Overview
Cambridge Analytica
- BRIEF INTRO: WHAT IS YOUR CASE STUDY? WHAT IS THE ETHICAL ISSUE?
- WHAT IS THE BUREAUCRACY/INSTITUTION BEING STUDIED--WHAT IS IT?
- WHERE IS THE AGENCY/OFFICE LOCATED? HOW IS IT ORGANIZED?
- WHAT IS ITS FUNCTION? WHAT IS IT RESPONSIBLE FOR? WHAT ISSUE (S) DOES IT ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS? Identify all the actors involved in the situation (individuals, organizations, personnel, etc.):
- Who was making the decision?
- Who had influence over the decision-maker and how so and/or why?
- Who did the decision effect?
- WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC ETHICAL ISSUE/PROBLEM ( IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF POLICY ) THAT YOUR GROUP IS EXAMINING? --What is the ethical dilemma? How has this issue been framed by government, media, groups, etc.?---Make sure to fully described the situation the public administrator is facing
- WHICH EXISTING THEORIES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ETHICS APPLY OR BEST EXPLAINS THE ETHICAL DILEMMA?WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, OR THE CRISES? WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE TO AVOID FUTURE ETHICAL ISSUES?
- Apply the ethical theories discussed in class
- Described how a decision would possibly be made in accordance with each specific normative theory with an in-depth analysis
- Described what an ethical decision should look like
- DISCUSS THE ASPA'S CODE OF ETHICS
- is the decision is in accordance with the ASPA Code of Ethics?
- how did the decision fit in and complies with the 8 principles of the ASPA Code. ?
RECAP: SOME HELPFUL TIPS--IN YOUR CASE STUDY SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY:
- THE CONTEXT OF THE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT (ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, ETC.). WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED THE BEHAVIOR OF GOVERNMENT OR AGENCY YOU ARE EXAMINING?
- THE ROLE OF FEDERALISM (FEDERAL/STATE RELATIONS) AND OR .THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS; POLITICAL PARTIES, LEADERS OR INSTITUTIONS (STATE, FEDERAL, SUPREME COURT) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS/IN INFLUENCING ITS FUNCTION.
- THE ROLE OF INFORMAL POLICY ACTORS IN CREATING THE ETHICAL ISSUE--INTEREST GROUPS, MEDIA, Public Opinion, ETC. IN INFLUENCING THE EFFICACY OF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. IS THERE "AGENCY CAPTURE"?
- THE IMPACT OF THE AGENCY/OFFICE AND EXTERNAL/INTERNAL INFLUENCES ON POLICY AND POLICY OUTCOMES (GOOD, BAD?) WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN YOUR CASE STUDY? WHO WAS REPSONSIBLE?
- THE RESPONSE, OR REFORMS/RESTRUCTURING AS A RESULT (e.g., restructuring of the intelligence agencies as a result of 9/11 or changes to lending as a result of the housing crises of 2008)