Ethical Behavior and Core Values Flashcards
Government vehicles are used for official purpose only
Anyone who violates shall be “suspended with out pay” for a MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS
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MISUSE OF A GOVERNMENT VEHICLE
Official time and government equipment is used for personal business
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MISUE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, INCLUDING COMPUTERS
1998 Travel and Transportation Reform Act - use issued GTC for travel expenses instead of personal credit cards
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MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT ISSUED TRAVEL CHARGE CARDS
An employee may not use his office for his own private gain or for the gain of family or friends
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MISUSE OF AUTHORITY/POSITION
Number one reason officers and agents are decertified
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FALSE STATEMENT/REPORTS
Have a duty to report, waste, fraud, and abuse
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WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
Is an employee or former employee of an organization who attempts to disclose illegal or unethical activities, expected to report directly, through channels, to Office of Inspector General or Internal Affairs Officer
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WHISTLEBLOWER
Toolset, Skillset, Mindset, Heartset
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THE PATH OF MASTERY
An essential ingredient for the path to mastery is having the right tools. Serve as enablers for headset, mindset, and skillset. Meaningless without the proper skillset.
Toolset, Skillset, Mindset, Heartset
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TOOLSET
Turning new learning into positive, productive habits. Always trumps toolset.
Toolset, Skillset, Mindset, Heartset
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SKILLSET
Once our heart is in the right place and our personal “why” has been identified, we can introduce this shift. The realization that we can only control the things that we can control
Toolset, Skillset, Mindset, Heartset
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MINDSET
Living and serving for the something greater than self
Toolset, Skillset, Mindset, Heartset
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HEARTSET
Those things that really matter to us; the ideas and beliefs that we hold as special. How you behave. Influenced in the manner in which a person is brought up, raised, and/or experiences a culture.
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VALUES
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
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FLETC SIX CORE VALUES FOR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Loyalty, Responsibility, Diligence
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INTEGRITY - ‘WHOLENESS”; PERSON CHARACTER IS WHOLE
A value characterized by freedom from prejudice or favoritism
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
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FAIRNESS
Acknowledge the rights and values of another person; includes civility and courteousness
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
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RESPECT
Being trustworthy, reliable, truthful, and sincere; most fundamental of ethical values.
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
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HONESTY
Having the personal ability to face difficulty with resolve, without excessive fear.
Integrity, Fairness, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Compassion
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COURAGE
The courage to do the right thing in the face of ethical challenges, even if it is not popular
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MORAL COURAGE
Is the consciousness of the need to face and fairly address ideas, beliefs, or viewpoints toward which you have no or negative emotion or have not given serious consideration
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INTELLECTUAL COURAGE
A genuine concern for the welfare of others
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COMPASSION
Regard what is good and constitute permissible behavior; avoiding what is deemed bad, while seeking the good
Example - killing another human being is considered wrong; however our law enforcement mission dictates circumstances, which require the use of deadly force
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MORALS
Moral principles based on agreed upon standards of behavior, principles that communities, organizations, cultures, agree are fundamental; Develop and establish standards of day-to-day behavior, which all members agree to live by (Code of Ethics, UCMJ, Regulations, state/federal law, etc.)
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ETHICS
Moral Knowing, Moral Feeling, Moral Action
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3 COMPONENTS OF CHARACTER
Awareness of what is right
Moral Knowing, Moral Feeling, Moral Action
Component of Character
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MORAL KNOWING
Desire, to do what is right
Moral Knowing, Moral Feeling, Moral Action
Components of Character
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MORAL FEELING
Willpower doing what is right
Moral Knowing, Moral Feeling, Moral Action
Components of Character
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MORAL ACTION
The universal foundation for morals, values and ethics. Universal principles by which all societies organize themselves
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VIRTUES
Formal Organizational Culture, Police Subculture, Go Along to Get Along, Blind Obedience, Code of Silence
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PEER PRESSURE
Positive and negative impacts
Isolation that police officers feel, becomes important for the officer to feel accepted by the peer group
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POLICE SUBCULTURE
Depending on each other, distorted to cover situations outside the realm of legitimate law enforcement activity
Feel the group will no longer view them as someone who can be trusted; therefore the group owes them no loyalty
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GO ALONG TO GET ALONG
Small indiscretions over time that may gradually lead people to commit larger unethical acts that they otherwise would have judged impermissible
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SLIPPERY SLOPE
Technique of neutralization that someone might justify violating a rule, regulation or breaking the law, for self-satisfying, but incorrect reasons for deviant behavior
Poor excuses for poor behaviors
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RATIONALIZTION
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
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5 MAJOR TYPES OF RATIONALIZATION
Designed to absolve the person from responsibility because of the accident, or other external events for circumstances
Personnel who justify fudging on overtime reports
“everyone else” is doing the same thing
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
Types of Rationalization
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DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY
Person is not really denying that they were involved in the deviant act, but that there was no harm done to anyone
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
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DENIAL OF INJURY
The person using it is finding it hard to deny that they did the act in question, but essentially saying that the vicim is not a really a victim, and in all likelihood, “had it coming”
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
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DENIAL OF VICTIM
Trying to shift blame from themselves tot hoers who are accusing them, hypocritical or spiteful
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
Types of Rationalization
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CONDEMNATION OF THE CONDEMNERS
Form of rationalization is used to justify the “code of silence”
“We’ve got to stick together, nobody else is watching out for us” or “you owe me, remember when I covered for you before?”
Denial of Responsibility, Denial of Injury, Denial of Victim, Condemnation of Condemners, Appeal to Higher Loyalties
Types of Rationalization
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APPEAL TO HIGHER LOYALTIES
Law enforcement personnel can become so entrenched into the noble cause, that they begin to believe that if it is necessary, it is ethical, and the ends justify the means.
Planting drug evidence in order to arrest and convict a known drug violator
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NOBLE CAUSE CORRUPTION
Primarily exercised through police discretion. The authority to take decisions of policy and practice, which includes command or patrol authority to decide which laws shall be enforced, and when, where, and how
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STREET LEVEL BUREAUCRACY
Biological roller coaster, where they remain highly vigilant during their tour of duty, but fall to a tired, detached, isolated, and apathetic disposition while at home
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HYPERVIGILANCE
Burnt out agents, pressures of the job, and unforgiving media, perceived unfair management decisions, etc.
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VICTIM-BASED THINKING
Acts of Omission (Nonfeasance), Acts of Commission/Administrative (Misfeasance), Acts of Commission/Criminal (Malfeasance)
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VICTIM BASED THINKING/CONTINUUM OF COMPROMISE
Failing to do something your suppose to do; failure to take appropriate actions as required by law or departmental policy
Acts of Omission (Nonfeasance), Acts of Commission/Administrative (Misfeasance), Acts of Commission/Criminal (Malfeasance)
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ACTS OF OMISSION (NONFEASANCE)
Rules, performing a required and lawful task in an unacceptable, inappropriate, or unprofessional manner
Acts of Omission (Nonfeasance), Acts of Commission/Administrative (Misfeasance), Acts of Commission/Criminal (Malfeasance)
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ACTS OF COMMISSION/ADMINISTRATIVE (MISFEASANCE)
Choose to break a law; wrongdoing or illegal conduct that depends on or is related to the misuse of legitimate authority
MAL - latin for “bad”
Acts of Omission (Nonfeasance), Acts of Commission/Administrative (Misfeasance), Acts of Commission/Criminal (Malfeasance)
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ACTS OF COMMISSION/CRIMINAL (MALFEASANCE)
The Constitution of the United States, Statues, Rules & Regulations, Office of Government Ethics, Internal Affairs/Office of Professional Responsibility, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Agency Ethics Office, Human Resources/Personnel
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SOURCES OF ETHICAL GUIDANCE
IDWAE - Inquire, Define, Weigh, Act, Evaluate
OODA - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
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CRITICAL THINKING & DECISION ACTION PROCESS
Fast thinking, subconscious thinking, muscle memory
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SYSTEM 1/HEURISTIC THINKING
Reflect on those issues prior to becoming involved, moral issue
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TRAIN THE BRAIN
Slow pace thinking, critically thinking about the situation
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SYSTEM 2/CRITICAL THINKING
Inquire, Define, Weight, Act, Evaluate (IDWAE) Process
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FLETC DECISION ACTION PROCESS
The mindset of an officer or agent is critical in all situations, whether within an environment in which the officer is familiar and comfortable, or those with which they are not
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ETHICAL PROTECTOR MINDSET
Ways of living, including behavioral norms, linguistic expression, style of communication, patterns of thinking, and beliefs and values of a group large enough to be self-sustaining and transmitted over the course of generations
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CULTURE
Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills; different cultures
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CULTURAL COMPETENCY
Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of cultures other than one’s own, important to enhance professionalism
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INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE
Neutrality, Respect, Trustworthiness, Voice
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FOUR PILLARS OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE
Speaks to the idea of fair processes and how people’s perception of fairness is strongly impact by the quality of their experiences and not only the end result of of these experiences
More on whether they felt treated in a procedurally just way
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PRCEDURAL JUSTICE
Decisions are unbiased and guided by consistent and transparent reasoning
Neutrality, Respect, Trustworthiness, Voice
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NEUTRALITY
All are treated with dignity and respect
Neutrality, Respect, Trustworthiness, Voice
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RESPECT
Decision makers convey trustworthy motives and concern about the well-being of those impacted by their decisions
Neutrality, Respect, Trustworthiness, Voice
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TRUSTWORTHINESS
All are given a chance to tell their side of the story
Neutrality, Respect, Trustworthiness, Voice
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VOICE
Law enforcement forcers, of race or ethnicity as the sole factor to justify initiating a stop, conducting a search or focusing on investigation on a particular individual or individuals
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RACIAL PROFILING
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct that enters into employment decisions, and/or conduct the unreasonably interferes with an individual’s term, conditions, or privileges of employment, and/or create an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (The Act)
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Pressure for sex, touching, groping, suggestive behavior, sexual humor, sexual explicit or suggestive photos, internet pornography, sexually explicit or suggestive magazines, demanding language regarding a person’s sexual orientation or actual/perceived gender identity
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (The Act)
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Something for something, demands sexual favor(s) or acquiescence to unwanted sexual attention as a condition of employment or advancement
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QUID PRO QUO
Unwelcome conduct so severe or pervasive as to create an intimidating/threatening, hostile, or offensive work environment
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HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT
An aggrieved person must file a complaint with his/her Agency’s EEO Office within 45 days of the date of the action
Federal Sector Equal Employment Opportunity
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REPORTING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT