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Feb 16, 2025
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PSC 403J - Political Ethics and Political Corruptions (3 units)
Nature of morals and ethics and their role in government and policy, especially in the American republic. (General Capstone course.) (Formerly PSC 422/622; implemented Fall 2004.)
Prerequisite(s): CH 201 or CH 202 or CH 203 ; ENG 102 ; junior or senior standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
General Capstone Course
Offered Every Fall and Spring
Student Learning Outcomes (if available):
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to discuss the various definitions of ethics and corruption and how and why those definitions vary across time and context; show insight (from previous coursework) or new knowledge in identifying the gaps in the previous literature with the definition of ethics and corruption.
2. Students will be able to articulate ethical principles through critical, written analysis and synthesis of corruption both in theoretical terms but also in practice. Students will articulate what makes a particular action ethical based upon the theoretical definition and their own ethical values. In addition, students will be able to synthesize and integrate modern day examples into theoretical constructs of ethics.
3. Students will be able to identify the multiple ethical interests at stake in the different regions of the world. This including discussing how corruption manifests itself in a variety of regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the U.S.; explain the different causes and consequences of corruption in these areas of the world by applying observational and experimental approaches.
4. Students will be able to analyze the issues that confront scholarly attempts to measure corruption; discuss why measurement is so critical and how our measures end up structuring the way we view the problem.
5. Students will be able to evaluate anticorruption reforms; discuss how such reforms are possible but why they are so difficult to achieve.
6. Students will be able to propose and critique government reforms and discuss how they change behavior by altering the incentives and disincentives for various types of corrupt behavior.
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