Ethics

Annie Tallent (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

Annie Tallent (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

All in a Family

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A fire chief taking an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division shift for one of his firefighters receives a call about a man with a gunshot wound. When he arrives on the scene, the chief recognizes the mother of a childhood friend. Her...

A Duty to Infuriate

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1992 an Associated Press journalist in Amsterdam is assigned to write a feature article on drug policy in the Netherlands. He has been asked to write similar articles in the past, and has always been expected to convey the message that the...

Loyalty First

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a casual attitude to Air Force regulations on dealings...

A Distant Command (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

A Distant Command (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a local boating safety program. Upon arriving, he learns...

Getting Squeezed

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The executive assistant to the Army Chief of Staff prepares the nomination forms for all Army officers eligible for promotion, which are then submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) for approval and later confirmation by the...

A Close Election

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

When a Republican state representative in the Midwest decides not to seek re-election, he is approached by a politically active, successful farmer about running for the seat. He thinks the farmer would represent the moderate wing of the party...

Policing Chicago's Public Housing Developments: Operating in a Unique Environment

Publication Date: June 01, 1998

The infamous Cabrini-Green public housing project, dominated by large violent criminal gangs, is the setting for this case describing the unusual tactics of a group of Chicago police. The "Slick Boys", a group of veteran officers use rap...

ABC and Food Lion: A Case Study

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The rise of highly-rated nonfiction television programs has sparked concern about the techniques which television producers use to gather images and information. This press ethics case focuses on a particularly controversial technique: the...

Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The road to the breakthrough Dayton Peace Accords, which ushered in the prospect of a stable peace in the war-torn former Yugoslavia, is built through an intricate, high-pressure negotiation brokered by the United States and involving Serbia,...