ethics

Exam Two:      A young police officer, with two years on the department, goes on the web and makes contact with a 13 year old girl that he makes sexual advances toward.  He tells the girl he would like to meet her.  The officer is arrested by the FBI as he reports for duty at his police department.  The officer is led away in handcuffs, and the arrest is covered on the evening news.  The officer is suspended from the police department.  The 13 year old girl , that he thought he was communicating with, turns out to be a police officer in another state.  .....Click here to get more on this essay!!!

Your assignment:  Analyze the incident I have described.  Review the ethical information you have come into contact with in this course, through chapter 9.  Also, discuss what the criminal charges should be and what the punishment should be if the officer is convicted.  How did the officer develop the morals or the lack of morals that would lead him to commit the act?  The officer held a position of public trust and had taken an oath to uphold the law.  Why did he violate the oath?  The FBI had probable cause for an arrest warrant.  Please do use much of your essay space talking about a possible innocence of the arrested officer....Click here to get more on this essay!!!

Review the above questions I have raised and add other points of your own.  Please be thorough and try to use correctly, as many ethical terms as you can.  Grading was easy on the first test, but you have had the opportunity to study more terms and should now have some understanding of how analyze the dilemmas ...Click here to get more on this essay!!!