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Keywords: public administration, ethics, textbookAuthority and Democracy: A General Theory of Government and Management.McMahon, Christopher. NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/6017.htmlShould the democratic exercise of authority that we take for granted in the realm ofgovernment be extended to the managerial sphere? Exploring this question, ChristopherMcMahon develops a theory of government and management as two components of anintegrated system of social authority that is essentially political in nature. He thenconsiders where in this structure democratic decision making is appropriate.Keywords: public administration, ethics, democracy, textbookBureaucratic Responsibility. Burke, John P. Maryland: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press.2000.http://www.netstoreusa.com/cubooks/080/0801836549.shtmlHow much do bureaucrats know? And how much should they tell? In "BureaucraticResponsibility", John Burke moves from case study to theory to explore what is perhapsthe most basic problem confronting modern democracy: How are we to make thosebureaucracies upon which government relies both accountable and responsive?Responsibility, Burke contends, must not be primarily to the formally defined terms andobligations of a particular office, but to the institutions of American democracy and thepublic consent. "Bureaucratic Responsibility" is a provocative combination of descriptiveanalysis, political theory, and prescriptive speculation-- and makes a timely case for amore responsible bureaucracy.Keywords: public administration, ethics, responsibilities, textbookClassics of Administrative Ethics. Bruce, Willa. Colorado: Westview Press. 2001.http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?S=R&wauth=Willa+M.+Bruce&siteID=PmFI5OlCKw4-YrWUzYPmTGzx3flxudewuAThis anthology will be appropriate for administrative ethics classes and professionalthinking in public administration at both the masters and doctoral levels. It is a collectionof administrative ethics articles published in journals of the American Society for PublicAdministration (ASPA) from 1941 (the earliest publication) through 1983 (the year thatthe first ASPA Code of Ethics was established). The articles are organized by themes ofenduring importance to the field in order to provide graduate students with ready accessto the classic works on ethics in public administration. Reading this collection will360