Ethical Scrapbook Part II Students Name CJA/324 Ethics in Criminal Justice Date Instructor Ethical Scrapbook Part II Ethics are a part of nearly everything that we as a society do. Whether we are late for work or even filing your federal taxes, an ethical decision is being made. Life is about choices, morals, and principles. In the field of criminal justice, ethics can be applied as well. Just as police are sworn to serve and protect by oath for the principles by which they are governed
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Unit 1 Case Study Kelli D. Martin Columbia Southern University Characterize the four I’s. a. Issues: Obesity 64% of American adults are overweight or obese (Baron, p20). Economists took into consideration several factors: calorie intake, BMI, and work activities. These factors contribute to the failure to provide nutritional information about menu items (McDonald’s has recently added nutritional information on each item on the menu). The news
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There are many things that happen that would be considered morally and ethically incorrect I truly believe that in this case I wouldn’t consider it either. The employee who signed a contract to work for one newspaper did give notice of her intent to switch to the other paper. So by being up front about her intentions, she displayed good character along with moral and ethical judgment. There is nothing wrong with wanting better it’s all about how you go about it. I would think that people who were
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person with greater good. The decision should not affect just one person, or a small group, but each client. At a sleepover party, a rule of not playing with fire should not be set for just one child. The rule should be set for every child in the house because fire is harmful. Every child will benefit from the rule. Distributive justice is the assistance that every human has an equal chance. It provides an ability to help make sure every person has goods equal to others, for the greater good. The
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bottom line. It is the reason someone starts a company, the reason employees crawl out of bed each morning, and the reason why sometimes ethical values are bent or broken. On the small scale, such as a local grocery, ethics of the owners and employees can be easily maintained because the area they are operating in shares the same values. This, however, is not the case with global businesses. Instead of a local community for profits large businesses rely on the global market, thus exposing and challenging
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for Personal Compensation Plan Daniel and Thomas (2006) states that if CEOs’ potential total compensation is more closely related to the price of stock and option holdings, the firms are more inclined to manipulate reported earnings. In the WorldCom case, in 2002, the CEO, Ebbers personally held 27 million shares of the company; he even borrowed some money to buy WorldCom’s shares (The Wall Street Journal, 2002). Hence, Ebbers had high
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References Pg 14 Introduction The Parable of the Sadhu, by former Morgan Stanley executive, Bowen McCoy, is a narrative illustrating the differences between individual and group ethical values and the need for today’s business managers to have a plan to help guide their team through ethical problems that may suddenly arise. This paper will examine McCoy’s story to see how the actions of the group players relate to teleological, deontological, and virtue ethic theories, as described
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1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the laws restricting abortions thanks to the Roe vs. Wade case. Now, forty years later, the dispute between supporters (pro-choice) and opposers (pro-life) of legalized abortions is at its peak. Being a member of the pro-choice movement has led me to question why my opposing American Citizens call themselves “pro-lifers” instead of “anti-abortionists”. The ethical issue of the abortion controversy has spiked many questions involving pro-lifer’s opinions on “supporting
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Joe Paterno. Even so, he faced an ethical issue that will haunt his legacy. A man named Jerry Sandusky coached under Joe Paterno. Police accused Jerry Sandusky of sexually molesting and arrested him for doing this. Another coach who witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually molesting a boy told Joe Paterno. After Joe Paterno gained knowledge of the situation, he informed his athletic director. Both he and his athletic director did not call the police. The ethical issue for Joe Paterno was covering
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Private Prison Corporation of America, I will conduct a stakeholder analysis to determine whether PPA should do it, and my analysis bases on the frameworks Managing for Stakeholders by Freeman, The social Responsibility of Business by Milton Friedman, Ethical Reasoning by Sucher, Five Traditionnal Theories of Moral Reasoning by Werhane, and How to make value count by Joel E. Urbany. The stakeholders of Private Prison Corporation are board of director, corrections officers, offenders, probation and
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