Module Five Practice Activity Template

Module Five Practice Activity Template
Objective Summary of Decision-Making Process
Complete the table below by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.
Scenario:
You are a state patrol officer, on duty, who has observed a car unable to stay in its lane. When you pull the car over,
you realize that the driver is also a state patrol officer who you know well and whose wife has a friendship with your
wife. You have engaged in several social activities with him in the past. He is a very popular and likeable colleague
in the department.
As you engage with him after pulling him over, you notice that there is a strong scent of alcohol on his breath and
that he is slurring his speech. When asked if he had something to drink, he says that he has just come from the
retirement party of a popular police chief. He adds that he would be willing to park his car and have his wife pick him
up if you could let this error slide, and states, “Law enforcement officers need to support each other.” As a patrol
officer, you also have an obligation to enforce traffic laws and maintain public safety.
Step 1: Identify
the facts
Step 2: Identify
relevant values
and concepts
Step 3: Identify all
possible moral
dilemmas for each
party involved
Step 4: Decide
what is the most
immediate moral
or ethical issue
facing the
individual
Step 5: Resolve
the ethical or
moral dilemma by
using an ethical
system or some
other means of
decision making
 There was a
car that was
unable to stay
in the lane.
 The car was
driven was a
state patrol
office who was
 Drinking and
driving is a
punishable
offence.
 Drivers aged
21 or above,
driving with a
Blood Alcohol
 For the patrol
officer on
duty, the
major
dilemma has
to be that the
drunk patrol
officer is his
 The most
immediate
and significant
moral issue in
this situation
is the
obligation of
the patrol
 Using the
Utilitarian
ethical
decision-
making
system, it
could be
stated that

Step 1: Identify
the facts
Step 2: Identify
relevant values
and concepts
Step 3: Identify all
possible moral
dilemmas for each
party involved
Step 4: Decide
what is the most
immediate moral
or ethical issue
facing the
individual
Step 5: Resolve
the ethical or
moral dilemma by
using an ethical
system or some
other means of
decision making
drunk.
 The drunk
officer’s wife
is my wife’s
friend.
 The drunk
officer was
coming from a
retirement
party of a
popular police
chief
 He asked me
to ignore his
mistake and
let him call his
wife to pick
him up.
Concentration
(BAC) of
0.08% or more
is illegal.
 Moreover, a
state patrol
officer who is
himself
responsible for
patrolling
traffic is not
expected to
be drunk
driving and
breaking the
traffic rules.
acquittance
with whom he
has engaged
in many social
activities.
 It is possible
dilemma
between the
two that their
wives are
friends.
 The drunk
patrol officer
is explicitly
asking the
officer in duty
to ignore the
incident and
let him call his
wife to pick
him up from
where he has
been pulled
over.
 The drunk
officer is a
officer to
enforce traffic
law and
ensure public
safety.
 The drunk
officer’s
request to the
patrol officer
on duty to
ignore the
mistake that
he has already
done.
 The drunk
officer’s
statement
about law
enforcement
officers
supporting
each other
involves
ethical issues.
the drunk
patrol officer
should be
fined for he
poses a threat
to public
safety for
drunk driving.
 The foremost
step that
could be taken
should involve
measuring the
BAC of the
drunk officer
by asking him
to cooperate.
 A ticket should
be issued on
the drunk
officer’s name
for violating
traffic rules,
along with a
fine.
 Lastly, calling