Skip to main content

Locate three contemporary examples in each of the following categories for a total of 12 examples: Good Samaritan conduct or random acts of kindness Acts of vigilantism violating the law to enforce the law Acts of civil disobedience violating the law to change the law Three criminal acts committed by professionals in the course of their employment other than criminal justice professionals in which the defendant was believed to have violated the ethical standards of his or her profession.

Locate three contemporary examples in each of the following categories for a total of 12 examples:

Good Samaritan conduct or random acts of kindness
Acts of vigilantism violating the law to enforce the law
Acts of civil disobedience violating the law to change the law
Three criminal acts committed by professionals in the course of their employment other than criminal justice professionals in which the defendant was believed to have violated the ethical standards of his or her profession.

Assemble your 12 examples according to their category and in a visually appealing manner. For each example, provide a summary, a graphic illustration, and a properly formatted reference.

Review all 12 examples and individually answer the following questions:

Do you think the individual made the best decision possible given the circumstances?
Could you see yourself acting similarly in similar circumstances?

Compare your individual responses to the questions above as a team:

For which examples were all team members in agreement?
Which examples generated disagreement?
Discuss what the disagreement reflects in terms of personal value systems.

Consider the following values: Friendship, Power, Altruism, Health, Recognition, Independence, Honesty, Religion, Beauty, Justice, Success, Wealth, Creativity, Knowledge, Wisdom, Family, Duty, Love, Loyalty, Inner Peace, Pleasure, Challenge, Safety, Risk, and Patriotism.

Select three values that you value the most, and select three values that are least important to you.

consider the least important.

Compare each of the actor s value systems with your individual and team value systems. In what way are they similar? In what way are they different?

Discuss and answer the following questions as a team:

Should all jurisdictions have a Good Samaritan law requiring an individual to help another if they are able? Explain why. What have you done that would be considered acting as a Good Samaritan? Have you ever failed to act when an individual needed help?

Should vigilantism be permitted when the criminal justice system fails? Explain why. Under what circumstances might you violate the law to enforce the law?

Historically, in your opinion, has civil disobedience been effective in changing the law? Explain why. What laws do you disagree with or would consider violating to change? Explain.

What conditions exist in the various professions, other than criminal justice professions, that contribute to the commission of unethical behavior? Consider the business and corporate sectors, medical professions, religious authorities,

retail establishments, construction industry, insurance industry, banking, education, professional sports, research, pharmaceutical companies, and politics. Do you believe that American society as a whole is predisposed to ethical or unethical behavior? What may be done to reduce ethical violations among professionals?

Write a 1,750 to 2,450 word paper in which you summarize your individual and team responses to the questions.

Format your scrapbook and paper consistent with APA guidelines.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Apply duty-based ethical theories to contemporary moral issues

Instructions In this research-based assessment, you will be applying a Kantian perspective to a contemporary moral issue. Current contemporary moral issues range from genetic engineering to issues related to the use of torture in wartime. For this assessment you will need to research contemporary moral issues and select one that will be the focus of your paper as you apply the Kantian perspective. Once you select your moral issue, you will need to address the following in a properly formatted research paper. · Explain what duty is according to Kant and how this view differs from other senses of duty. · Describe the relationship between a good will and duty for Kant. · Differentiate the two formulations of the Categorical Imperative. · How do these formulations apply to your selected contemporary moral issue? · Using the foundation of Kant’s moral theory explain how there is a moral duty for your selected contemporary moral issues. · Express your view as a maxim. · How feasible is it to...
Post a Comment
Read more

ElectroMyCycle

ElectroMyCycle, a manufacturer of a new electric motorcycle, has chosen you to design a new network that will let the company scale to a larger size. You learned that ElectroMyCycle’s network will support about 200 employees. The network will include a data center and a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. Users in the campus network will access the servers in the data center from their PCs. For online sales, ElectroMyCycle plans to have a DMZ that connects a web server, a DNS server, and an email server. ElectroMyCycle also plans to open a branch sales office in a city that is about 500 miles from ElectroMyCycle’s headquarters.   Design and document an IP addressing scheme to meet ElectroMyCycle’s needs. Specify which IP address blocks will be assigned to different modules of your network design. Document whether you will use public or private addressing for each module. Document whether you will use manual or dynamic addressing for each module. Specify where (if anywher...
Post a Comment
Read more

A close, critical analysis of a set passage from Beowulf

Length:          500 words (excluding quotations)   Topic   Discuss in detail one of the following passages Beowulf .   Payattention to the poem’s language, and to the themes, issues,and questions the poem raises. If you choose to discuss the passage from locate the passage in relation to the poem as a whole, but focus on the extract.   Click here for more on this paper ……. Click here to have a similar A+ quality paper done for you by one of our writers within the set deadline at a discounted What do you find effective or compelling or memorableabout the text?  How does the language of the poem contribute to these effects?       Marking Criteria for the Short Essay   A Short Essay receiving the highest mark is one which:   has a clear, focussed, and unified argument. (Can you say in one very simple sentence what it is that you are trying to argue in the essay?  If yo...
Post a Comment
Read more