CRIM 351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Procedural Justice, Professional Ethics, Professional Code Of Quebec
3 Feb 2020
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Chapter 2 morals, ethics, values and ethical decision making. Ethical conduct and the public: code of ethics provide a benchmark for ideal behaviour and provides guidance to individual members regarding their actions. Code framed around morals, ethics and values: morals. Concerned with the judgment of goodness and badness of human action and character (good conduct) Provide individuals with the capacity to make value judgments and discern right from wrong. The same moral code is not necessarily universal. Law enforcement officers are required to model behaviours that reflect their agency"s moral belief system: ethics. The study of the general nature of morals and specific moral choices made by individuals when interacting with others. Applied ethics: real world" application of moral principles. Professional ethics: expected behavior of members of a professional group. Rules/standards governing the conduct of members of the profession: ethical behavior refers to the expected behavior of an individual officer/group of officers, values.
