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Resources & Learning October 13, 2011

The Lucifer Effect III — Debriefing and Other Ways to Deal with Situational Forces

This third blog post on Philip Zimbardo's book The Lucifer Effect looks at some ways to deal with situational forces.

Recognizing Our Limitations
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Resources & Learning October 12, 2011

The Lucifer Effect II — Situational Forces

This second blog post on Philip Zimbardo's book The Lucifer Effect applies the situational approach to government ethics programs, and looks at the situational forces at play with respect to ethical misconduct.

The Situational Approach
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Resources & Learning October 12, 2011

The Lucifer Effect I — A Situational Approach to Local Government Ethics

A year and a half ago, I wrote a blog post about a 2007 book by Philip Zimbardo, entitled The Lucifer Effect.
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Resources & Learning August 23, 2011

Habits of the Heart III: The Obligations of Professionals in Local Government (Summer Reading)


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Resources & Learning August 23, 2011

Habits of the Heart II: Civic Membership and the Common Good (Summer Reading)

Trust in government is a requirement for participation in government, what the authors of Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life refer to as "civic membership." This is strongest at the local level, where we are most likely to get involved in person rather than through phone calls, petitions, contributions, and voting.
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Resources & Learning May 26, 2011

Giving Voice to Values II

This is the second half of my look at Mary C. Gentile's 2010 book, Giving Voice to Values.

Naming and Framing
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Resources & Learning May 25, 2011

Giving Voice to Values I

The failure to deal responsibly with conflicts of interest has many causes, but the principal cause is the silence of those who are not directly responsible. I've written several times about some of the reasons for this silence:  fear, justifications, lack of moral courage, and a lack of a feeling of professional obligation.
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Resources & Learning May 12, 2011

The Jersey Sting

Two months ago, a book was published called The Jersey Sting, by two Star-Ledger reporters, Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin.
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Resources & Learning April 11, 2011

Blind Spots VIII — How to Handle Our Blind Spots

Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel, the authors of the new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press), present several ways of dealing with the many problems they raise in their book.
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Resources & Learning April 10, 2011

Blind Spots VII — Indirect Blindness and Moral Compensation

I've noted on several occasions that indirect conflicts are among the most problematic areas in government ethics. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It, a new book by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton University Press), looks into some of the psychological aspects of the indirectness problem.
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