Exam 4: Ethical Essentials: Doing Right When No One Is Watching

Discussions of ethics among police officers include the concern that police culture often places greater emphasis on loyalty over integrity.

A community accepts a police officer lying under oath to ensure the conviction of a suspect that they almost universally agree is the murderer in a homicide case.Which type of ethics does this exemplify?

Which ethical test asks about the long-term likely result?

Identify the three critical factors that have affected policing.

What are the two arguments against police accepting gratuities?

A colleague of yours destroys evidence of drug paraphernalia at the scene of a crime.However, under oath, the same colleague produces similar drug paraphernalia and claims it was what he found at the scene of the crime.Which area of criminal justice does would one likely encounter this ethical scenario?

The U.S.Supreme Court case of Miller v.Pate (1967) addressed what ethical issue?

Explain how the provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 apply to federal employees.

When an officer opts against reporting another officer's unethical or illegal conduct, he or she has perpetuated the ______.

Carla is a corrections officer at a local prison.During her shift, she gets into a dispute with another corrections officer over sanctions they implemented with a few inmates.During the argument, Carla says, "I see why the inmates did it.I would have done the same thing if I was in their shows, so I don't think they should be punished." Which of the following corrections norms has Carla broken?

Why are hypothetical situations that gauge ethics important during oral job interviews?

What is meant by the "slippery slope" of relative ethics?

Which of the following would be an example of the utilitarian approach?

Which of the following describes the receipt of some benefit either, for free or for a reduced price?

Officers in a rural community fulfill their professional responsibilities with a belief system that places personal morality above the law and become legislators of the law.They are engaging in which of the following practices?

Provide an example of the principle of double effect.

A judge who is related to a part or attorney in a case they have been assigned must do which of the following?

Which type of ethics is complicated and can have a multitude of sides?

Explain the difference between absolute ethics and relative ethics.Explain why relative ethics can pose a problem for police agencies.

What are deontological ethics?