Discuss the following: To tell the truth, Dirty Job? ,A deadly deed
Ethics in the City Hall
The first lecture (To tell the Truth) has 7 questions. The second one (Dirty Job? Hire a New Person to Do It) has 8 and the third one (A deadly Deed) has 7.
To tell the Truth
- Why did the governor allow Sylvan to be punished after he helped the governor “get the goods” on Almindinger
- Should Sylvan have remained quiet when he was called by the governor?
- Should Sylvan have spoken to the city managers as soon as irregularities were obvious in the city grant program?
- Would the city manager’s response have been the same if Sylvan had taken the problems to him?
- Were the governor and attorney general really concerned about wrongdoing in the community development department, or was the governor only seeking political advantages in his inquiries?
- Should Sylvan have taken his situation to the press? What would they have done with his story?
- How do you suppose Judge Philipson would rule if a whistle blower case were brought to his bench?
Dirty Job? Hire a new person to do it
- Was what happened to Olivia inevitable?
- Could Houghton have anticipated the problems Olivia would face?
- Should staff members at the Minnesota City have been more forthcoming about the overload problem?
- Would it have been more reasonable to have started the program with a regular staff member at Brooklyn City Hall?
- Is it ethical to dump the dirty job on the new person?
- How might the job have been less trying for Olivia?
- Was it appropriate for the city to give Olivia preference over all other applicants in hiring when a new vacancy arose?
- Was permanently hiring Olivia a violation of civil service rules that state that jobs must be advertised and that a search for job candidates must be done
A time for Action-A time for Reflection
- Were the city officials hypocritical by giving Fiegel an award when they knew it was likely he was going to be fired as a police officer?
- Should the city have discovered Fiegel’s inappropriate personality traits when he was recruited?
- Should the city have discovered Fiegel’s inappropriate personality traits when he was at the police academy?
- What special training might Fiegel have been given to correct his bad behavior?
- Should the city have informed the drunk driver that his detainment was illegal?
- Is there any role for people like Fiegel in the work of a police department?
- Should the police chief receive a reprimand for not stopping Fiegel’s actions before they reached the point they did?
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