Morality and Human Nature
Determine two (2) strategies that law enforcement organizations can use to ensure that their employees do what is good instead of focusing on what they can get out of a particular situation.
Two strategies that law enforcement organizations can use to ensure that their employees do what is good instead of focusing on what they can get out of a particular situation is as follows:
1. Strategic Training to promote Empathy and Understanding
2. Sensitize and Develop and expand Morality
Strategic Training to promote Empathy and Understanding
The purpose of Strategic Training is to pinpoint and locate possible weaknesses in the human psyche that shows a prevalence of an inability to be unsympathetic and lack of understanding. Scenarios should be proposed as stimuli to stimulant correct emotional responses to appropriate situations. Automatic interaction to self-monitor with a summation of the increased change in behavior as a person is queried about subjects that are loaded with bigotry, racism and any scenario that would cause inner bias to arise and compromise the honest dealings with all persons concerned. These reports would act as kudos and would be placed in their personnel file and acts as inspiration as their on job experience allows them to learn and experience new respect on the streets, office or bureau. When this process is initiated the purpose is to change the outlook and behavioral approach and teach professional distance but respect for the public and self. Learning to reach a neutral ground establishes an impasse for discriminatory charges, bigotry, prejudice or racial profiling to emanate and claim precedence.
Sensitize and Develop and expand Morality
Another concern in Law Enforcement is the lack of sensitivity of law enforcement when interacting with the public as duty ensues. The actions of law enforcement as known is always under visibility and as such any personal prejudices, racism should be suppressed, eradicated if possible to allow the development and expansion of morality to allow the fair dealings with all people of any race. Courtesy and the efficacy of treating people with the same expectancy of return treatment ensures the further development of traits and characteristics that are complementary to moralistic behavior. As such moralistic behavior is enhanced to include the traits of racial respect, correct handling of people minus brutality, verbal monitoring and body posturing to not appear threatening or issue an unspoken threat and up the level of mindsets with increased intellectual ability and tactical gauging of any scenario that involves levels of danger for people, public and structural buildings.
Read the article titled “Ethics Training for Police,” located at http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=1054&issue_id=112006. Next, compare and contrast which of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development found in the text correspond with those stages outlined in the article as they relate to law enforcement officer ethics training.
Based on the article “Ethics Police Training for Police” Stage 1 is the contemplative analysis of what is perceived as right and wrong decisions or correct gauging of scenarios or situations. Further as such the consequences of reward or punishment is uppermost in thoughts when acting. Because of this the initial state of morality is established and are external influences which cause a step to be enabled to be furthered.
Stage 2
Involved in the expression of this step is the notation that by facilitating and correct handling and processing of situations the level of gratuities increase and allow the expressive use of egotism to be exhibited due to self-interest whereas Stage 3 allows the ability to assist in challenging and bolstering of expected behavior to get the kudos, bonuses and camaraderie of being one of the “best”.
Stage 3
This stage allows the need for conformation to develop and allow the query of what is morality and the steps to achieve it and how to obtain the support of others. As such this necessitates interpersonal relationships that help win approval.
Stage 4
Allows the assimilation of all laws and codes to correctly do the “job” and get it right the first time without having to worry about being non-ethical behavior. Protecting self and the reputation of the police as administers that facilitate and correct wrong or criminal actions is the purpose to reduce risk and liability. As such the purpose is to protect the image of law enforcement as a protector and not as the enemy of the public. Duty and Honor are synonymous with each other and complements each other as yin and yang.
Stage 5
As the understanding of morality is conceived and that integrity is its close intimate friend than this enables and helps emphasizes the need to retain social good and help facilitate a methodology to obtain this step. In consequence, the abstract and conceptualized are more readily apparent and assist in the interpretation of laws, rulings and regulations that assist in help in structuring moral thought, thinking and internalizing these important values. Further with all agreement that society overall needs to be a source to always input and protest an act of disagreement that infringes on the social rights of the public or populace.
Stage 6
As such the social concern of protecting the individual rights of the people or populace allows the Stage 6 to be incorporated due to an internalized evolved state of moral reasoning. Due to this accumulation of evolved and changed moral thought this enable the administering of rules and laws, interpretation and understanding of religious principles and codes to obtain and retain good conduct.
As a complement and working assemblage Stage 1 thru Stage 5 acts as a universal mergence to assist in the inception and instilling of moral values and adjusting the levels of integrity with modified ethical principles and learned concepts that transcend low principles, morality and ethics to a more acceptable level.
In contrast, Stage 1 through Stage 6 works in differing stages at varying times but contribute to the overall cohesion of changed behavior. Each stage meticulously allows scrutinization and examination of behavior as it evolves and changes.
Thank you.
Felicia
Response to Teacher
Today in CNN Money there is an article on "The next battle for Black Lives Matter: Economic Justice" http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/02/news/economy/black-lives-matter-the-economy/index.html
In Week 2 we started the course with a discussion of John Rawls theory of Distributive Justice. The current presidential campaign is influenced by issues of Economic Justice. Although politicians agree the tax code needs revision, there is little agreement as to how to accomplish this. Is this the place to start, or encouraging black banks as suggested?
After reading the article, the philosophy sounds good in theory but in all practicality the state of reparation for an act of involuntary migration of African People now known as either Black Americans or African Americans cannot be facilitated because large numbers of Black citizens are receiving assistance from a system that is already severely over burdened.
Unfortunately, the relocating of funds from policing or prisons is simply not a feasible venture. As known by statistical reports the spiraling near out of control criminal activity has to be halted, stopped and as such these preventatives methods must be continually facilitated.
I agree with the thought of jobs needed and created thought should be enacted to have jobs for Black Americans who are willing to work be created. But jobs are not synonymous with home ownership, crime or for individual to marry and have progeny or retain those marriage vows. Positions or jobs are for the stabilizing of this country and economy.
The disproportionate levels of income are mostly based on intellectual status and education vs training and trades. Wealth and racism is not a good mix and as such it is not the blame the cause is prejudice, resentment, bigotry, bias, and discriminatory actions or feelings aimed at the Black Race. The goal is and should be provide a job for Black Americans so they can learn to pull their own weight not expect a handout because it is not coming. Further initializing a Black Bank is not the answer either because of the lack of its ability to be federally insured.
The killing of these unfortunate Black males do not link to the economic depressed era and lack that is Black America. This sad reality is because we (myself included) are oppressed in this affluent country and are still a hated and loathed facet in this country. But looking past this the chance to receive an education allows the fight for better treatment and the chance to contribute and fight alongside any race in defense of this country for continued freedom and choice.
Further Black Americans have not lost wealth from the cessation of slavery White People or Caucasian People have. Because of this there can be no reparation for what has never been received or had in the first place. Active racism overall is not being exhibited to all Black Americans - so no once again - there is no entitlement for reparation.
Since the Black Panthers were not favorably received linking to them is definitely not a good idea or a facilitator because they were pro-violence. Therefore, conclusively this cannot be claimed as a Black freedom movement that affects all Black Citizens in this country (USA) without getting prior authorization from all.
Granted our children need to be educated better to be more competitive and show the inner greatness that is them. Further, they need nurturing, structure, care, love and preventatives applied to help them not be interested in criminal activities or criminal behavior and not let a band aid be applied to try to make neglect okay or parental incapability ok.
Jobs and good parenting should help decrease the mass incarceration of Black People and a chance in this country to be thought of as part and not as a slave or flunky in this country. These acts of incarceration only makes the economy more loaded down because of the inescapable fact that they are number in society and not a person. Facilitating and correcting a situation is more than money it is the establishing of good for this country ... it allows the ability of Black Americans to have a place in this country without feeling waves of hate emanating or resentment because they are seen as nothing.
These so-called nothings are money, influence, power and support in this country and society and helps the wheel go around and turn as they help facilitate growth and evolution.
Lastly, no this is not the place to start! We have banks that are trustworthy, reliable and safe already. We do not need to separate ourselves (Black Americans) from the rest of the economy and be seen as a threat.
Thank you.
Felicia
Response to Teacher
Last year Dorothy Bland wrote a newspaper article "Walking While Black" where she claimed she was a victim of racial profiling. The dash cam video proved otherwise. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-dorothy-bland-texas-police-walking-while-black-20151106-story.html
After reading the article and viewing the recording of the episode, I feel that a slight case of harassment and hassling went on in this scenario.
In regard to this incident, I would agree that I would feel "Walking While Black" because the neighborhood is primarily white or caucasian. My question is how did the police just happen to turn up and see her "a person" revealed later as a black female walking in the road or street.
I agree that yes she was a victim of racial profiling but she was also a safety risk as well as an impediment to ongoing traffic. If she had been struck or hit by a moving motorized vehicle then the driver would be at fault as well as herself. The proper course of action I would recommend is use the sidewalk or walk against traffic to prevent an unfortunate accident. But if it was me, I would use the sidewalk.
Further, running a check for her name and running her license was unnecessary since all they had to do is tell her that she could not walk on that side of the street or too far in the street and based on this I feel that this showed latent resentment as well as prejudice for her being in this neighborhood. Also, I wonder if she was white or caucasian would they have ran her name and license too.
Thank you.
Felicia
Response to Co-Student
I disagree with the first option because of the inability to be able to monitor and confirm the body camera is working A - OKAY - ALL THE TIME. The second option may allow a "peek" into his or her present mindset and maybe give an analysis of his mental state or feelings toward different races and his reactions in highly charged racist oriented scenarios. Based upon his or her performance then maybe this could conclusively relay the desired and needed information to analyze if this employee is right for the job.
Otherwise, I agree with your other information.
Thank you.
Felicia
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