The Administrative Ethics Thought And Contemporary Enlightenment Of Terry L.Cooper

Terry.L.Cooper is a famous American expert in administrative ethics who mainly focuses his study on administrative responsibilities,citizen participation and etc.As a scholar in administrative ethics,professor Cooper has formed a relatively complete administrative ethics theory system,based on his solid knowledge gained from his study throughout all these years and predecessors' theories.Cooper's famous book The Responsible Administrator:An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role has been the most used textbook in American college classes.The core of Terry Cooper's Administrative ethics theory is responsible administration.Terry Cooper's Administrative ethics theory has acknowledged personal ethical autonomy,as well as the importance of public organizations for administration ethics,which are the two main foundations of the essence his is administrative ethics theory,a responsible management mode.The paper has focuses the study of Terry Cooper's administrative ethics theory on three aspects.The first aspect is an introduction of the historical background that had impact on Cooper's ideology formation,which has deep theoretical roots to it.Besides,it has also looked into the main content of Cooper's administrative ethics theory,the core of which is responsible administration.This part of the study has also explained what responsible administration is,the dilemma of responsible administration,and the ethical behavior of administrative organizations.Lastly,it also discussed the academic value of Cooper's theory and the revelation it has on China's administrative ethics.The revelation can be useful in ethic mechanism cstablishment,development of ethical awareness of organizational responsibility and autonomy of administrator's personal ethics.Cooper's theory has provided a profound reference for our own administrative ethics research and development both theoretically and practically.However,Terry Cooper has not found the root to the dilemma of responsible administration and his theory lacks a throughout analysis into the principles of administrative ethics.Our country's condition is different from America's,and that is also true for the two nations' administrative ethics theory.But the two nations are facing same problems as well in developing administrative ethics and also have common ground for many theoretical and practical researches.While the paper focuses on the revelations found in Cooper's theory,it also tries to find a way for our own administrative ethics research and development based on our own conditions.By doing so,we will be able to build a standard system of administrative ethics,which will in turn serve the interests of our socialist construction.