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Question 1.

Accepting a position of government employment requires the employee to abide by rules that do not apply to individuals who work in the private sector. For example government employees may be prohibited from earning extra money in other jobs , they may be prohibited from accepting gifts or favors from certain people, or they may have prohibitions on participating in political activities (other than voting).

Do you believe that these restrictions are fair?

What makes public servants different from private employees?

Why is a good ethical foundation especially important for public servants?

Question 2.

You are a local police officer in a small town outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. During your morning patrol a local store owner sees you walking out side of his store and comes out to greet you with a cup of coffee and a hot bagel. You offer to pay for the items but he refuses . While there he begins to complain about how people are using his parking lot to shop at other stores in the area. He jokingly states "it would sure be nice to see them get tickets "that would stop them. You smile and begin to leave to continue your patrol. He asks you to wait a second ; goes into the store and returns with two tickets to this week's Pittsburgh Steelers game . He explains that he received them from a customer but really does not like football and isn't going to use the tickets. He says that he knows that you have a young son and would be really happy to see him enjoy the game. The tickets are extremely hard to get.

Would you take the tickets? Explain in detain why or why not.

Do you see any inherent ethical or other issues with doing so? What are the issues?

Should you have accepted the other items that he offered you?

Please identify all of the issues in this situation and explain you position in detail.

Question 3.

Agreed or disagreed with material discussed above? Explain