Detained perpetrators are raped and killed inside the police cells by police officials. Official firearms are no longer intended for their original purpose but are used to threaten innocent people and to commit crimes. People are brutally assaulted, such as in the case of Mido Marcia and Andries Tahane. The IPID disciplinary convictions give impunity to those that contravene the law. Unless such a problem is tackled with great caution, South Africa will slowly but surely become a lawless state.

Question

Apply ethics in decision-making to best bring about the change required to encourage appropriate behaviour. Ensure that you provide examples related to the policing/law enforcement environment.

Discuss the ethical decision-making criteria.

Your discussion must address the description of each criterion with its advantages and disadvantages (9). Create scenarios reflecting the application of each criterion to address the challenge related to the scenario and the application of the guidelines (6). Provide the criteria that you suggest should be utilised to address the challenge with a motivation (5).