Here are the key ethical issues involved and options available to the traffic constable in this situation:
Ethical Issues:
- Duty to enforce traffic rules vs humanitarian concern to help injured person receive medical care
- Strict vs lenient enforcement of rules based on person's financial ability
Options:
1. Strictly enforce rules - stop ambulance, issue challans for all offenses
2. Show leniency - let ambulance pass, issue warning instead of challans due to emergency and person's inability to pay
3. Issue challan only for serious offenses like jumping red light, let helmet offense pass in emergency
4. Escort ambulance to hospital to ensure speedy travel but still issue warning
The constable
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Balance Enforcement and Humanitarianism in Traffic Accident Case
1. MT130 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE,
LAW AND ETHICS
MODULE 1: HUMAN VALUES Morals,
Values and Ethics – Work Ethics; Self
Confidence and Character Building Self-
Management– Introduction to Yoga and
Meditation Leading to Professional
Excellence Stress Management
Overview of Universal Human Values
2. • Human Values
• Human Values reflect the sense of right and
wrong in a person. They also refer to
• appropriate courses of action, values define
what ‘ought’ to be in society. Trust and
• Affection are seen as foundational and
complete values in a society.
3. • On line with the explanation of the heart,
mind and soul of man, Karen Homey, the
• psychologist, made important observations on
human values. Based on her clinical findings,
• she noted the integral relationship between
man's true nature and human values. The
• definition clearly implies that the essential
reality of man is the source of constructive
• possibilities or values.
4. • It focuses attention on the heart, mind and
soul of man as expressed in feelings, thoughts
and actions. These are mainly responsible for
man's act of valuation.
• This is supported by the International
Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences (1969: 283)
which explains "sheer reflex behaviour does
not manifest value or valuing".
5. Value Education (Basic Guidelines)
• Value education needs to encompass
• the following
• 1Universal (Needs to be applicable to all human
beings)
• 2- Rational (Appeal to human reasoning)
• 3- Natural and Verifiable
• 4- All encompassing- cover all levels (Individual,
Family and Society)
• 5- Leading to harmony
6. Accurate identification of our desire: Every
person in this world has their own desire or wish
which needs to be fulfilled by them on any cost
for their happiness. Hence the value education
helps us to understand our needs and know
about our aspiration with accuracy and also
helps us to find the correct path towards the
fulfilment. It also helps to remove our confusion
and bring balance at all the level in the
fulfilment of desire.
7. Complimentary of values and skills
To fulfil our desire both the values and skills are
important and one should have the both these
to fulfil the needs. When we identify our correct
goal and we move forward in correct direction
at the right time then it is known as the value
domain.
8. • Understanding Values in human relationship
• Understanding is how we evaluate values
while beliefs are assumed values. Relationship
is between self (I) and the other self (I). There
are nine feelings (values) or expectation of
feelings (value). They are definite and can be
recognized, their fulfilment and evaluation
lead to mutual happiness- trust: the
foundational value in relationship.
9. • What is self-management?
• Self-management is your ability to regulate
your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a
productive way. This means excelling in both
personal and professional responsibilities for
the benefit of yourself and your team.
10. What are the 7 self-management
skills?
• Skill 1. Time management
• Skill 2. Self motivation
• Skill 3. Stress management
• Skill 4. Adaptability
• Skill 5. Decision making
• Skill 6. Goal alignment
• Skill 7. Personal development
11. •
You are a traffic constable and while on duty you see 3
people riding a motorcycle without a helmet and jumping
the red signal. On stopping them, you came to know that
one of them met with an accident due to potholes and is
severely bleeding and due to non-arrival of ambulance
they are taking him to the hospital. On further enquiry,
you came to know that the driver does not have a driving
license and works as day wager. While on his way to work,
he found the man lying injured on the road and in a rush
to take him to hospital, he left his helmet on the site of an
accident. The driver expresses his financial inability to pay
increased fines. Recently, due to the enforcement of new
Motor Vehicles Act, you are under severe pressure from
your seniors for strict enforcement.
• What are the ethical issues involved and the options
available to you in such a situation.