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Description
This module will focus on ethical challenges for police officers as they play out for all ranks, but particularly on ethical challenges for future leaders in the service.
It will examine a range of ethical issues in policing, ranging from the ethics of everyday police work to questions of corruption and malpractice, and it will consider the need for future police leaders to foster an ethical climate in the force and to think about the ethical implications of everything they do as police officers.
The focus on ethics will be comprise three strands:
- Ethics in the application of police powers and procedures
- Ethics in personal conduct (bullying, sexism, racism)
- Ethics in professional conduct (abuse of process, financial impropriety, misjudgement)
Ethical decision-making in the professional sphere infused with the principles of procedural justice will be used to explored specific issues that pose ethical challenges such as use of force, stop and search, race relations, public order policing, balancing policing priorities vs. community needs, overseeing misconduct proceedings, and managing relationships with oversight bodies such as the IOPC and PCCs. Implications of the importance of maintaining high ethical standards for police legitimacy will be discussed.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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