A comparative study of government and non-government ethics programs, practices, and policies.
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Authors
McKee, Laurie A.
Subjects
ethics sentencing guidelines
primary areas of concern
government contractors
non-government contractors
defense industry initiatives
primary areas of concern
government contractors
non-government contractors
defense industry initiatives
Advisors
Matsushima, Rodney
Date of Issue
1992-06
Date
June 1992
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis studied the ethics programs, practices, and
policies of both Government and non-Government contractors.
The environment in which these programs, practices, and
policies have been developed is presented. Academic attitudes
are provided regarding the necessity for and effectiveness of
ethics legislation directed toward Government contractors.
The objective of this study was to identify both
similarities and differences between Government and non-
Government contractor ethics programs, practices, and
policies, and to determine whether or not unique legislation
directed toward Government contractors makes a difference in
the content of ethics policy documents. A survey was
developed and used for ranking and analysis of primary areas
of ethical interest to contractors.
The thesis concludes that the ethics policies of
Government and non-Government contractors are almost
identical. While rankings of the relative importance of
individual ethical concerns varies, the overall content of all
programs is the same. Further, academicians are in
disagreement as to the need for unique ethics standards and
legislation for Government contractors as opposed to non-
Government contractors. The thesis provides alternatives to
efforts to legislate the content of contractors' ethics
programs.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
172 p.;28 cm.
Citation
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Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.