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  • Essay / Ethical Issue of Police Corruption - 713

    This can be difficult due to corruption within the criminal justice system. When police officers and administrators follow the law, the public feels safer. This is important for police systems, administration and practices because to enforce the law you must first respect it. Deontological ethical systems concern legality when it comes to police corruption and respect for the law. According to deontological ethical systems, the nature of a person's action must be morally right, adhering to the rules of his position. Returning to the ethical dilemma presented in the introduction, as a police officer you have a duty and moral obligation to follow police procedures and protocol. Although overthrowing the police chief is a good act and is for the greater good of the people, it would still have bad consequences. “When the consequences of a decision are bad, the teleological or consequentialist ethical system does not support it” (Miller,