Exam 4: Becoming an Ethical Professional

An employee who reveals unethical behavior in an organization is known as a whistleblower.

Using words that downplay the seriousness of our actions is an example of________________ labeling .

Joe is in charge of an FBI field office. His office has been monitoring an organized crime family in his jurisdiction. The criminals have been unusually active lately, and there has been much criticism in the media about the FBI's inability to shut them down. Joe approves the use of GPS trackers to gather intelligence, despite having been told in the past that doing so without a warrant was a violation of suspects' rights. Joe's decision to ignore his ethical reservations is a result of the pressure he feels to obtain results. Bazerman and Tenbrunsel would refer to Joe's decision as:

According to learning theorists:

Self-efficacy, an i ndividual's feelings of competence, is developed by:

Research indicates, for instance, that when workers are busy and stressed, they are more likely to make unethical choices because, possibly, the brain processes responsible for _____________ is already overloaded with other demands.

Kohlberg's research indicates that, while there are six stages of moral development, people pass through these  stages in different orders, depending on their upbringing.

List and discuss the necessary elements that Sherman identified for teaching ethics in criminal justice.

Zak refers to oxytocin as the "moral molecule."

Summarize the advice that Souryal and Metz offer to those who desire to be good leaders. How can this advice be utilized by leaders in the criminal justice system?

In the text, the author describes an experiment in which a group of children were told a hypothetical story in which an adult punished a neutral act, such as a child practicing a musical instrument. Afterward, the children classified the act of playing a musical instrument as bad behavior. This experiment lends credence to the power of:

Which of the following was not mentioned as a consequence of recent events involving police use of force?

A person whose moral development has progressed to the point where he or she has moved beyond the norms of society to determine universal good is, according to Kohlberg, at the  ___________ level.

According to the text, training classes in ethics have more influence over the behavior of employees than the behavior of administrators and supervisors.

Research indicates that workers are more likely to make ___________ choices when they are busy and stressed .

According to Kohlberg, moral development is closely related to intellectual development.

Kohlberg's "moral stages" are ___________, meaning that each succeeding stage encompasses and is more  comprehensive and complicated than the preceding stage.

According to the "corruption continuum," organizations can become corrupt through all of the following except:

The phrase "ghost in the machine" refers to the incorrect belief that:

Albert Bandura is best-known for his theories regarding the biological factors that influence one's moral  development.