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Ethics for Security Officers – 2 Hour Continuing Education Course

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FACTS Under Pressure: Ethical Decision-Making for Security Officers

Security officers make decisions that affect access, safety, privacy, property, dignity, employment, and public trust. This two-hour course combines practical ethical reasoning with the FACTS decision process. Learners distinguish duty-based reasoning from outcome-based reasoning, separate facts from assumptions, use fair process, generate authorized options, document defensible decisions, and recognize how peers, supervisors, and organizational culture can normalize unethical shortcuts.

Learners will distinguish ethical issues, dilemmas, and temptations; compare deontological and teleological reasoning; apply FACTS to realistic security decisions; use voice, neutrality, respect, and trustworthy motives; recognize moral disengagement and ethical fading; and explain and document a defensible course of action.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Distinguish professional ethics from minimum legal compliance and personal preference.
  • Explain deontological and teleological reasoning and apply both to security decisions.
  • Use FACTS to identify reliable information, affected parties, duties, consequences, options, and a defensible decision.
  • Apply voice, neutrality, respect, and trustworthy motives during enforcement encounters.
  • Recognize ethical fading, moral disengagement, group pressure, and organizational influences.
  • Prepare an accurate explanation and report that separates observation, attributed information, and inference.

Course Content

Introduction
Welcome to your continuing education course! This course includes supporting materials and handouts designed to reinforce the lesson content and provide a deeper understanding of the subjects presented. You are encouraged to review these resources as you progress through the course and retain them for future reference. The materials may include lecture notes, summaries, reference guides, key-term reviews, and other practical resources that organize important concepts in an accessible format. These resources supplement the course instruction and can help you prepare for the knowledge checks and final assessment.

  • Course Materials and Resources

Professional Ethics

FACTS – Ethical Decision-Making Model

Ethics Under Pressure

Final Course Assessment

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brian.baxter
2 months ago
Great content and layout. Thanks!