Assignment:
Create a personal code of ethics using one of the major ethical frameworks as a guide. You have already examined the professional code of ethics for a career field in criminal justice and analyzed ethical dilemmas for several fields; now compare your personal code of ethics with those of the career you discussed in the Professional Ethical Standards assignment. To what ethical standards would you hold yourself if you worked in that field?
Use the following as a guide for writing the paper.
1. How does your code of ethics compare to the professional code of ethics? Discuss the differences between your code and the professional code.
2. How does your personal code compare to the unwritten code associated with this career? Discuss the differences.
3. What ethical dilemmas does your personal code of ethics help you resolve?
4. Characterize the ethical framework used to construct your personal code of ethics.
5. Does your personal code of ethics seem to match the ethical standards required for the career you are interested in? Why or why not?
Pollock, J. M. (2004). Ethics in crime and justice: Dilemmas and decisions (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.