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Why Ethics Codes Succeed or Fail
Does your organization have a code of ethics? Is it effective? How do
you know? It is widely believed that ethics codes are desirable, even
necessary from a professional perspective.…
Good to Know…Week of June 27, 2011
TECH
Ongoing Storm of Cyberattacks is Preventable, Experts Say
The CIA has become a member of a less-than-exclusive club of
high-profile targets hit by online attacks,…
GMU Centers on the Public Service: Connecting Theory and Practice
Paul Posner
The
fields of public administration and political science were founded by
“pracademics” such as Woodrow Wilson who aspired to achieve the
integration of teaching and research…
Big Think Books, Part Two: Cities and Destiny
Bill Barnes
Aerotropolis spins out the
consequences of that prophecy. Urban areas will re-orient—and new cities
are even now being built—around airports because air travel is the
latest…
Good to Know…Week of June 20, 2011
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Social Networking Sites and Our Lives
Close to half of all adults now use social networking sites (SNS)—
double the number of users in 2008—and…
Florida ASPA Conference Focuses on Improving Government Accountability
Tampa, FL—The 2011 Florida
ASPA Conference was held in Tampa at the University of South Florida on
May 13th, 2011. The conference was hosted by the University of…
Big Think Books See Big Roles for Cities in Big Global Changes, Part 1
Bill Barnes
“There is no Frigate like a Book to take us Lands away.”–Emily Dickinson
A flotilla of Big Think Books (BTBs) about cities has heaved into…
Good to Know…Week of June 13, 2011
EDUCATION
Colleges Now Offering Education in Disaster
Carlene Pinto watched from her middle-school classroom in Brooklyn as
the plane pierced the second tower; then she trudged…
Central Illinois ASPA Chapter Celebrates Public Service Recognition Week
Springfield, IL–On Monday, May 2, 2011 the Central Illinois Chapter of ASPA (CIASPA)
celebrated Public Service Recognition Week and the reinvigoration of
their chapter with a…
Take the Next Step
Erik Bergrud
Although it is oh-so tempting, I will not offer you a refrain of
President Kennedy’s famous “ask not what your country can do for you”
quote…
Why Do We Chose Silence Against Atrocities by our Friends?
Alexander Dawoody
“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.”
This simple, yet profound, sentence says a lot about choices in…
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