Ethical Dilemma Worksheet

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Ethical Dilemma Worksheet

Incident Review

|What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. |
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|The ethical issue and or problem here is that a police report is being changed. One police report stating that officer saw |
|intoxicated male driving, while the other police report states that officers made an arrest for driving while intoxicated but never|
|saw the male driving. |
|What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important |
|potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. |
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|The most important fact about this case is that officers never saw the male suspect driving while intoxicated. The fact that two |
|different police reports were made one stating the officer saw the male driving and the other stating officer did not see the male |
|driving. |
|Identify each claimant (key actor) who has an interest in the outcome of this ethical issue. From the perspective of the moral |
|agent—the individual contemplating an ethical course of action—what obligation is owed to the claimant? Why? |
|Claimant |Obligation (owed to the|Perspective (What does the claimant hope will happen?) |
|(key actor)