Marooned : An Inquiry into Government Business and Ethics

Is the federal government doing the people'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 government's closed doors. Using a personal case study, the details of which will surprise and shock you, Mr. Hawkins gives a first person account of the ethics-challenged state of the civilian government'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.