Political Science 2246E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Edward Snowden, Public Sector Ethics, Protectionism
6 Dec 2015
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The problem of attainment: what the public"s interest is may be subjective, normative may not arrive at a consensus of public interest. Public interest may go back to rawls" notion of the public good: certain general conditions that are in an appropriate sense equally to everyone"s advantages. Regulation is justified on the grounds that it is in the public interest. 3 regulation situations: monopolies abusing consumers because of lack of competition, protectionism, deregulation canada removing bureaucratic expenses and red tape to help competitiveness of businesses. Can bring danger 2008 economic crisis and deregulation of banks/mortgages in usa. Core values: ethical, democratic, people, accountability. Conflict of interest: i. e. edward snowden public servants should remain anonymous and out of the public spotlight, snowden did not, i. e. administrators in hospital hacked into medical records of george. Clooney for personal benefit: conflict of interest will arise when a material benefit can be gained by being a party to some activity regarding the job.
