1. Ethics Part II Why Good People do Bad Things

2. OBJECTIVES To understand the motivations that can destroy careers; To recognize the influences, environmental indicators, and warning signals of destructive motivation; The know the ethical implications of destructive motivation

3. 1. There are bad people in the world. 2. We are human.  Fallible  Have biases—to be like ourselves  Have biases—against others  Motivated by human drives and needs  Ignorance  Effected by interpersonal communication ● Hostility / Anger● Sexual signals ● Confusion● Ego / self doubt ● Sexual words● And on, and on, and on… 3. You can’t change #1 and #2* Ethics: Three Universal Truths

4. Four Common Motivations that Destroy Careers GREEDANGER LUST LUST PEER PRESSURE

5. GREED What is it???  Related to Human desire…  To possess more than one’s share.  To knowingly have more than what is needed or deserved.  To knowingly accumulate what others don’t or can’t have.

6. What Influences Greed???  Up bringing / Child development  Individual human nature  Jealousy  Temptation  Laziness / unwillingness to excel  Weak character / moral ambivalence  Religious foundation / Adherence to faith  Shortsightedness  materialism GREED

7. What Influences Greed???  Prevailing ethical culture  Peer pressure  Supervisory effectiveness  Means  Opportunity GREED

8. What happens when we allow GREED to take over? C.E.D.R.I.C. © takes over! Career Ending Decisions Resulting in Chaos © - -Sgt. Willie Murphy GREED

9. C.E.D.R.I.C. changes everything: Career Your next career Your family Your mortgage Your car payment Your kids education Your reputation Your view of your commitment to faith Your reputation Your TOMBSTONE GREED

10. Warning Signals  Overt jealousy / Envy regarding material goods  Hatred toward those who have more  Bragging about material possession  Denigrating the possessions of hard / long / specialized workers  Noticeable change in personality related to material goods and possessions  “Pushing” for gratuities / discounts GREED

11. ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DESTRUCTIVE MOTIVATION Ethical Duties:Act!  Save yourself  Save Others  We are all human and we have to be willing to step in when weakness is noted.  Will You help a fellow officer that is fighting with a stronger person when attempting to effect an arrest?  WHAT IF THAT STRONGER PERSON IS CEDRIC? GREED Easiest when the act required is small