Exam 9: Misguided Loyalties: to Whom, to What, at What Price

Under the duty-based thesis, the textbook indicates that one way to maximize professional accountability is to ensure that the relationship between practitioners and superiors is characterized by maturity, not subservience.

Instead of personal loyalty to superiors, the text suggests the obligation of:

Which of the following is a noncontractible obligation?

The obligation of workers to do the best they can in the service of their publics is called:

Compare and contrast the arguments for and against loyalty to superiors. Address the pros and cons for both viewpoints.

Which of the following are examples of the paradoxical nature of personal loyalty to superiors?

Loyalty to the U.S. Constitution, to the laws of the land, and to organizational rules and regulations is formalistic.

Among the most anxiety inducing areas in criminal justice organizations are issues related to workers' loyalty or disloyalty to whom, and at what price.

Among others, loyalty was defined in the book as a "thoroughgoing devotion of a person to a cause."

In criminal justice management, what term has been identified as workers' obligation to do what it takes to protect their organization without exposing themselves to criticism?

Which term does the book use to describe "bubble practitioners," or those who are neither loyal nor disloyal?

The term for a worker to perform above and beyond the call of duty (for example, staying longer to finish a task) is:

Institutional loyalty is the most virtuous level of loyalties.

The primary-secondary paradigm refers to a practitioner's primary loyalty being to public service, while all others must come second.