Teaching Tennessee, CTE Task: Ethics in Law Enforcement

Task Description

Standards

Students will:

• read the article: 9 steps to keeping your cop ethics in check,
• create notes about ethical survival vs career survival
• search and review 2-3 law enforcement codes of ethics, and
• write their own personal code of ethics for learning in a virtual environment.

4) Evaluate the impact of ethics, confidentiality, character and credibility on law enforcement careers. Justify the importance of personal traits such as integrity, respect, responsibility, confidentiality, and ethical behavior in the workplace and the impact they can have on career success.

 Content Understandings

Extending Understandings

Upon successful completion of these tasks students will demonstrate the ability to:

• describe ethical survival and its relationship to career survival, and
• demonstrate an understanding of what makes up a code of ethics by writing their own personal code of ethics for learning in a virtual environment.

To move students towards deeper understanding, they should be given opportunities to:

• peruse a variety of current events and determine how ethical behavior was or was not demonstrated by law enforcement officers, and
• participate in an online Socratic seminar to discuss the current events they reviewed.

Support Strategies

If students are struggling to access this task, additional supports and strategies could be employed as students are engaging with the task.

Additional Resources

Earl, K.  (2017, Oct. 30). 9 steps to keeping your cop ethics in check. Police1. https://www.police1.com/ethics/articles/9-steps-to-keeping-your-cop-ethics-in-check-ZBGmLThsfLgJL9NV/