|What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. |
|Officers responded to a domestic violence call. The couple admitted that they were having a verbal argument and assessed situation |
|and claimed that things are under control. The couple then denied service from the officers. |
|What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important |
|potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. |
|Result from the preliminary alcohol-screening reveals that the husband’s blood alcohol level is twice than the legal limit, and he |
|also failed the field sobriety test. Officers also noticed the slurring words of the husband when trying to corroborate with his |
|wife’s story given to the officers. Nervous glances were also noticed by the officers who reveal the husband’s intoxication. |
|Unfortunately, the wife was trying to cover up for her husband’s indiscipline behavior to the law. |
|Identify each claimant (key actor) who has an interest in the outcome of this ethical issue. From the perspective of the moral |
|agent—the individual contemplating an ethical course of action—what obligation is owed to the claimant? Why? |
|Claimant |Obligation (owed to the|Perspective (What does the claimant hope will happen?) |
|(key actor) |claimant) | |
|Couple (husband and|Justice according to |The wife hoping that the officers will buy or fall
