Midterm Essay

Slippery Slope

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Slippery Slope

A gratuity can be regarded as the acceptance of either meals or services for free or even getting discounts . Accepting these offers or gratuities like a free meal or a 30 discount from the neighbourhood Denny 's may apparently be harmless . However , the moment an individual has a badge it becomes unacceptable since it violates the stipulated ethics code concerning the inclusion of financial gains or rewards . All the same other departments may permit a free

meal offered like a cup of coffee if a tip is left by the officer while others do not allow this . Accepting even the gratuities considered small may get the officer down the road to what is referred to as the Slippery Slope . The hypothesis of slippery slope is described as the corruption that starts with things which are seemingly harmless and with good intentions but with time turns out to be crimes for profit (Delattre , 2006

It is not really that some officials may actually follow the wrong route after yielding to small gratuities , but the things the people offering gratuities really want . Some owners of restaurants for instance tend to offer coffee for free or meals at reduced price as a way of being kind to police owing to claims that they are underpaid . However , others in a more or less subtle way anticipate a favour in return . Others indeed are after the presence of the police while others want customers...