Unit 4 Assignment August 26‚ 2013 Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “slippery slope” as a course of action that seems to lead inevitably to from one action or result to another unintended consequence (Merriem-Webster‚ 2013). The “slippery slope” can refer to almost every walk of live but here it is being applied to law enforcement and accepting gratuities. Here it is referring to police officers accepting what may seem to be harmless gratuities which may later put the officer
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For the Running Header: THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO CORRUPTION The Slippery Slope to Corruption and the Public Corruption of Police Officers Ricky A Price‚ Col. U.S.A.F. (Ret) Kaplan University Online CJ340-02: Applied Criminal Justice Ethics Professor Kevin Stoehr 10 July 2012 The law enforcement agent‚ that represents government‚ bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining‚ in his own conduct and the honor and integrity of all government institutions. He‚ consequently‚ shall guard against
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officer say’s and does is always under the microscope of the community. The community a police officer is hired to protect and serve‚ questions every move made to make sure corruption is not taking place. It does not take long for a new recruit to accept that free cup of coffee or half price meal which in turn can lead to bigger things. Slippery Slope The slippery slope hypothesis is the idea that corruption starts with a tiny gratuity like a free or discounted cup of coffee and then rolls downhill
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A Slippery Slope Al Watts‚ inTEgro‚ Inc. www.integro-inc.com I had the pleasure of lunch recently with the former VP of Sales for a $16 million technology company and published author who shares my passion for “transforming business as usual into business at its best.” Mark Faris freely shares another distinguishing credential: he is a convicted felon for fraud and money laundering that led to three years of hard time away from home and family. Mark’s experience was clearly a significant defining
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As with all great conflicts in history‚ it was not one factor but rather a multitude of issues that led to the breakdown of compromise during the 19th century and eventually to the Civil War. The government of the period was entirely content to sweep the issue of slavery under the rug‚ contrasting sharply with the strongly polar feelings of the nation‚ with the South wanting to expand the ‘peculiar institution’ and the North beginning to see it as a moral dilemma. The combination of these contradictory
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theories about how police corruption comes about have prospered In many generations. The three theories that are often in evidence in the criminal justice field are the society at large theory‚ the structural theory and the rotten apple hypothesis. Every one of these theories takes a singular assessment about how police corruption originates and each holds its own right in police work. The slippery slope in law enforcement is a moral career hypothesis. Where corruption begins with apparently
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VP 5 Slippery Slope-HealthSouth Questions: 1. Summarized the Video. Aaron Beam discusses with Stanford Graduate students his start of his career as a newly certified CPA. His career started at Life Mart where he meets Richard Scrushy who wastes no time on sizing up Aaron Beam. However‚ Life Mart is acquired a couple years later jeopardizing the employment of Aaron Beam‚ however‚ venture capitalists ask if anyone has a company idea to start up and Richard Scrushy’s name is thrown out. Richard Scrushy
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What is a slippery slope argument? Critically discuss the use of such arguments in one area of biomedical ethical controversy. The slippery slope argument is amongst the strongest voiced and possibly the most emotive of arguments in opposition to legalising voluntary active euthanasia (VAE‚ the act of accelerating the death of another‚ usually by lethal injection‚ for their own good and with their consent). In fact‚ in discussion on practically any change in social policy it is common place
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Criminal Procedure Final Jessica-Ann Honkala Kaplan College- Chula Vista Criminal Procedure Mr. Gonzales June 3rd‚ 2014 The United States of America’s Justice System has many flaws to it‚ but it is a good system to rely on. The American criminal justice consists of various stages in criminal procedures that are used to determine the innocence or guilt of a suspected and the appropriate sentencing if found after the trial. The United States Fifth Amendment of the constitution
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According to Volokh (2003)‚ the slippery slope is a slang used to refer to a thin edge. It is used to imply that a person is standing on the edge of a thin line that separates right from wrong. It is used to imply that an officer is willing to accept freebies. This would imply that the officer may simply cross from the good to the bad side and‚ therefore‚ be demanding freebies before offering any service. A gratuity from its definition is a free offering given out to another person as an appreciation
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