Program/Project Management Resource List #64

Revised July 2009

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

"Always do the right thing." - "Do the Right Thing", Spike Lee

As the characters in Spike Lee's film learn, the "right thing" isn't always the first one that comes to mind, nor is it the easiest. This pathfinder is a gathering of resources on codes of ethics and on ethical practices in the professions, in corporate culture, and in public service that will help us all to see what that "right thing" could be at work. You may also find interesting material in the library's webpage on Management of Safety and Technical Risks and Corporate Culture. Note: None of the HQ library staff are attorneys.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call x0172 or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your local library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

The following policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System:

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 1900.3B: Ethics Program Management

 

NASA Policy Directive 1900.9D: Ethics Program Management

 

NASA Policy Directive 2025.1A: NASA Ombuds Program

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3771.1: Grievance System

 

NASA Policy Directive 8910.1B: Care and Use of Animals

 

NASA Procedural Requirements: 8910.1A: Care and Use of Animals

Books

Cavanagh, Thomas E., Anu Oza, and Charles J. Bennett. The Measure of Success: Evaluating Corporate Citizenship Performance. New York, NY: Conference Board, 2005.

HD60 .C38 2005 PPM-STACKS

 

Cooper, Terry L. The Responsible Administrator: An Approach to Ethics for the Administrative Role. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006.

JK468 .E7 C66 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

Federman, Daniel D., et al. (eds.). Responsible Research: A Systems Approach to Protecting Research Participants. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003.

R853 .H8 R47 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Frickel, Scott, and Kelly Moore. The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

Q175.5 .N456 BOOKSTACKS

 

Gough, Michael, ed. Politicizing Science: The Alchemy of Policymaking. Washington, DC: George C. Marshall Institute, 2003.

Q175 .5 .A42 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

Guston, David H. Between Politics and Science: Assuring the Integrity and Productivity of Research. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Q127 .U6 G87 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Guston, David H., and Daniel Sarewitz. Shaping Science and Technology Policy: The Next Generation of Research. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

Q125 .S5164 BOOKSTACKS

 

Institute of Medicine. Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments. Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2002.

Q175.35 .I65 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Menzel, Donald C. Ethics Management for Public Administrators: Building Organizations of Integrity. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2007.

JF1525 .E8 M46 2007 PPM-STACKS

 

O'Leary, Rosemary. The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2006.

HN59.2 .O32 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

Pielke, Roger A. The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Q180.55 .G6 P54 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

Pompidou, Alain. The Ethics of Space Policy. Reykjavik, Iceland: UNESCO, COMEST, 2000.

BJ60 .E84 P66 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Sarewitz, Daniel R., et al. (eds.) Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.

Q125 .P74 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Seidman, Dov. How: Why We Do Anything Means Everything -- In Business (and In Life). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007.

HF5386 .S4159 2007 PPM-STACKS

 

Sullivan, William M. Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005.

BJ1725 .S85 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Sulston, John, and Georgina Ferry. The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics, and the Human Genome. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2002.

QH445.2 .S95 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. Sub-Commission on the Ethics of Outer Space. Meeting of the COMEST Sub-Commission on "The Ethics of Outer Space": Final Report. Paris, France: UNESCO, 2000.

BJ60 .W66 2000 BOOKSTACKS

E-books

All e-books listed here are available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.

 

Bennett, Mark D., and Joan McIver Gibson. A Field Guide to Good Decisions: Values in Action. Praeger Publishers, 2006.

 

Jamrog, Jay J. The Ethical Enterprise: Doing the Right Things in The Right Ways, Today and Tomorrow: A Global Study of Business Ethics 2005-2015. American Management Association/Human Resources Institute, 2006.

 

Lee, Gus, and Diane Elliott-Lee. Courage: The Backbone of Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 2006.

 

Morris, Tom. If Harry Potter Ran General Electric: Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards. The Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006.

 

Painter-Morland, Mollie. Business Ethics as Practice: Ethics as the Everyday Business of Business. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

 

Tenbrunsel, Ann E. Ethics in Groups. Emerald Group Publishing, 2006.

 

Vallabhaneni, S. Rao. Corporate Management, Governance, and Ethics Best Practices. John Wiley and Sons, 2008.

Articles and Reports

Bekir, N., et al. "Teaching engineering ethics: a new approach", in: Frontiers in Education, Reno, NV, Oct. 10, 2001.

(20060031295: (Dec. 2006) NTRS)

 

Bowman, James S., and Claire Connolly Knox. "Ethics in Government: No Matter How Long and Dark the Night", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVIII, no. 4 (July 2008), p. 627-639.

 

Bruce, Willa Marie, and Valerie Russell (eds.). "NASA and Ethics: Training and Practice", Journal of Air Transportation World Wide, vol. 2, no. 1 (Nov. 1997), p. 22-37.

(19980010261: (Nov. 2004) NASA ASD)

This item can be ordered by interested members of the public through the Center for Aerospace Information.

 

Gadeken, Owen C. "Ethics in Program Management", Defense AR Journal, Dec.2006-March 2007, p. 107-115.

(ADA487469: (Oct. 2008) DTIC)

 

Stewart, Chanet N. An Effectiveness Analysis of the U.S. Federal Government Executive Branch Ethics Policy and Program, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June 2003.

(ADA417557: (Nov. 2003) DTIC)

 

Zoloth, Laurie. "The Ethics of Human Spaceflight", in: Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Forty Years of US Human Spaceflight Symposium, NASA/SP-2002-4107, Washington, DC, 8 May 2001.

(20060021490: (2005) NTRS)

Internet Resources

NASA Resources

 

Anderson, Lawrence. NASA Office of Inspector General. June 22, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oig/hq/Welcome.html

 

Dunbar, Brian. NASA Ethics Program. Nov. 20, 2008 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/ogc/general_law/ethics_resources_page.html

 

Other Resources

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science. Scientific Freedom, Responsibility and Law Program. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/

 

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. Jan. 29, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/

 

Center for Ethical Business Cultures. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.cebcglobal.org/

 

Council on Governmental Ethics Laws. 2008 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.cogel.org/

 

Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.dii.org/

 

Ethics and Compliance Officer Association. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.theecoa.org/

 

IGNet: Federal Inspectors General. March 5, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.ignet.gov/index.html

 

International Business Ethics Institute. 2008 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.business-ethics.org/

 

National Academy of Engineering. Online Ethics Center. 2007 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.onlineethics.org/

 

National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. July 9, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.ncees.org/

 

National Society of Professional Engineers. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.nspe.org/

 

Order of the Engineer. July 7, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.order-of-the-engineer.org/index.html

 

Professionals for the Public Interest. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://pftpi.org/

 

Society for Business Ethics. 2008 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org/

 

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. June 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.corporatecompliance.org/index.htm

 

UNESCO. Ethics of Science and Technology. 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.unesco.org/shs/est

 

U.S. Office of Government Ethics. July 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.usoge.gov/

 

U.S. Office of Special Counsel. July 6, 2009 [July 15, 2009].

http://www.osc.gov/