Ethics Midterm
Question 1
Egoism can be defined as a person’s tendency to act or decide on moral issues solely based on an exaggerated concern of selfishness. In the criminal justice system, egoism can certainly lead to breaches of ethical behavior as an egoist person acts by simply overlooking anyone else’s needs. Some authorities who may be willing to act immorally and although they are aware that their actions are unethical, they would only want to satisfy their self interest needs as motivation for their behavior. The utilitarianism theory would be the opposite of the term egoism as this ethical standard focuses on actions that will positively affect most people, not only an individual. In other words, problems caused by egoism in the justice …show more content…
Unfortunately, it becomes a challenge for most offenders, not to say absolutely impossible, to find a job opportunity. While many graduate students struggle to find a job after obtaining a degree, the chances for a person to make a living possessing a criminal record is minimal. An attempt to assist ex-offenders to find a job is known as “Ban the Box”, which is a nationwide legislation that prohibits employers to inquire about criminal history in the initial application process (NELP, 2015). Indeed, lack of employment might be one of the reasons directly affecting the recidivism issue in society. Clearly, after a person is released from a correctional facility, who is unable to join the workforce due to past issues, the probabilities of this person to engage in criminal behavior are significantly …show more content…
Racial profiling occurs when police officers have a suspicion of crime based on ethnicity, race, religion or national origin (NJI, 2013). Obviously, arrests made upon criminal suspicions based on the physical appearance of an individual raise several ethical concerns as this is not necessarily connected with a suspect behavior. With this in mind, the news reports and social media are constantly announcing racial profiling examples across the nation. Although, some of the accusations could be an exaggeration used as a strategy to increase ratings by obtaining more attention from viewers, other cases can be used as an example to show that racial profiling is not only a perception but it might be a current practice
Question 1
Egoism can be defined as a person’s tendency to act or decide on moral issues solely based on an exaggerated concern of selfishness. In the criminal justice system, egoism can certainly lead to breaches of ethical behavior as an egoist person acts by simply overlooking anyone else’s needs. Some authorities who may be willing to act immorally and although they are aware that their actions are unethical, they would only want to satisfy their self interest needs as motivation for their behavior. The utilitarianism theory would be the opposite of the term egoism as this ethical standard focuses on actions that will positively affect most people, not only an individual. In other words, problems caused by egoism in the justice …show more content…
Unfortunately, it becomes a challenge for most offenders, not to say absolutely impossible, to find a job opportunity. While many graduate students struggle to find a job after obtaining a degree, the chances for a person to make a living possessing a criminal record is minimal. An attempt to assist ex-offenders to find a job is known as “Ban the Box”, which is a nationwide legislation that prohibits employers to inquire about criminal history in the initial application process (NELP, 2015). Indeed, lack of employment might be one of the reasons directly affecting the recidivism issue in society. Clearly, after a person is released from a correctional facility, who is unable to join the workforce due to past issues, the probabilities of this person to engage in criminal behavior are significantly …show more content…
Racial profiling occurs when police officers have a suspicion of crime based on ethnicity, race, religion or national origin (NJI, 2013). Obviously, arrests made upon criminal suspicions based on the physical appearance of an individual raise several ethical concerns as this is not necessarily connected with a suspect behavior. With this in mind, the news reports and social media are constantly announcing racial profiling examples across the nation. Although, some of the accusations could be an exaggeration used as a strategy to increase ratings by obtaining more attention from viewers, other cases can be used as an example to show that racial profiling is not only a perception but it might be a current practice