Obedience in the Workplace Within the law enforcement community, there are a set of guidelines which are in place to protect the law enforcement officers, and the citizens in the community that is served. Compliance to the rules and regulations is expected from officers, in addition to obedience of orders. Law enforcement must also comply with a code of ethics in which the officer will serve mankind and protect the public, while preserving liberty, equality, and justice. The code of ethics maintains the officer will provide honesty in their personal and public life, will not allow feelings of predudice, animosity, or friendships influence their decisions (Sheppard, 2015).
Law enforcement will need to :
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“Police officers make ethical decisions in which they may have to choose one value over another, truth versus loyalty, individual versus communit, justice versus mercy. The officer must ask themselves if their decision is against the law, or violates the moral code (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009).” Officers bring their own thoughts on morality with them, but as they become part of the law enforcement team, “the custom of the department becomes their core value (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009).” As the police culture becomes the new identity, the officers feel a sense of brotherhood, when one officer violates a code, another officer will have a hard time reporting or intervening for fear of retaliation or isolation from others in the force (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009). The recommendation is the use of IACP Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, for an annual review in order to reduce conflicting rules of behaviour, for the police supervisor, and anonymous reporting is available for employees and for the public, if they feel an officer has acted out of misconduct (Martinelli,
Law enforcement will need to :
• Obey and familiarize themselves …show more content…
“Police officers make ethical decisions in which they may have to choose one value over another, truth versus loyalty, individual versus communit, justice versus mercy. The officer must ask themselves if their decision is against the law, or violates the moral code (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009).” Officers bring their own thoughts on morality with them, but as they become part of the law enforcement team, “the custom of the department becomes their core value (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009).” As the police culture becomes the new identity, the officers feel a sense of brotherhood, when one officer violates a code, another officer will have a hard time reporting or intervening for fear of retaliation or isolation from others in the force (Bills, Ke, Heringer, & Mankin, 2009). The recommendation is the use of IACP Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, for an annual review in order to reduce conflicting rules of behaviour, for the police supervisor, and anonymous reporting is available for employees and for the public, if they feel an officer has acted out of misconduct (Martinelli,