U.S.-Poland Research on Ethical Reasoning among Public Administrators in the New Local Governments in Poland: A Study of Two Provinces

美国-波兰研究项目“波兰新地方政府中公共行政人员的伦理推理：两个省的研究”。罗利州立大学的黛布拉·斯图尔特（Debra W. Stewart）和诺曼·a·斯普林塔尔（Norman A. Sprinthall）以及华沙大学的雷娜塔·西米恩斯卡（Renata Siemienska）博士将调查波兰两个省当地公共行政人员的道德决策。本研究旨在了解：1；新波兰的非民选公职人员在面临道德困境时如何行使公共行政角色固有的自由裁量权；2. 在这一群体中，与道德推理的替代模型相关的变量；3. 这些官员之间的原则推理的组织、背景、人口和态度的相关性。斯图尔特博士将与波兰的调查人员合作，对300名当地公共行政人员进行调查，并对波兰两个省各五个城镇的20名公务员进行深入访谈。随着权力越来越多地移交给地方政府，重要的是要了解新任管理者如何使用他们新获得的自由裁量权，以及他们采用的道德模式如何影响这种行为。本研究中产生的数据将导致美国和波兰政府官员的道德反应模式的比较。这个社会学项目通过使美国和东欧的顶尖专家在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的人才和汇集资源，实现了推进科学知识的计划目标。

This U.S.-Poland research project on "Ethical Reasoning Among Public Administrators in the New Local Governments in Poland: A Study of Two Provinces" between Drs. Debra W. Stewart and Norman A. Sprinthall of the State University in Raleigh and Dr. Renata Siemienska of the University of Warsaw will investigate ethical decision making among local public administrators in two provinces in Poland. The study aims to understand: 1. how non-elected public officials in the new Poland exercise discretion inherent in the public administrative role when they confront ethical dilemmas; 2. the variables associated with the exercise of alternative models of ethical reasoning among this group; 3. the organizational, contextual, demographic and attitudinal correlates of principled reasoning among these officials. Working collaboratively with investigators in Poland, Dr. Stewart will survey 300 local public administrators and conduct in-depth interviews with 20 of these civil servants in five towns within each of two provinces in Poland. As power increasingly devolves to local government, it is important to know how new managers are using their newly sanctioned discretion and how the ethical models they employ shape that action. Data generated in this study will lead to a comparison of modes of ethical response across U.S. and Polish government officials. This project in sociology fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.