Assignment on Ethics in the Criminal Justice System

Running head: ETHICS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
ETHICS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Introduction
The professional behavior and ethics are a significant segment of the administration od
criminal justice. The ethical principles involves establishing moral judgment concerning what is
good or bad or what is right or wrong. Ethics cater to make correct choices at the time of
dilemmas engaging moral concerns. The administration of criminal justice encounter ethical
problems and thus it is significant to tackle with them in an expert way. However the
administration undergo ethical issues in certain circumstances that are hard to deal with and thus
the criminal justice professionals are obliged to adopt moral decisions of what is wrong or right.
The same can be done with the support of appropriate critical thinking (Muller, 2015). The good
ethical principles guide to individual to conduct in the professional manner. The unethical
conduct by system of criminal justice are severe in addition to that there are probabilities for
disputes in the zones of the criminal justice that leads to the unethical judgment. If the operation
of the criminal justice administration is immoral as well as there is no professional conduct then
it is obvious for the community to drop faith in the system of criminal justice.
Facts of the case
On April 4, 2015 Scott was on his way to auto shop to repair broken taillight. The officer
named Michael Slager pulled his over broken taillight. The officer named Slager approach the
car of Walter Scott and then went to his patrol car. Later on Scott departed his car and then fled .
the officer Slager rush after and both of them had bodily altercation. Then officer shot Walter

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Scot to his back eight times and he died. The whole incident was covered by a video recording
taken by the unidentified witness who observed the incident (Chapon, 2017). It inclined to
impeachment for the officer. The Walter Scott case has been demonstrating the brutal act of the
police officer who is the criminal justice administrators to the defenseless African American
men. Later on due to such illegal act he was sentenced to imprisonment for longer period. The
act of the alleged police officer is questionable from the standpoint of ethical principles. As he
failed to take ethically correct decision in that particular situation which led to the death of Scott.
Ethical issues
The issues that evolve from the situation are misuse of the governmental authority,
repressive criminal legislation, in addition to that violation of the rights of the citizens. The law
enforcement officers encounters diverse ethical issues in their course of profession. Firstly
determining the proper quantum of power that is to be applied at the time of arrest. Secondly
safeguarding the rights of the civilians while advocate and sustaining legislation. Acting in
unbiased and impartial manner and also avoid profiling (Bruchansky, 2015). Thus taking right
decision can be problematic for the law enforcement officers or the public servant. Thus taking
ethically sound decision may be disappoint or hurt another group or persons. The ethical decision
is one that cause least quantum of disappointment or harm ( Blinder, 2017). The legislation and
behavior guidelines construct a outline is respect of ethical policing. However ethical principles
and critical thinking on the part of criminal justice professionals guaranteed that justice is
attended.