A comparative study of government and non-government ethics programs, practices, and policies.

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.

Department dc:contributor.department

Administrative Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1992

Author dc:creator

• McKee, Laurie A.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Matsushima, Rodney

Statement dc: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.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/23571

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/23571