Octavia Perkins
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Janet Evans 2/8/15
“Political Gridlock Pushes Politicians Ratings to Precedent-Setting Lows” As a society and individuals who commit crimes depend on the American justice system to seek the truth as well as acting in a fair and lawful manner. In examination of ethical dilemmas from a recent story in the news, comes a story about “Political Gridlock Pushes Politicians to Precedent-Setting Lows. The details surrounding this story will review the nature of the dilemma, ethical decisions, alternative courses of action, and an understanding as well as the outcome in regards to the situation. Ethical dilemmas occur every day within society. Ethics, in general is the morality of an individual to decipher right, and wrong, good, and evil (Braswell, McCarthy, & McCarthy, 2012). This is a system of an individual’s beliefs and values, in which his or her parents shapes the outcome of a child’s progress through life. For example, an individual who adapts to the life of discipline, religious beliefs, and learns from his or her parents the concepts of right and wrong will more than likely become productive adults later in life. These individuals will understand the consequences of his or her wrongdoings, …show more content…
These comments are the reporting from the ABC news with results stemming from the Gallup poll. In addition, a Wall Street Journal will go on to indicate that the president would rather have his agenda of things to do before the good of the country (Global Ethics, 2013). “Furlough or not, the employees remain employable under the federal government operation.” This particular story was important to me because I am an employee of the federal government and this furlough effected me personal any still is. My company is still suffering because of the government shut down to this