cja324r3 ethical worksheet
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Ethical Dilemma Worksheet
Incident Review
1. What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly.
The husband could be taken into custody by the officers for the domestic altercation. The husband could be taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol since the officers have tested and observed the problem.
2. What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts.
There was only one vehicle parked on the street and was still warm. The car belongs to the couples. The wife informed the officers that she had not driven the car all day. She told the officers that her husband drove the car four hours ago. The officers follow the husband to the door, and the keys fell out of his pocket. The officers perform an alcoholic test on the husband, and he fails it. The officers are responding to a domestic call.
3. Identify each claimant (key actor) who has an interest in the outcome of this ethical issue. From the perspective of the moral agent—the individual contemplating an ethical course of action—what obligation is owed to the claimant? Why?
Claimant
(key actor)
Obligation (owed to the claimant)
Perspective (What does the claimant hope will happen?)
Husband
Fidelity
Beneficence
The officers will leave his residence and not make an arrest.
Wife
Non-injury
Beneficence
She does not want to deal with the officers and does not want her husband to get arrested.
Officer
Nixon
Justice
He wants the honest truth about the situation. He does not want any false information. He wants to make an arrest so that the problem can be solved. His job is to serve and protect the people.
Officer
Rook
Justice
He wants the honest truth about the situation. He does not want any false information. He wants to make an arrest
Ethical Dilemma Worksheet
Incident Review
1. What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly.
The husband could be taken into custody by the officers for the domestic altercation. The husband could be taken into custody for driving under the influence of alcohol since the officers have tested and observed the problem.
2. What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts.
There was only one vehicle parked on the street and was still warm. The car belongs to the couples. The wife informed the officers that she had not driven the car all day. She told the officers that her husband drove the car four hours ago. The officers follow the husband to the door, and the keys fell out of his pocket. The officers perform an alcoholic test on the husband, and he fails it. The officers are responding to a domestic call.
3. Identify each claimant (key actor) who has an interest in the outcome of this ethical issue. From the perspective of the moral agent—the individual contemplating an ethical course of action—what obligation is owed to the claimant? Why?
Claimant
(key actor)
Obligation (owed to the claimant)
Perspective (What does the claimant hope will happen?)
Husband
Fidelity
Beneficence
The officers will leave his residence and not make an arrest.
Wife
Non-injury
Beneficence
She does not want to deal with the officers and does not want her husband to get arrested.
Officer
Nixon
Justice
He wants the honest truth about the situation. He does not want any false information. He wants to make an arrest so that the problem can be solved. His job is to serve and protect the people.
Officer
Rook
Justice
He wants the honest truth about the situation. He does not want any false information. He wants to make an arrest