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Marooned: An Inquiry into Government Business and Ethics
Marooned An Inquiry into Government Business and Ethics Author:Frank Hawkins Is the federal government doing the peopleÂ's business as they would have you believe? Your gut says, no. But just how bad is it? Mr. F.C. Hawkins, a retired senior executive of a large cabinet-level agency, tells the story of what really goes on behind the governmentÂ's closed doors. Using a personal case study, the details of which will surpri... more »se and shock you, Mr. Hawkins gives a first person account of the ethics-challenged state of the civilian governmentÂ's management and operations. Despite the obstacles, Mr. Hawkins succeeded in bringing ethics-based principles and change to the Department of Energy, transforming the organization he managed from an inefficient, unresponsive bureaucracy to an efficient principle-driven business. Mr. Hawkins proves that applying ethics-based management to government operations can save taxpayers billions of dollars. In his Three Step Cookbook to fix what ails the civilian government, Mr. Hawkins provides solutions to what the pundits would have you believe are complex, almost insolvable problems.« less