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Chapter 21
Practicing and Promoting Ethical
Conduct
Ethics
 Ethics deals with questions of right and
wrong, of moral and immoral behavior.
Developing Personal Ethics
 A personal “ethics check”
 Is it legal?
 Is it balanced?
 How does it make me feel about myself?
The 5 P’s of Ethical Power
 Purpose: What is my purpose in life?
 Pride: Too much or too little pride is
dangerous.
 Patience: Live by principles knowing that
all will work out in the end. Don’t be
greedy.
 Persistence: Stick to your purpose, even
when inconvenient.
 Perspective: Focus on the purpose.
Organizational Ethics Check
 Three organizational ethics check
questions are:
 (1) Are we delivering what we promise in
terms of quality and customer service?
 (2) Are we selling a product or service that is
harmful to society?
 (3) Are we honest in the way we do business?
Codes of Ethics
 A code of ethics sets forth self-enforcing
moral and professional guidelines for
behavior in a given field.
Organizational Promotion of Ethics
 Ethics can be promoted throughout the
organization by the security manager
serving as a role model.
 By having a clear vision statement.
 By having a code of ethics.
 Prescreening potential employees and
having ongoing inservice training can help
promote ethical behavior as well.
Ethical Problem Solving
 Values and a strong sense of ethics
should be the core of the decisionmaking/problem-solving process.
Summary Questions
 What does ‘ethics” mean?
 Identify and explain the 3 personal ethics
check questions.
 Identify and explain the 5 P’s of Ethical
Power.
 Identify and explain the 3 organizational
ethics check questions.
Summary Questions
 What purpose is served by a code of
ethics for security professionals?
 How can an ethical organization be
promoted?
 How does ethics relate to problem
solving?