PLS 374 - Public Service Ethics Credits: 3

Explores the historical and specific contemporary issues concerning ethics in the public sector. Ethical problems and their relationship to politics surveyed. Emphasizes ethical questions encountered by individuals who enter public service and will evaluate attempts to enforce ethical conduct among public servants by statutes and codes of conduct.

Prerequisite(s): Nine hours in political science or permission of instructor. PHL 105 and/or PHL210 recommended.