Public budgeting ethics essay

Public budgeting ethics essay

Paper instructions:
You need (1) to review the Government Finance Officers Association’s Code of Professional Ethics (GFOA Code)” FILE IS ATTACHED” , and (2) to select and to read ONE article on budgeting ethics. (Attached three articles, choose only ONE of them)

Alexander, J. (1999). A new ethics of the budgetary process. Administration & Society,
31(4), 542-565.

Franklin, A. L., & Raadschelders, J. C. N. (2003). Ethics in local government budgeting: Is
there a gap between theory and practice? Public Administration Quarterly, 27(3/4): 456-490.

Kolthoff, E., Huberts, L., & Van Den Heuvel, H. (2007). The ethics of new public
management: Is integrity at stake? Public Administration Quarterly, 30(4): 399 439.

After studying the GFOA Code and reading your selected article , compose an essay that addresses the following:

• Describe and discuss the conceptions of budgeting ethics from your article. What was your article about?

• Relate your article to one or more of the six sections of the GFOA’s Code of Professional Ethics (i.e., personal standards, responsibility as public officials, professional development, professional integrity-information, professional integrity-relationships, and conflict of interest). How does the article support, oppose, or contrast with the provisions of the GFOA Code?

• In the context of public budgeting and finance, how does the article assist or hinder you in comprehending the role of ethics in public budgeting and finance? What difference does the article make? Additionally, specifically relate how the article relates to a jurisdiction with which you are familiar.

Please identify which article you chose to discuss at the beginning of your essay.

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