Ethics Final Flashcards
a hypothetical bargain between citizens and their governments
2. implied / unwritten
A social contract is:
the ability to influence the behaviour of others
POWER
Influence (charisma)
Persuasion
Inducement (material gain)
Authority
Coercion
Direct force
Types of Power:
John Rawls Theory
John Rawls developed A Theory of Justice
based on the social contract theory
An action or behavior that violates the generally
accepted norms of a group, organization, or society.
Deviance
is a situations where a person
is torn between what is right and what is wrong
A moral dilemma
arises when you have to choose
between 2 (or more) moral situations, and the choices are
not clear and simple.
An ethical dilemma
Not just reserved for members of the
clergy.
Everyone has a personal code of
ethics, which will unconsciously
guide the actions of a leader.
Values and ethics will guide
judgements and actions.
Moral Leadership
Moral Leadership
largely
has to do with the ability to
understand one’s own and other’s
emotions and how those emotions
affect social relationships.
emotional intelligence
is a form of
relativism because it posits that
right and wrong are completely
relative to our own subjective
preferences
subjective
When the mind locks on to a target/threat to the
exclusion of all peripheral information
tunnel vision
the processes through which an organization’s
objectives are set and pursued in the context of its social, financial
and regulatory environment.
Governance
A relatively small first step leads to a logical chain
of related events culminating in some significant
effect
Slippery Slope logic
Unethical police officers are either
weak individuals who have slipped
through the screening process or they gave in to the temptations inherent in police work
Rotten “Apple” Perspective
The structure of policing (ie: exposure
to immoral people, stress, danger, lack of routine) provides plenty of
opportunities to learn the entrenched
patterns of deviant police conduct
Rotten “Barrel” Perspective
