Ethics in Law Enforcement

From CJT 120: Criminal Justice Ethics (Ruth Ann Walsh, J.D., Washtenaw Community College, Fall 2005). Homework and quizzes on ethical problems in law enforcement.

• “What is your primary value?”

• Should Dad commit suicide to provide an insurance settlement for his family, given that he has terminal cancer? Analyze the morality of his act based on utilitarianism, ethical formalism, Christianity, natural law,and the ethics of care.

• Appointed as the police chief of New Orleans in 1995, how would you have cleaned up the

  • corruption in that department?

• Assignment: As public defender, you are appointed to be the attorney for an accused murderer. The defendant is charged with the rapes and murders of five little girls. In an initial interview, the accused confesses to you his guilt and also his unremorseful pleasure at the acts. Do you take the case? Why or why not?

• Assignment: Why be ethical in a seemingly unethical world?

Read the full paper on Google Documents here.