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Review the case study in the text, "Guerrilla Government in EPA's Seattle Regional Office.

The paper should include the following:

1. A description of the ethical issue you identified in the "Guerrilla Government in EPA's Seattle Regional Office" case study
2. A description of the issues the political appointees faced in this case and an explanation of federal ethics law violations
3. An explanation of why you think the career employees were motivated to use guerrilla tactics as a solution despite the risks to their careers (e.g., competing obligations) and whether their choice of guerrilla action was ethical
4. An explanation of how these actions affected the organization and public policy
5. A description of the actions leaders within the EPA might have taken to manage guerrilla government and an explanation of how those actions might have changed the outcome of the situation
6. An evaluation of  the potential lessons for public administrators and the importance of these lessons

References:

'Leary, R. (2014). The ethics of dissent: Managing guerrilla government (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press.

Chapter 3, "Guerrilla Government in EPA's Seattle Regional Office"

"Second Interlude: More Stories of Guerrilla Government"

Chapter 6, "Managing Guerrilla Government: Ethical Crusaders or Insubordinate Renegades

Word Limit: 675