Essays on Public Trust

DNA tracing has been a helpful way of identifying an unknown person. As a matter of fact, this advantage is being used in forensic investigations which will completely recognize the identity of an individual when being logged in the database. However, this brings about risk in the privacy and confidentiality of an individual. Therefore, DNA database should not be used for commercial purposes. A DNA profile,which is stored in database, is not only used to identify a single individual, but it also allows to track close relatives using the information which can be located in a single DNA ...

Introduction

The CFOs have a lot to deal with as their strategic responsibility in business continues to grow and become more complex. Owing to their extensive duties, the cash compensation of the financial officers continues to increase with each passing year so much that the officials are starting to bridge the gap between CEOs and them. The financial market appears to be more inclined towards a skill-driven workforce as compared to the traditional approach of leadership provided by the CEOs. This essay attempts to develop an understanding concerning the issue of the rising salary of CFOs by using three primary ...

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The United States’ criminal justice system is all about truth. Therefore, law enforcement professionals are expected to act and behave in such a way that mirrors this public commitment. While it is human nature to lie, the kind of job police officers have requires truth and reliability at all times from the law enforcer. People place high level of trust on them, thus, it is only right that police officers remain truthful at all times. Otherwise, it weakens the criminal justice system and only breeds distrust. The justice system is based on truth and police officers, including those who ...

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A plea bargain has defined the court proceedings in the recent history of the criminal justice system. As such, prosecutors and judges have adapted to the policy to carry on activities while practicing copping plea arrangements so as to reduce the number of pending cases and the pile that characterizes most of the district magistrates’ courts. On one side, the idea of a plea bargain has greatly enhanced the efficiency of the legal systems. This is because it has reduced the time for prosecutors to work on various trials as well as reducing the instances of overcrowding in jails ( ...

1. Policing involves complex roles and responsibilities in today’s current time. To be effective in the performance of their duties, there are important strategies that are considered to be the most relevant and important to the police authorities. Community policing and evidence based policing are two important strategies that will enhance the ability of the police officers in addressing the constantly changing environment involving crime and disorder. Community policing generally involves the collaboration between the community members and the police in identifying and solving problems affecting the community. The concept of community policing introduces the new perspectives providing ...

Regulation of Social Media Use

The current rise of social media has seen both positive and adverse impacts on organizations. For example, it enhances communication in firms. In the context of law enforcement agencies, it fosters the handling of crime matters. Besides, the transmission of information is also improved when information is conveyed via Facebook and Twitter (Information Management Journal, 2014). Most of the law enforcement organizations have a Facebook page that is primarily used for posting various events of the respective agency. Research shows that there is an increment in the misuse of social media. For instance, employees usually post confidential information on ...

1. The three policing strategies that are found to be most important are community policing, problem oriented policing and evidence based policing. Community policing involves the establishment of partnership with the community by the police officers. This strategy will allow the police officers to develop a constructive relationship with the community members that will allow them to reach out in helping them solve their problems about crimes and not merely to respond to the calls for service (Albrecht and Das, 2011). The process will result in the decentralization of the police organization that will result in a more responsive ...

The rise of social media has had both positive impacts as well as adverse effects in organizations. For instance, it fosters communication in organizations especially when information is conveyed via social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Besides, the transfer of information is fast to the intended audience through the use of the agency’s Facebook page (Quinn, 2016). However, there is a skyrocketing misuse of social media by employees from different organizations. Workers of various agencies around the world often misuse confidential information. Furthermore, there are high chances of misinterpreting of the firms’ views through the use ...

Some researchers argue that the innovation in science has a direct relationship with the advancement in morality. This argument, therefore, shows the link that exists between science and moral aspects. These researchers address various reasons as to why they support the fact that moral values and scientific advancements have a relationship. Conversely, some scientists criticize the fact that morality has an influence on scientific research. Accordingly, these researchers also criticize the way in which scientific facts relate to moral values. This paper discusses the morals value associated with science showing both the agreements and disagreements presented by two different ...

Global Financial Crisis in the US

Introduction It was hard for the economists, professional analysts and policymakers among other players in the financial industry to foresee the crisis in the US mortgage lending industry in 2007 that resulted in the world's worst economic recession in two years' time (Sher and Iyanatul 2010). Initially, there was a housing bubble characterized by high house prices, low-interest rates, more support for subprime mortgage and increased speculation by the buyers (Acharya and Schnabl 2010). Eventually, there were decline of house market prices, increased lending rates and increased default and foreclosures by the mortgagors (John 2009). Notably, by mid-2008 the ...