are essential ingredients in police professionalism and have, as guiding principles been incorporated into the IACP Police Code of Conduct (3)
- *Ethics
- Answerability &
- Accountability
Occurs when groups make a faulty decision because group pressure leads to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, moral judgment”, (Irving Janis)
GROUP THINK
Ethical Decision Making - Believed to lead to honesty and integrity because that works best in the long run.
Individualism Approach
6 moral rights:
Right of free consent
Right to privacy
Right of freedom of conscience
Right of free speech
Right to due process
Right to life and safety
two classes of corrupt officers:
Grass Eaters - corrupt under pressure
MEAT EATERS - aggressively misuse their police powers for personal gain.