Deck 5: The Ambivalent Reality: Major Unethical Themes in Criminal Justice Management

Question 1

The text suggests that institutional culture:

A) can be changed by management
B) cannot be changed by management
C) is impervious to management
D) none of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When the text discusses the subject of the harvest of shame in criminal justice, it focuses on:

A) uncivilized management practices in the workplace
B) unfair practices by lawyers
C) dirty tricks by police
D) horrible crimes by bad criminals

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the diagram of professionalism of criminal justice agencies, it was shown that if a criminal justice agency is ignorant of the principles of ethics yet acts in good faith, it would be:

A) professional
B) unprofessional
C) naïve
D) corrupt

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The concept of new professionalism is specifically associated with two virtues-integrated thinking and:

A) rationalism
B) moral agility
C) ethics
D) civility

Question 5

Criminological literature indicates that _______________ exists between the propensity to commit crime and the social perceptions of justice and injustice.

A) no relationship
B) a positive relationship
C) a negative relationship
D) none of the above

Question 6

The concept of true professionalism focuses on:

A) "being good"
B) fulfilling the promises one makes
C) devotion to ethical principles
D) all of the above

Question 7

Which of the following statements is consistent with principle-based management?

A) Management is the creation of workers
B) Institutional culture can be changed by management
C) Management is management is management
D) Power is the super-ethic

Question 8

The basic tools of principle-based management include:

A) knowledge & reasoning
B) decency
C) good faith
D) all of the above

Question 9

The President's Task Force on 21^st Century Policing stated that contemporary policing must include:

A) concern for procedural justice
B) community policing
C) concern for citizens of all races
D) all of the above

Question 10

A substantial amount of crime is directly or indirectly related to the presence of all of the following EXCEPT:

A) social injustices
B) political injustices
C) economic injustices
D) physiological injustices

Question 11

Criminal justice practitioners must be intellectually alert and _____________ judicious to be able to distinguish between the ends of justice and means of justice.

A) criminally
B) civilly
C) morally
D) socially

Question 12

Per the text, the fundamental purpose of management is to:

A) stimulate workers' productivity
B) rule by fear and intimidation
C) provide absolute loyalty to subordinates
D) none of the above

Question 13

All of the following are characteristic of uncivilized management (a harvest of shame) except:

A) managers who reward their friends
B) giving orders rather than guiding workers
C) a collegial and consultative management style
D) emphasis on loyalty to managers over loyalty to the agency mission

Question 14

Principle-based management is a philosophy of management that is characterized by which of the following?

A) vision
B) enlightened reason
C) moral responsibility
D) all of the above

Question 15

A talent for distinguishing between the fine shades of moral choice best explains which of the following concepts?

A) moral agility
B) institutional integrity
C) managerial morality
D) subordinate integrity

Question 16

Managers have been described as "Rushmorean" for possessing all of the following traits EXCEPT:

A) authenticity
B) integrity
C) vision
D) egoism

Question 17

Agencies that have been described as Rushmorean are said to foster officer pursuit of which of the following concepts EXCEPT?

A) duty
B) cost effectiveness
C) self-control
D) democracy

Question 18

In what way did Coleen Rowley embody the Rushmorean model?

A) she exhibited moral character by choosing not to stay silent
B) she exhibited enormous leadership talent and stood alone against a giant organization
C) she engaged in insubordination through not consulting superiors
D) both a and b

Question 19

What, in recent years, has influenced and modified instances of practices that border on corruption in policing and probation.

A) the War on Drugs
B) the profit motive
C) the proliferation of technology
D) increasing bureaucratization

Question 20

An ethical reasoner should consider which of the following in regard to policing?

A) one should sincerely empathize with officers' plight
B) one should examine the truth of claims to danger, as policing may not be the most dangerous occupation like once thought
C) one should question the mind and heart of steel mentality
D) all of the above

Question 21

In a broader sense, all crimes are violations of an assumed order of justice.

Question 22

The criminal justice system assumes that violence can be overcome with violence.

Question 23

Enlightened managers view their task as simply one of controlling employees and emphasizing the use of power.

Question 24

With procedural justice training, officers can practice more procedural justice and be less likely to resort to arrests or the use of force.

Question 25

An organization that stifles creativity, destroys morale, and penalizes initiative is said to produce a harvest of shame.

Question 26

Principle-based management is used to characterize criminal justice agencies that are efficient at managing their finances.

Question 27

Rushmorean can only be used to describe individuals who have been elected to office, like a sheriff.

Question 28

Moral agility is based on the use of reasoning and deductive logic and, more generally, is a talent for the use of wisdom in decision-making.

Question 29

Institutional integrity is largely a function of three factors: the agency's cultural knowledge of ethical principles, propensity to act in good faith, and is a reflection of how well personnel are compensated.

Question 30

To answer the question of how much corruption can be tolerated, the book answers that if less than 2% of the officers are corrupt, that is acceptable.

Question 31

The book discusses viewpoints from current criminal justice agency managers, with overall themes of cynicism and the desire to pursue their own agenda surfacing as common managerial styles. Along with this, some reasoning-like justice is in the eye of the beholder-was provided. Address some additional reasons provided by the book, and then expand upon why feelings like cynicism may be present among agency managers. Might negative interactions with the public prompt this cynicism? How might a cynical attitude from a manager impact subordinates who are on the road? Finally, what themes emerge in agencies with unenlightened managers?

Question 32

Discuss the advantages and challenges of principle-based management. Why might it be beneficial for establishing and maintaining quality relationships with the public?

Question 33

Address the need for institutional integrity within criminal justice agencies. In doing this, address the four mechanisms through which ethical principles develop, as well as what factors influence an agency's propensity to act in good faith. Finally, discuss in some detail the benefits/drawbacks of the four types of agencies that can emerge given the varying degrees of institutional integrity that are possible.

Question 34

Towards the end of the chapter, two questions were presented to the reader: how much corruption exists in the current criminal justice system? And how much can be tolerated? Answer these two questions given what you have read in the chapter (e.g., cynical attitudes from criminal justice managers, Rushmorean individuals like Coleen Crowley, etc.). Second, address how the book answers both questions, and be sure to include some discussion on the impact of the profit motive present in the American criminal justice system (e.g., civil asset forfeiture).