Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
· Review Chapters 9 and 11 from your textbook,
Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice.
· Review the article,
Agency and Responsibility: The Personal and the Political.Links to an external site.
As you have learned throughout this course, the criminal justice field demands moral conduct from all participants. In your Final Paper, you will create a set of core, ethical beliefs and moral requirements for people engaged in your line of work, or your intended line of work. Drawing from chapters in your textbook and the eight additional sources you researched to support your opinions, formulate your paper based solely on scholarly sources.
In your final paper,
· Compile a comprehensive job description for your line of work or intended line of work.
· Identify all the stakeholders related to the position.
· Describe at least three practical work scenarios where ethical decision-making and moral action must be taken in the position.
· Evaluate the pros and cons of two ethical theories applicable to the work scenarios you selected.
· Create your own code of ethics for the position and the foundational sources for your code.
· Design a best-practices checklist for your chosen position.
· Propose how your code of ethics will positively impact all stakeholders in the position.
The Standards for Moral Conduct in Criminal Justice final paper
· must be 7 to 8 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to
APA Style
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
· Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
must use at least 8 scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
