Public utility management ethics

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Chapter 17 in Public Utilities, Second Edition, 2016, pp 342-358 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Ethical problems in public and private organizations run the gamut from sexual harassment to misappropriation or outright embezzlement of millions and billions of dollars. Ethics breakdowns are loudly pointed out by the press as examples of the poor quality of public servants in general. Examples include newspaper stories of the alleged sale of presidential pardons and diplomatic passports, charges that a town mayor and nine others misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money; and the conviction of a mayor on charges of laundering drug money and accepting bribes from racketeers. Public utilities and other businesses that serve the utility industry are not immune to allegations of ethical misconduct, as the example of arrests of energy company managers as a result of misconduct in the California energy crisis demonstrates.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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