Public Administration and Professional Virtue

EVALUATION OF A VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Evaluation of a Virtual Learning Environment for the Professional Training in Public Administration

In this paper, we describe a framework for the evaluation of a virtual learning environment in the Public Administration context. We explain the question of elearning education of the Italian Public Administration employees and we analyze the characteristics of these learners. These adults do not belong to the Internet Generation but they have to use the new educational tools, with the problems...

Professional arrogance and public misunderstanding.

Any assessment of the impact of required request legislation on organ and tissue procurement must begin by defining required request laws. Of the forty-one states that have passed such laws during the past three years, approximately, half have enacted strong required request policies. These states have mandated that hospital administrators be responsible for insuring that next-of-kin or legal g...

The Constitution and Public Virtue: Silence by Design

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Talking Virtue: professionalism and virtue ethics

The twentieth century phenomenon of professionalism had a major impact on the economy of nation states and has been recognised as a key element of post-industrial societies. As an anointed class, professionals reserved the right to prescribe their own roles and responsibilities. Critics of professional interests, however, have described professionals’ own definition of their roles and responsib...

Law Enforcement and Public Administration