Posted: April 26th, 2017

What criteria (considerations), principles, and consequences should guide your decision? What would you do? Articulate, justify, and defend your position.

In this Assignment you are required to apply Fuller’s Principle, as cited above, and respond to three real-life scenarios regarding ethical decision making within the field of criminal justice and policing.

In considering each of the three scenarios, you are asked to respond to the following four questions:

1. Is there a moral problem presented in the scenario? If so, what is it?
2. Does policy or law dictate an appropriate response, or does it require that professional discretion be applied?
3. What criteria (considerations), principles, and consequences should guide your decision?
4. What would you do? Articulate, justify, and defend your position.

First, read each scenario. Second, analyze the ethical dilemma within the context of the four questions specified above. Third, respond in writing to the each of the four questions.

The entire paper should be 2 pages in length. Each essay response should be brief, not more than one page. You may use references to support your responses, but the essay responses must be original.