Ethics and Code of Conduct

Q1. Explain three reasons ethics and integrity will be important in your future career choice in law enforcement.

Ethics describes as the theoretical study of morality. It is a study about what is considered to be “right” or “wrong”, and also “good” or “bad.” Morality could be defined as how we understand the beliefs and values of others, their perception around what is the right and what the wrong thing is. In the other hand, integrity describes as moral honorableness. Having the honesty quality, along with the essential moral principles, are the most important things that all the law enforcement officers should able to perform in doing their duties. However, it is not only law enforcement officers who should always apply ethics and integrity. Instead, ethics and integrity are essential for any kind of career (Fisher, 2012).

For my future career choice in law enforcement, ethics and integrity would be important. The reasons are due to:

·         Ethics would support me with the conscious of vulnerable and also moral issues that would be the most considered issue in my career.

·         The ethical application is also fundamental since it allows the use of a critical mindset along with analyzing capabilities, which will enable me to make a relevant and proper decision.

·         Ethics and integrity are also essential since they would give me the foundation on which acts I have to make to sustain the law.

Q2. Determine at least two aspects in which ethics, morality, and law differ in regards to affecting the decisions of your local law enforcement officers.

Two aspects in which ethics, morality, and law differ in regards to affecting the decisions of my local law enforcement officers are discrimination and stereotyping. In is considered to be unethical to discriminate or stereotype contrary to any person. However, these two aspects might differ for each state. For this reason, I will have to recognize and completely understand about the perception of people around discrimination and stereotype in my state, so that I could make proper decisions as local law enforcement officer (Perez & Moore, 2012).

Q3. Recommend at least two ways law enforcement officers should use ethics, morality, and a code of conduct in both their professional and personal lives.

Two ways law enforcement officers should use ethics, morality, and a code of conduct in both their professional and personal lives are (Perez & Moore, 2012):

1.      The law enforcement officer should be more criticism within his or her personal and professional life. In fact, law enforcement needs to promote ethics, morality, and a code of conduct by presenting the ethical behavior perform.

2.      The law enforcement officer should always apply ethics, morality, and a code of conduct for every single action. Another way to apply them is by not discriminating any person for any case. Instead, the law enforcement officer should be equal in giving their service to the people.

Q4. Using the law enforcement code of conduct for the state of your choosing, identify and discuss the two most important aspects of the code as they relate to law enforcement activities in your state.

            The two most important aspects of the code of conduct that relates to the law enforcement conducted in the state of Florida are (Conser, Paynich, Gingerich, & Gingerich, 2013):

1.      The entire members of law enforcement officers should not ask or receive the gifts, or any valuable things from any persons, societies, or companies, who are doing the business with their agency. The entire members should never perform this action since it is considered as a corruption of the authority.

2.      The entire members of law enforcement officers should not take part in any activity which gives negative reflect or in some manners could create disrespect to the Florida Police Chief Association or any member of the Association.

References of Ethics and Code of Conduct

Conser, J. A., Paynich, R., Gingerich, T., & Gingerich, T. E. (2013). Law Enforcement in the United States. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

Fisher, C. B. (2012). Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists. SAGE.

Perez, D. W., & Moore, J. A. (2012). Police Ethics. Cengage Learning.