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When ordinary 'beat cops' act unethically, it immediately garners negative media attention because it affects the public in such a visceral and immediate fashion. Police officers are the average citizen's main source of contact with the justice system and so they are carefully watched. However, prosecutors may decide to proceed with a prosecution despite questionable evidence or act unethically in other ways, and unless it comes to the media's attention or there is very stringent oversight over the office from an outside authority, prosecutors' transgressions may go unnoticed. Prosecutors and police officers both have the most serious and complex obligations of members of the justice system: not to get a conviction, but to pursue justice.
What suggestions might you offer to avoid errors in human inquiry?
First and foremost, to prevent errors in human inquiry causing errors in judgment, it is essential that members of law enforcement staff are cognizant of the fact that racial prejudices and other biases can substantially affect witnesses' perceptions. When presenting a line-up to a witness, the officer in charge of handling the questioning should not know who the suspect is, to avoid biasing the witness. Prosecutors and police should...
Publicizing cases in which DNA evidence overturned the conviction of various defendants convicted on the strength of eyewitness testimony has been extremely important in demonstrating that even when a witness may genuinely believe that he or she saw something, biases in judgment can cause an error. It is also important to publicize scientific studies which show the extent to which our senses can lie to us and be distracted by irrelevant stimuli.
Greater education of the public in general about the true principles of the scientific method can also help them avoid fallacies in judgment like overgeneralizations and hasty conclusions based upon incomplete evidence. The standards of proof, both in a court of law and also from the point-of-view of forensic science, are often much greater than those which we establish for ourselves when casually observing the world, or are in a situation which is emotional and thus can cause us to generate false impressions in the heat of the moment.
Ethics in Accounting Issues in Financial Accounting for Businesses The most important purpose of financial accounting for businesses is to represent the company and its assets as accurately as possible. This is important for the businesses to be able to have better control of their finances, for forecasting, and for many other purposes. Financial accounting is important for stakeholders so that they can understand the risks and possible future returns of their
.." And "The probability that my peers would undertake the same action is...." It is the difference in the responses given to these two questions, as captured on a seven point Likert scale, that is the measure of the social desirability response bias. (Tyson: 1992; Cohen et al.: 1995, 1996, 2001). Many studies have been done on the role and correlation between moral development and ethical decision making as it applies
Aside from the previously mentioned policies, the Intel ethic code also contains reference to intellectual property, gratuities, reciprocity, publicity, small and minority suppliers, controlled substances, environment, health and safety. The intellectual property right protection policy states the fact that Intel completely respects the rights of all business partners, suppliers and competitor companies. However, the publicity policy mentions that business partners are denied the right to sell their own products by
Ethics and the Internet As the computer has evolved in the modern world, so the potential for communication has also increased. The computer, and the development of the Internet, has meant that human society has become more connected than ever before and the barriers between nations and people around the globe have been broken down. While this is a positive development in many ways, the growth of the Internet has also
Ethics in Technology Business - Management The purpose of this paper is to highlight and present the ethical issues that are involved in using modern technology. The paper highlights some of the current ethical issues faced by computer users that are due to unethical practice and lack of proper ethical policies by different businesses. The paper pinpoints the causes and gives recommendation on how the current issues can be minimized. A portion
Ethics Memo Ethicacy of Five Hour Energy "No Crash Later" Claims Recently consumer rights groups are gaining greater traction in the media with their claims that Five Hour Energy's claims of "no crash later" are inaccurate, and at worst, overstated. These claims are based on a study completed six years ago, and whose methodology is not sound (Fabregas, 2012). What's at the center of this debate is the chemical composition of Five