47 no. 4 (Winter 2004): 429—450
Langford, John W. 2007. “Building an ethical public service: Michael and Jennifer on
Heintzman and Langford” in Canadian Public Administration vol. 50 no. 4 (Winter
2007): 603—608.
Langford, John W. and Yvonne Harrison. 2001. “Partnering for e-government:
Challenges for Public administrators” in Canadian Public Administration, vol. 26,
no. 3 (2001): 393—416.
Langford, John W. and Allan Tupper. 2006. “How Ottawa does business: Ethics as a
government program” in G. Bruce Doern, editor. How Ottawa spends, 2006-2007.
Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press: 116—137.
Lynch, Thomas D. 2004. “Virtue ethics, public administration, and telos” in Global
Virtue Ethics Review, vol. 5, no. 4 (July 1, 2004): 32—49.
MacNair, M.D. 2006. “In the name of the public good: ‘Public interest’ as a legal
standard” in Canadian Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 2 (February 2006): 175—
204.
McGraw, D.K. 2004. “A social contract theory critique of professional codes of ethics”
in Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, vol. 2, no. 4:
235—243.
Persson, Anna, Bo Rothstein and Jan Terorell. 2013. “Why Anticorruption Reforms
Fail—Systemic Corruption as a Collective Action Problem” in Governance: An
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International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, Vol. 26, No. 3
(July 2013): 449—471.
Preston, N. 1998. “Virtue ethics for the public sector” in Professional Ethics, vol. 6,
no. 3-4 (1998): 69—90.
Pross, Paul. 2009. “Law and Innovation: The Incremental Development of Canadian
Lobby Regulation” in O.P. Dwivedi, Tim A. Mau and Brian Sheldrick, editors. The
Evolving Physiology of Government: Public Administration in Transition. Ottawa:
University of Ottawa Press: 151—187.
Roberts, Alasdair. 2005. “Spin control and freedom of information: Lessons for the
United Kingdom from Canada” in Public Administration, vol. 83, no. 1 (2005): 1—
23.
Sossin, Lorne. 2005. “Speaking truth to power? The search for bureaucratic
independence in Canada” in University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 55, no. 1
(Winter 2005): 1—59.
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Resources for you
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/undergraduate/student-life-academic-resources
Mentoring Centre - http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/mentoring
The goal of the Mentoring Centre is to help students with their academic and social well
being during their time at the University of Ottawa. Regardless of where a student stands
academically, or how far along they are in completing their degree, the mentoring centre
is there to help students continue on their path to success.
A student may choose to visit the mentoring centre for very different reasons. Younger
students may wish to talk to their older peers to gain insight into programs and services
offered by the University, while older student may simply want to brush up on study and
time management skills or learn about programs and services for students nearing the end
of their degree.
In all, the Mentoring Centre offers a place for students to talk about concerns and
problems that they might have in any facet of their lives. While students are able to
voice their concerns and problems without fear of judgment, mentors can garner further
insight in issues unique to students and find a more practical solution to better improve
the services that the Faculty of Social Sciences offers, as well as the services offered by
the University of Ottawa.
Academic Writing Help Centre - http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/writing/
At the AWHC you will learn how to identify, correct and ultimately avoid errors in your
writing and become an autonomous writer. In working with our Writing Advisors, you will
be able to acquire the abilities, strategies and writing tools that will enable you to:
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Master the written language of your choice
Expand your critical thinking abilities
Develop your argumentation skills
Learn what the expectations are for academic writing
Career Services - http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/careers/
Career Services offers various services and a career development program to enable you
to recognize and enhance the employability skills you need in today's world of work.
Counselling Service- http://sass.uottawa.ca/en/counselling
There are many reasons to take advantage of the Counselling Service. We offer:
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Personal counselling
Career counselling
Study skills counselling
Access Service - http://sass.uottawa.ca/en/access
The University has always strived to meet the needs of individuals with learning
disabilities or with other temporary or permanent functional disabilities (hearing/visual
impairments, sustained health issues, mental health problems), and the campus
community works collaboratively so that you can develop and maintain your autonomy, as
well as reach your full potential throughout your studies. You can call on a wide range of
services and resources, all provided with expertise, professionalism and confidentiality.
If barriers are preventing you from integrating into university life and you need adaptive
measures to progress (physical setting, arrangements for exams, learning strategies, etc.),
contact the Access Service right away:
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in person at the University Centre, Room 339
online at http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/access/registration/
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by phone at 613-562-5976
Deadlines for submitting requests for adaptive measures during exams
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midterms, tests, deferred exams: seven business days before the exam,
test or other written evaluation (excluding the day of the exam itself
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final exams:
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November 15 for the fall session
March 15 for the winter session
Seven business days before the date of the exam for the
spring/summer session (excluding the day of the exam itself).
Student Resources Centres - http://www.communitylife.uottawa.ca/en/resources.php
The Student Resources Centres aim to fulfill all sorts of students needs.
Beware of Academic Fraud!
Academic fraud is an act committed by a student to distort the marking of
assignments, tests, examinations, and other forms of academic evaluation. Academic
fraud is neither accepted nor tolerated by the University. Anyone found guilty of
academic fraud is liable to severe academic sanctions.
Here are a few examples of academic fraud:
• engaging in any form of plagiarism or cheating;
• presenting falsified research data;
• handing in an assignment that was not authored, in whole or in part, by the
student;
• submitting the same assignment in more than one course, without the written
consent of the professors concerned.
In recent years, the development of the Internet has made it much easier to identify
academic plagiarism. The tools available to your professors allow them to trace the
exact origin of a text on the Web, using just a few words.
In cases where students are unsure whether they are at fault, it is their responsibility
to consult the University’s Web site on Student Life and Academic Resources at the
following address: http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/undergraduate/studentlife-academic-resources.
Within that, students should consult the “Writing and Style Guide for University
Papers and Assignments.” It can be found at:
http://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/undergraduate/writing-style-guide.
Persons who have committed or attempted to commit (or have been accomplices to)
academic fraud will be penalized. Here are some examples of the academic sanctions,
which can be imposed:
• a grade of “F” for the assignment or course in question;
• an additional program requirement of between 3 and 30 credits;
• suspension or expulsion from the Faculty.
For more information, refer to the Student’s Guide to Academic Integrity
http://web5.uottawa.ca/mcs-smc/academicintegrity/documents/2011/academicintegrity-students-guide.pdf
and Academic Integrity Website (Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/info/newsletter/fraud_e.html.
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