Criminal justice professionals make decisions every day and must be able to recognize when an issue involves ethical considerations. Therefore, in order to recognize these problems and make appropriate and correct decisions, it is important for the criminal justice professional to study ethics. To make a good ethical decision, the professional will need to have the ability to apply knowledge of ethics, know the ethical terminology and concepts needed to make a good ethical decision. Criminal justice professionals are in positions of power and exercise power and authority. compared to others. Therefore, it is important for them to study ethics because they must be aware of the ethical standards necessary in making critical decisions involving discretion, force, and due process. It is also a fact that criminal justice professionals who exercise power and authority over others may be tempted to abuse their powers. Police decisions can affect life, liberty and property, and as guardians of the public's interests, the police must maintain high standards of integrity. Police discretion on how to act in a given situation can often lead to ethical misconduct (Banks 29). It is also important for criminal justice professionals to study ethics, as ethics are important in criminal justice policymaking. These professionals are able to make choices and analyze options in order to make decisions that impact the lives of many people. Professionals who formulate policies should act ethically and must realize the ethical responsibility in formulating policies, especially when it comes to punishment. These professionals need to know how unethical and ethical policy decisions differ in how they affect those… middle of paper… If there is nothing and therefore ethics “cannot be taught,” but since 99.9% of business and criminal justice professionals have a conscience, ethics can be taught and learned (Perry). Works CitedBanks, Cyndi . Criminal justice ethics: Theory and practice. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2009. Print. Felkenes, George. “Ethics in the Curriculum of Criminal Justice Graduates.” Philosophy of Teaching 10. (1987): 23-26. eBook.Mills, Karen. "Can ethics be taught?" October 2010. Arizona Department of Transportation.02 December 2010 .Perry, David L. “Can Business Ethics Be Teached?” Mar. 1994. Teaching Business Ethics.03 Dec 2010. .Pollock, Joycelyn M. Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2010. Print.