Ethics for Public Safety: Ethical and Moral Decision Making
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 258
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 258
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Ethics for Public Safety: Ethical and Moral Decision Making covers the history of ethics from the days of Socrates through examples of poor ethical decisions with police, fire and EMS departments. It discusses the unethical decisions made by entrusted Public Safety Officers and reinforces how their actions set an example, whether it be good or bad.
Ethics for Public Safety:
- features scenarios designed to spark classroom discussion.
- encourages students to carefully reflect their personal behavior, specifically during all public safety instances.
- includes chapter objectives, summaries, and activities.
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF ETHICS
Definition of Ethics
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
John Locke
Immanuel Kant
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Ethics in Religion
Buddhism
Christianity
Confucianism
Hinduism
Islamic
Judaism
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 2 WHY WE STUDY ETHICS?
What the Public Expects from Public Safety
Discretion/Critical Thinking
The Ramifications of Unethical Behavior
Los Angeles Police Department Rampart Scandal
Jaycee Lee Dugard and Phillip Garrido Case
Rodney King Case
San Francisco Firefighters
San Francisco Police Scandals
Porn Star Ball
Mafia Cops
Knapp Commission
John Leonard Orr—Serial Arsonist
The Bowling Cops
Abner Louima
Michael Dowd New York Police Department (NYPD)
Officer Accused of Unlawfully Detaining Black Man
Displaying Human Emotions
Officer Helps Deliver Newborn
Cop Pays for Groceries
Liliburn Cops Buy Taxi Ride for Man Who Walked to Court from Fulton County
Deindividuation
Can Ethics Be Learned and Why Are They Important?
California Highway Patrol
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 3 ETHICAL THEORIES
Virtue Ethics
Plato
Moral Character
Reputation
Bribes
Personal Morality
Aristotle
Virtue
Formalism
Application of Formalism to Public Safety
Utilitarianism
Other Ways to Make Ethical Decisions
Natural Law
Egoism
Relativism
Situational Ethics
Notes
CHAPTER 4 HOW ETHICAL ARE YOU?
Types of Ethics
Entitlement
What Do We Expect of Ourselves?
How Do You Ensure Ethical Behavior
What the Public Thinks of Public Safety Officers
When Public Safety Officers Adversely Disagree in Public
NYPD vs. FDNY Annual Charity Hockey Match Turns in to a Brawl
What Does Ethics Mean to You?
Justification?
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 5 ETHICS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
Early Attempts at Policing
Sir Robert Peel
Policing in the United States
The Political Era of Policing
Lexow Committee
The Twentieth Century
Professionalization
Education and Training
The Twenty-First Century
2020
The Police and the Community
Police Reform
The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 6 FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: CODE OF ETHICS
Benjamin Franklin’s Wisdom
Code of Ethics and Core Values
Fire Department Core Values
Fire Department Policy and Procedures
Firefighter Code of Ethics
Fire Chief’s Code of Ethics
Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
Code of Ethics for EMS Practitioners
Is It Illegal or Almost Ethical?
For Those That Answered the Call
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 7 THE PROCESS OF ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
Public Safety Officer Codes of Ethics
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Doing the Right Thing
Setting the Tone
The Process of Ethical Decision Making
Emotions versus Cognitive Processes
Practice Makes Perfect
Values
Principles
Another Model for Making Ethical Decisions
What Gets in the Way of Ethical Behavior?
Politics
Public Safety Subculture
Loyalty
Belonging to the Group
Mistakes Happen
How to Know If You Are Behaving Ethically
Ethical Conduct Test
Notes
CHAPTER 8 TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL NETWORKING, AND ETHICAL JUDGMENT
Has Technology Changed the World of Ethics?
Technology Has Changed Our Way of Life for Good, Bad and Ugly
The Difficulties of Internet/Computer Ethics
History’s Software Bugs
Computers and Ethics
Social Networking
What’s on “Your Space”?
Infodemic
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 9 ETHICAL QUESTIONS AND THE INTERVIEW
Who Wants You on Their Team?
What Are Ways to Not Make the Team?
The Testing Process
What Is Your Responsibility?
What Are the Questions Designed to Do?
Behavioral Interview Questions
The Hiring Process and the Interview
And the Question Is . . .
How Are You Going to Answer the Ethical Questions?
Summary
Notes
CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE OF ETHICS
Community Responsibility
Despotism
Diversity and Ethics
Immigration
Public Safety Responses to the Challenges of the Future
Innovative Ethics Programs
Ethics and Terrorism
Patriot Act
Detention and Interrogation
What’s Next?
Hypocrisy
Summary
Notes
INDEX