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Define Ethics ✔Correct Answer--Principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,
including rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad (or right and
wrong)
Define Integrity ✔Correct Answer--A firm adherence to a code of moral values. (Example:
Incorruptibility, the quality of being honest and fair, firm adherence to a code of moral values)
Define Morals ✔Correct Answer--Being concerned about or relating to what is right and
wrong in human behavior.
Ethics, Integrity, and Morals ✔Correct Answer--Intertwined. These are essential traits for law
enforcement officers because it makes officers complete, incorruptible, good, right, and
effective problem solvers.
Define Discretion ✔Correct Answer--1. Right to choose what should be done in a particular
situation.
2. Quality of having or showing good judgement.
3. Ability to make responsible decisions.
4. Ability to choose where, how, and with what severity to act.
What is a bias? ✔Correct Answer--A personal judgement that can be unreasonable or
unfounded and lead to another person's unjust (or unethical) treatment.
Explicit Bias ✔Correct Answer--Individuals with explicit bias are aware of their attitudes,
stereotypes, and beliefs and openly admit them as part of their world view. (Example: Racism,
Prejudice, Discrimination)
Implicit Bias ✔Correct Answer--More subtle than explicit bias and developed from prior
experiences that influence behavior. Implicit bias is not based on hatred or hostility and can be
passively acquired with no conscious awareness. Implicit bias is not denying or ignoring a
prejudice but being unaware that discrimination or bias exists at all. (Can include stereotyping)
Confirmation Bias ✔Correct Answer--When people seek or interpret information in ways that
are partial to their existing beliefs or expectations.
Conformation bias can help perpetuate beliefs, no matter how truthful or accurate.
Biased-based Policing ✔Correct Answer--Discrimination in performing law enforcement duties
based on personal officer prejudices.