The following case study is from Pennsylvania Juvenile Courts February 2014 that involves a corrupt ‘kids for cash’ scheme that landed many teens in a juvenile detention center. Judge Ciavarella placed about three-thousand juveniles in detention for their minor violations opposed to giving them a warning or chance to change their behaviors. In exchange for sending the children away, the judge received over a two million dollar profit from the facility which housed the delinquents. The carless actions of Judge Ciaverella robbed many teens of their high school years. One of the most significant results of how the Judges greed affected minors, is the death of Ed Kenzakoski.…
"Kids for Cash" a riveting documentary about the 2008 “Kids for Cash” scandal, in which two Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judges accepted judicial kickbacks, for the incarceration of juveniles. “Kids for Cash” shocked a nation, and showed all the corruption which can occur within the court system. Two judges, President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Senior Judge Michael Conahan, were convicted of accepting money from Robert Mericle, builder of two private, for-profit youth centers for the detention of juveniles, in return for contracting with the detention centers Ciavarella imposed harsh and unreasonable punishments on juveniles brought before his stand to increase the population of the detention centers. First and foremost, “Kids for Cash” portrayed the corruption that can exist within a imperfect court system. Mark Ciavarella’s court was one of an unethical man, a court where defendants rights and counsel were abolished and unnecessary sentences were carried out.…
Will Doolittle was a financial analyst at the corporate headquarters of Home Décor in Atlanta, Georgia. He was terminated for violating provision of the employee handbook. His violation included sending email to friends of a sexual nature and the use of Internet to play slot machine and other games. Doolittle believes his employer violated his right by monitoring his personal email and Internet use. Employer authority to check email and Internet use has grown in the present time.…
What is the ethical dilemma here? The ethical dilemma here is the mother’s religious beliefs versus medical beliefs. A child’s life is currently in danger and requires immediate medical treatments; however, the child may not be treated due to religious beliefs of the mother. The mother is a religious scientist, who does not accept any medical treatments.…
Criminal justice system and the concerning ethics are closely knitted. A social contract theory has explained that the criminal justice professionals are basically agents of the government (Chezum, 2016). Every year a large number of criminal justice officials end their careers to the hands of unethical behaviors. It should be noted here that not all unethical behaviors are always illegal and that there are many practitioners who are not necessarily involved in illegal behaviors but are performing activities that are ethically wrong. To understand the ethical issues facing each of the parties involved in the criminal justice system, the first step is to understand the importance of the criminal justice system.…
The ethics of plea negotiations raise the fundamental questions: “Are state and federal plea-bargaining systems fair? Does the ‘negotiation process,’ where the defense wields minimal bargaining power, provide for a system to achieve reliable results?” (Yaroshefsky, 2008, p. 1). Subscribers to dentonlogical perspectives consider plea negotiations unethical for several reasons. Plea negotiations are a violation of the due process rights of the defendant and they reduce their self-respect, whether or not they benefit from it.…
I think Alan Greenspan’s commencement speech was realistic about the possibility of business ethics. He talked about how some people look to take shortcuts to be successful in life, whether they’re in or out of the workplace. According to Alan Greenspan, he has seen people have success by taking shortcuts and exploiting people during their daily lives and in the workplace. This proves that Greenspan recognizes that people pursue this strategy and have succeeded in life. Even though people have had success using that strategy, Greenspan doesn’t suggest implementing this kind of method to achieve success in tasks done in people’s daily lives.…
Within Delta Airlines, the stakeholders are employees, government officials, suppliers, and customers. Delta Airlines’ Directors are responsible monitoring the performances of management, while being loyal to the company’s standards. Under the guidance of the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) are managers, officers, and employees (Corporate Governance, 2012). Delta’s Market Strategy Within the airline industries, the most useful marketing tool has been the frequent flier program.…
The American Justice system from its earliest days has always been based off the concept that every individual no matter his or her age, gender, religion, or background is entitled to a fair shot at justice. It is the job of the elected officials who hold power in our justice system to maintain the fairness, equality, and integrity of the great government system that is the American Judicial system. In recent years, it can be perceived that the original mission of the judicial system, serving the people, keeping them safe, providing them with justice and rehabilitating the individuals that have wronged our country and society, has been lost on many. Money is the motivation for so many people and things in our modern society, so it should be…
3Ethical Dilemma The people affected by this situation, is the child, Joseph, the teacher Arlene, the children in the classroom, because it is Arlene’s job to make sure the children are in an environment where they are physically and emotionally safe; Arlene’s coworkers and other teachers in the building; and also the family, the family should be informed by Arlene what type of behavior Joseph has been exhibiting. If Arlene is still having the problem with Joseph’s behavior and finds that her efforts to this problem are not successful; she may be faced with a hard decision. The first principle in the NAEYC Code stats that “The early childhood program administrator’s paramount responsibility is to ensure that programs for children…
The states and federal government are struggling to budget all of their money so they are looking to save money by privatizing the prisons. By privatizing the prisons the government will be saving money by not having to take care of all the inmates in the prison. But the responsibility of taking care of the inmates would be transferred from the government to the companies that are running the private prisons. This looks like a simple way of cutting costs but at what expense. “Accountability is diluted to the vanishing point when the government delegates the running of prisons to for-profit companies.(Turck, 2016)”…
Ethical Corrections Officers The Webster dictionary defines corruption as “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)” (Websters Dictionary, 2015). Corruption is not only dishonest or illegal activity it is also unethical. Each day, correction officers face many ethical dilemmas; dilemmas such as introducing contraband into the facility, sexual relationships with inmates, misuse of funds or equipment, inmate labor, discrimination and/excessive force (Module 4: The Ethics of Corrections, 2015).…
Crime Control Name: Institution Affiliation: Date: Crime Control How Emotivism Can Be Used To Understand the Perspective of All Parties except the Student If the practice is approved, emotivism can be used to understand the point of view of all the parties that include the police and the prostitutes. Emotivism notes that moral utterances lack the truth value and only expresses the feelings and emotional worth of the person talking. It, thus, can be used to understand the perspective of the police because they disregard moral in reaching the decisions they react at. For example, they failed to stop and question the women prostitutes.…
Ethical issues faced by managers in dealing with international business There are many ethical issues that managers often face with dealing with international business, especially when they have to move to different countries. Not only do managers have to learn different languages and cultures, but they also have to learn how to deal with many ethical issues in other countries. Managers face ethical issues such as corruption, pollution, and employment issues when dealing with international business. It is a manager’s responsibility to learn how to deal with these issues in an ethical way. It is also their job to learn how to understand the ways of other cultures and what their political systems are like.…
1. From ethical and legal perspectives, what do you feel business has learned from the Bernie Madoff financial fraud? In my opinion, I do not only think that businesses can learn from the mistakes that Madoff has caused, they can also use this case as a way to avoid the same type of conflict. With that being said, that can use the mistake that Madoff caused and the many lives that he also has affected to strengthen their code of ethics, build a stronger corporate culture and make sure that their organization is aligned with the rules and regulations that the government has put in place or take more preventive measures.…