Criminal Justice Ethics vocab

_______ is relating to ethics, morality and honesty

• Integrity

• Ethics

• Morality

• Moral turpitude

Covert, Hidden, Concealed or disguised is known as

• Immoral

• Surreptitious

• Fraudulent

• Sullied

Unethical Behavior can result in ________ sanctions.

• Court Fines

• Imprisonment

• Loss of job

• Loss of Family

• All of the above

_______ is not to be doubted or questioned

• Absolute

• Honesty

• Integrity

• Moral Standing

A person who displays integrity is known to be

• Moral

• Honest

• Sullied

• Slanderous

You arrive at the scene of a crime where a driver is being taken into custody. He is suspected of hitting a mother and her child two streets over. The car is impounded and searched by the officer in charge. You return to the care following day to get fingerprints and find a briefcase full of money. You should:

• Collect the fingerprints and debate with yourself over whether or not to take the money

• Immediately report your findings to your supervisor

• Take the money and then report the briefcase to your supervisor

• Keep the briefcase since it was not reported when the care was taken into custody. In other words, finders keepers.

A/an ----------- is an intentional deceptive message in the form of a statement.

• Slander

• Truth

• Lie

• Calumny

In order to be considered ethical, you should

• Keep your life pure

• Rise above the level of name calling

• Keep your nose out of other peoples business

• All of the Above

Moral rightness, equity and/or fairness is known as

• Justice

• Absolute

• Ethics

• Honesty

At some point in time in your career, you will be asked to do something you know to be in violation of your professional ethics. at that time you should

• Go ahead and do what is requested, since no one can follow the code of ethics in their entirety

• Stop and ask yourself, is this something I can live with?

• Remember, Honesty is the best policy and do the right thing

• None of the Above