Ethics in Congress
from individual to institutional corruption
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Author
Publication
1995 - Brookings Institutions, Washington, DC, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100815784244
- ISBN-100815784236
- ISBN-139780815784241
- ISBN-139780815784234
- Goodreads4783979', '1768437
Classifications
- DDC364.1/323/0973
- LCCJK1140 .T48 1995
- LCCJK1140.T48 1995
Description
In this book, Dennis Thompson argues that the growing demand for accountability in an increasingly complicated political environment has rendered traditional codes of conduct inadequate. Shifting the focus from individual corruption to institutional corruption, the author shows how the institution itself is posing new ethical challenges and how the complexity of the environment in which members work creates new occasions for corruption and invites more calls for accountability. Thompson moves the discussion beyond bribery, extortion, and personal gain to the world of implicit understandings, ambiguous favors, and political advantage. He examines several major ethics cases of recent years, including the cases of David Durenberger, the Keating Five, and former House Speaker James Wright.
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