When Should the Police Investigate Cases of Non-recent Child Sexual Abuse?

Non-recent child sexual abuse (CSA) and child sexual exploitation (CSE) have received recent attention. Victims often do not report their ordeal at the time the incident occurred, and it is increasingly common for agencies to refer concerns to the police years, or decades, after the event. The combination of the non-recent nature of the offence, the lack of engagement by the (potentially vulnerable) victim, and the huge resource burden of investigation make deciding whether to proceed with investigation complex and ethically challenging. Although there will always be a presumption in favor of investigation, for some cases the reasons against investigating will outweigh this presumption. We examine the considerations at stake in making a decision about whether to make contact with the victim and proceed with investigating a particular non-recent CSA case. Arguing for a “broad rights” approach, we identify considerations relating to (1) the victim, (2) criminal justice and crime prevention, (3) limited resources, and (4) legitimacy. We argue that, all other things being equal, non-recent and current investigations are equally worthy of investigation. We assess the implications of suspects being persons of public prominence. We outline a principled decision-making framework to aid investigators. The Oxford CSA Framework has the potential to reduce unnecessary demand on police resources.     

Judges who drive under the influence of alcohol: ethical implications and the role of restorative justice measures to balance judicial duty and societal expectations

Judges across the US have been charged or convicted of driving while intoxicated, yet many judges are allowed to continue to practice despite their criminal act(s). The issue becomes not only a societal issue, but also an ethical and professional one which impacts the individual criminal justice practitioner and criminal justice agencies. Duty to judicial and social expectations informs an argument regarding ethical theories: deontology and utilitarianism. Solutions include an examination of restorative justice measures such as: a balance of service to the community such as participating in victim-offender mediation and victim-offender panels as the offender, and completing community service where the victim chooses the judges number of hours and location of the service. While some may believe these jurists should suffer punitive punishments such as loss of judgeships, long-term treatment, and extensive probation coupled with individual psychiatric therapy, consideration of all factors with restoration in mind, might be more appropriate for these judicial offenders.     

The Effect of Personal Idealism,Relativism, and Machiavellianism on Voting Tendency: A Turkish Study

This study examined the relationship between Turkish voters’ ethical characteristics and voting tendencies to the political left, right, or center by applying the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) and Mach IV to the collection of data for analysis from 500 voters in a national election in Turkey. The most significant finding is that there was no statistically meaningful relationship among levels of idealism, relativism, or Machiavellianism and voting tendencies to the political left, right, and center. However, results generated by EPQ and Mach IV questionnaire found that voting tendencies were affected by personal relativism (0.10), followed by Machiavellianism (?0.03) and idealism (?0.03). Results show that respondents’ voting tendency was most affected by the level of their personal relativism, but the magnitude of the effect was not statistically significant. The mean scores for Machiavellianism and relativism attributes were on average in the mid-range of the scale, while mean scores for idealism show that the participating voters agreed most strongly with the statements relating to the idealism and could be characterized as absolutist by their low relativism and high idealism. The results demonstrate a positive linear relationship, linking both idealism and relativism to Machiavellianism and indicate statistically significant positive correlations among the three variables.     

“泛法制主义”的困境与救赎

中国社会的文化惯性导致了从传统＂泛道德主义＂的乌托邦走向了＂泛法治主义＂新的乌托邦,对法制的过分依赖与迷信使得法律职业伦理与社会公理渐行渐远。法律职业伦理面临着路径选择的难题,法治社会无法离开社会伦理的支撑与制约,从小众化回归以社会公理为表征的大众社会伦理,强化法律职业伦理的教养与修养,是法律职业伦理的恰当选择。     

制度伦理视域中新时期党风廉政建设的革新

我国廉政建设走过了令人瞩目的光辉历程,制度在道德意识和伦理精神的指引下实现了良性的成长。然而在新形势下廉政建设亦开始遭遇新的伦理困境。目前,促进廉政制度的完善应该重在对制度伦理的确定,促成法规与道德的统一,并使之上升为全社会的制度价值原则。     

荒政之行政伦理与传统国家（State）公共价值生成——基于“官僚制实践困境”命题中的行政伦理

就传统国家公共价值生成所必需的＂制度设计＂而论,社会公共事务治理——如荒政——之所以是传统国家公共价值生成之路径依赖,其根因即在于此类公共行政内在之行政伦理能够转换为公共价值。此行政伦理从官僚制生长的政治、社会、组织与管理背景揭示了传统国家能够生成公共价值及其官僚体制能依此价值实现演进之内在道德根据。在学理上,它关涉是否能在＂重塑政府与社会关系＂或＂在社会成长中再造政府＂的过程中重新定义政府（国家）,使政治和价值问题再度回到公共行政的核心位置。     

公共行政伦理:普遍价值与中国特色

公共行政伦理因其对公共性的共同诉求而拥有了普遍性的特征,更因其对现代政治价值的依赖而使得这种普遍性特点尤显突出。然而,各国的制度、历史、文化传统及社会发展阶段不同,公共行政伦理也会因应这些特殊性而呈现出不同的样式和诉求。我国独特的行政价值传统及整个行政生态必然对我国的行政伦理发生重要影响,这使得分别探讨和论证公共行政伦理之普遍价值与中国特色及两者之间的关系成为必要和可能。     

当代中国公共服务伦理:价值、失范与重构

公共服务伦理对于我国现阶段的服务型政府建设具有重要的时代价值,但当前我国公共管理实践中存在的公共服务伦理失范现象,严重制约着公共服务质量的提高,应该从制度建设与个体美德建设的双重维度着手,探求重构公共服务伦理的可能路径。     

论和谐社会视角下我国政治伦理的价值取向

在现代和谐社会视域下,我国政治伦理应定位于政治公共领域,服务于政治公共领域。我国现代政治伦理的价值取向,应定位于个人权利与公共利益的统一。