During the video welcoming you to Week 5, the instructor made the argument that there is no such thing as ‘ethical’ decision-making.  What is this argument and why is it important?

How do the discussions of Self-Serving Bias and the Slippery Slope from Week 5 help to explain why a friend behaving in a manner that is not clearly right according to your standards can shift your own boundary of clearly right behavior?

When a regulatory agency charges a person or business suspected of violating a particular rule or regulation and holds a hearing on the matter, it engages in

Many Americans use the term “bureaucracy” when referring to government actions they do not like, but use “administration”when referring to government actions they do like. Even so, bureaucracy is often essential to good governance because

A governmental agency set up by Congress to exist outside of a cabinet department is called

Some bureaucracies are intended to promote, serve, or represent a particular interest. What is the term used to describe this type of department or bureau?

In 2017, Congress passed the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act, a law imposing economic sanctions on Iran, North Korea, and Russia. President Trump signed the bill into law, even while calling it seriously flawed and releasing a press statement in which he chided Congress for limiting White House flexibility in foreign policy. As time went on, some senators—mostly Democrats, but also the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona–complained to the White House about delays by the State and Treasury departments in enforcing sanctions against Russia. Top Democrats later called for a multi-agency investigation. The senators’ actions could have been seen an attempt to limit ___________, a problem typical of principle-agent relationships in governance, in an after-the-fact fashion.

Which group helps set monetary policy for the United States by making changes to the interest rate and the money supply?

In 2002, Congress created this internal security agency in order to coordinate the nation’s defense against the threat of terrorism.

In 2022, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) was seeking public comment on proposals for the regulation and standards for electric vehicle charging station projects developed under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed earlier in the same year.Why would an agency be setting rules and standards for electric vehicle charging stations, rather than Congress, which passed the law?