School Of Social SciencesEthics in PolicingWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400293.1
Discipline: POLICE STUDIES
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
About this Unit
This unit raises awareness of the ethical dimension of policing practice, and provides students with the knowledge and skills to engage in ethical on-the-job decision making. It includes an examination of the basis for personal and professional ethics, a review of guidance provided by professional codes of practice and human rights standards, and the application of ethical principles via applied policing case studies. Major ethical problems such as discrimination, corruption, deception and excessive force and examined using material drawn from commissions of inquiry, internal affairs investigations, published literature, human rights documentation and the everyday life of serving police officers.