PPOL 643. Ethical Dimensions of Policymaking .
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PPOL 643
Ethical Dimensions of Policymaking
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Credits: 2
Offered by: School of Public Policy (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Extralegal ethical issues inherent to setting and administering policy: the types of conflicts of interest that policymakers encounter, moral principles policymakers
adopt to govern their own behaviour, the importance of the power of administrative discretion and its impact on the implementation of policy, how power should be exercised, and what constitutes an abuse of this power.
- Restriction: Only open to students in the Master of Public Policy; Non-Thesis program.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
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