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.