Ethical Behaviors and Core Values Flashcards

1
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What are some examples of misuse situations by LEO’s?

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  • Misuse of gov’t vehicle
  • gov’t property
  • gov’t travel cards
  • misuse of authority position
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What are common issues related to ethical behavior in LE environment?

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  1. Misuse
  2. Falsification of official records
  3. unauthorized/ improper disclosure of classified, confidential or personal information
  4. unlawful acceptance of things of value
  5. Supporting terrorism
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3
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What case requires Gov’t prosecutors to disclose information that tends to impeach any Gov’t trial witness, including LEOs?

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Giglio v. United States

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What case makes officers and agents be especially careful to avoid any actions or statements in their careers that could compromise their credibility?

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Giglio v. United States

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What are these provisions known as?

  1. Any answers provided may be used in an administrative proceeding, not a criminal proceeding
  2. If the employee fails to respond truthfully and fully he/she may be dismissed from trial
  3. Even though prosecution declined for the criminal offense being investigated, failure to answer questions truthfully could result in prosecution for making a false statement
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Kalkines warnings

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Ina noncustodial interview in which answers maybe used in an administrative hearing or criminal hearing, what is the “Garrity Warning” employees must be given?

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You have the right to remain silent , anything say can be used in administrative or criminal proceedings, however if you refuse to answer, silence may be used in administrative proceedings. But you cannot be fired based on silence alone

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7
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What is the Whistleblower Protection Act?

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  • mandates employees not suffer adverse consequences because of prohibited personnel practices
  • establishes the office of special counsel to protect and act in the interest of employees who seek assistance
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8
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As a Gov’t employee you have a duty to report

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Waste, fraud and abuse

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What are ethics?

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moral principles based on agreed upon standards of behavior, principles that communities, organizations and cultures agree are fundamental

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10
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What are the functions of applying ethical principles and the avoiding what is deemed bad, while seeking good?

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Morals

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What are values?

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the things that really matter to us, the ideals and beliefs that we hold special based upon how we see the world

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12
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What influences our values?

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culture and how we were raised

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13
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What are the core values for LE?

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  1. Integrity
  2. Fairness
  3. Respect
  4. Honesty
  5. Courage
  6. Compassion
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What are virtues?

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the universal foundation for morals, values and ethics, that are not only fundamental but the very cornerstone for which the latter are threaded

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What are the 3 components of good character?

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  1. Moral Knowing (knowing what is right)
  2. Moral Feeling ( desiring to do the right thing)
  3. Moral Action (the will power to do the right thing)
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16
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What are 2 types of trust?

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Private trust

Public trust

17
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What are the enemies of trust?

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  • inconsistent messages
  • inconsistent standards
  • misplaced benevolence
  • elephants in the parlor
  • rumors in a vacuum
  • consistent under performance
18
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Why should LEO’s be held to a higher standard?

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  • We volunteered/ took an oath
  • unique profession concerning the most sensitive aspects and issues of society
  • decisions have far reaching consequences
  • tremendous degree of authority over the lives of other people
19
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What are some influences on ethical decision making?

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  1. Peer Pressure
  2. Slippery Slope
  3. Rationalization
  4. Noble Cause Corruption
  5. Street Level Bureaucracy
  6. Hypervigilence
  7. Victim based thinking
20
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What is the Boyd OODA Loop

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Observe- gathering sensory inputs from the environment of the observer
Orient- observer acquaints themselves to the situation and creates a mental picture of the situational reality
Decisions- make sense of the input data in light of what is known
Actions- which lead to actions

21
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What is the IDWAE process?

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Inquire
Define
Weigh
Act
Evaluate
22
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What is System 1/Heuristic Thinking?

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Subconscious thinking, involving intuitive, fast thinking that encompasses the overwhelming majority of decisions we make and our activity on a daily basis.

23
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What is system 2/ Critical thinking?

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the willful and voluntary critical thinking activity using the prefrontal cortex of our brain

24
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The sum total ways of living, including behavioral norms, linguistic expression, styles of communication, patterns of thinking, beliefs and values of a group large enough to be self-sustaining and transmitted over the course of generations is known as

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Culture

25
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An idea or perception that many people have a bout a thing, group or ethnical background is known as

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Stereotyping

26
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The integration and transformation of knowledge about different cultural settings to increase the quality of response from the police is

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Cultural Competency

27
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What is the 3 dimensional approach of development for Cultural Competency?

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Awareness
Knowledge
Skills

28
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The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures other than one’s own is known as

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Intercultural Communication Competence

29
Q

What are the 4 pillars of procedural justice?

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Neutrality
Respect
Trustworthiness
Voice

30
Q

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct that enters into employment decisions and/ or conduct that unreasonably interferes with an individual’s terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, and/ or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work enviroment is

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Sexual Harassment

31
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The Civil rights act of 1964 makes it illegal to

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Discriminate based on 
race
color
religion
national origin
sex
gender or preferred gender
32
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What is Quid Pro Quo

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harasser demands a sexual favor or acquiescence to unwanted sexual attention as a condition of employment or advancement

33
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What must be contingent on the victim’s submission to the unwanted sexual advances

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A tangible employment action

34
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What is the unwelcome, severe, pervasive, hostile or offensive. It must be regarded by the victim as so severe or hostile as to alter his or her conditions for employment, the conduct must be such that a reasonable person would find it hostile or offense

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Criteria for Hostile Workplace Environment

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4 types of behaviors that contribute to hostile work environments

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verbal
non-verbal
graphic
physical

36
Q

On the pathway to mastery one must develop

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heartset, toolset and skillset

37
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What is perceived fairness in both the decision process adopted by a particular institution and its interactions with participants under its authority?

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Procedural justice

38
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Two kinds of sexual harassment

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quid pro quo

hostile work enviorment

39
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If sexual harassment occurs how long does the complainant have to file the claim with EEO office?

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45 days