Chapter 9 Ethics and Police Misconduct

Ethics is a philosophy that examines the principles of ______.

• A) good and bad

• B) goodness

• C) righteousness

• D) ability

The welfare of ______ is critical in our ethical evaluations.

• myself

• parents

• spouses

• others

Jeremy Bentham holds that ______ is the only thing of intrinsic value to people and thus worthy of pursuit.

• property

• money

• pain

• pleasure

Utilitarianism is a theory that attempts to answer what makes an action ______.

• A) reasonable

• B) fashionable

• C) good

• D) okay

Police values are a function of ______.

• A) personality disorder

• B) persona properties

• C) proper training

• D) personality predispositions

According to the FBI 'color-of-law' abuses by law enforcement officers account for ______ of total civil rights violation allegations.

• 52%

• 32%

• 62%

• 42%

Organizational culture is often defined as the shared ______ of an organization.

• philosophies

• values

• norms

• all of the above

Some contend that police who become dirty got their start by accepting ______.

• cheap rent

• free sodas

• cash payments

• small gratuities

There are some basic ethics tests that individual officers may use for guidance in questionable situations. Such as ______.

• common sense test

• publicity test

• foresight test

• all of the above

One way to avoid offered gratuities is to ______.

• loudly refuse offers

• never enter a store unless on a call

• change shifts

• vary your habits