The Ethics of Dissent

Rosemary O′Leary is the Director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Kansas (KU), one of the highest ranked programs in local government management in the world.  She is also the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor at KU. Previously she was on the faculty of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (Phanstiel Chair) and at Indiana University-Bloomington (Professor).  She was the creator and coordinator of the Minnowbrook III conferences that assessed the future of public administration around the world.  O′Leary is the author or editor of 12 books and more than 130 articles and book chapters on public management. She is the winner of 16 national research awards, including 7 senior scholar awards.  She is also the winner of 10 teaching awards.  She is the only person to win 3 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration awards for Best Dissertation, Excellence in Teaching, and Distinguished Research.  An experienced university leader, O’Leary is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration. She was a senior Fulbright scholar in Malaysia and in the Philippines. She was also an Ian Axford Public Policy Scholar in New Zealand. O’Leary was a member of the NASA’s Return to Flight Task Group assembled in response to the Columbia space shuttle accident where she was awarded the NASA Public Service Medal for her efforts.  O’Leary was President of the Public Management Research Association from 2017 to 2019.

"At a time of moral and political challenge, this updated classic masterfully examines the existential reality of the lives of public service. Rosemary O’Leary’s elegant and thoughtful prose presents balanced and thorough assessments of six major and myriad shorter cases of officials seeking to work through moral and legal obligations in very difficult circumstances. The book opens a gateway into honest and deep reflection on the multiple obligations committed public officials daily face. The open-ended and multifaceted cases invite hard thought and teaching around the obligations of office and individual integrity; the new cases involving Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning’s leaking of government document troves are exemplars of how to present open cases that generate profound deliberation."

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorPRELUDEChapter 1 • Guerrilla What?Bureaucratic PoliticsOrganizations and ManagementEthicsLooking AheadFIRST INTERLUDE: ROGUE TWITTER ACCOUNTS USED AS TOOLS OF DISSENT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONExamples of Rogue Twitter AccountsExamples of Dissenting TweetsChapter 2 • Guerrilla Government and the Nevada WetlandsMaking the Deserts BloomAttack from the OutsideMarketing Their CauseNational Wetlands PolicyA Crisis EmergesLobbying StrategyFund-RaisingEmbarrassing the GovernmentNetwork ManagementRisk TakingScientific KnowledgeDownsideEpilogueSECOND INTERLUDE: MORE STORIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENTGuerrilla Government in the Medical FieldPreventing Guerrilla Government in a National Health Insurance OrganizationGuerrilla Government in Radar SupportGuerrilla Government in Regulation PromulgationChapter 3 • Guerrilla Government in the EPA’s Seattle Regional OfficeJohn Spencer and the Reign of Terror, 1981–1983Ernesta Barnes, 1983–1986: Guerrilla Activity WanesRobie Russell, 1986–1990: Guerrilla Government Is Triggered AgainEpilogueTHIRD INTERLUDE: CASE STUDIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENTGuerrilla Government in County PlanningGuerrilla Government in the Legal Services OrganizationGuerrilla Government in Job CorpsGuerrilla Government in the Department of LaborChapter 4 • A Government Guerrilla Sues His Own Agency: Off-Road Vehicles in the Hoosier National ForestFerguson Decides to Sue the Forest ServiceWill Ferguson Be Transferred?The ORV Court Case ContinuesEpilogueFOURTH INTERLUDE: MORE STORIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENTGuerrilla Government in the U.S. Central Intelligence AgencyGuerrilla Government in the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesGuerrilla Government in the Quest to Protect Schoolchildren from Pests and PesticidesGuerrilla Government in the U.S. ArmyGuerrilla Government in a State Department of TransportationMore Guerrilla Government at the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChapter 5 • WikiLeaks and Guerrilla Government: The Case of Private ManningManning E-Mails Another HackerReactions VaryImpact of Leaked InformationCharges Are Filed; Manning Pleads Guilty to Ten CountsEpilogueFIFTH INTERLUDE: THE “DISSENT CHANNEL”Excerpts from U.S. Department of State’s Dissent Channel PolicyChapter 6 • Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency: The World’s Largest Security BreachNSA Ramps Up SurveillanceSnowden Leaks 1.7 Million FilesReactions to Leaked InformationEpilogueSIXTH INTERLUDE: RESIGNATION AS DISSENTMary A. Wright’s Letter of DissentChapter 7 • Managing Guerrilla Government: Ethical Crusaders or Insubordinate Renegades?Harsh Realities of Guerrilla GovernmentAdvice from the ProsConclusionPOSTLUDE: ARE THERE LESSONS?In GeneralChapter 2: Guerrilla Government and the Nevada WetlandsChapter 3: Guerrilla Government in the EPA’s Seattle Regional OfficeChapter 4: A Government Guerrilla Sues His Own AgencyChapter 5: WikiLeaks and Guerrilla Government: The Case of Private ManningChapter 6: Edward Snowden and the NSA— The World’s Largest Security BreachReferencesIndex