A prison guard was assigned to patrol Cell Block 4. One of the guard’s high scho

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A prison guard was assigned to patrol Cell Block 4. One of the guard’s high school buddies, Ray, is incarcerated on the same cell block for possession of narcotics. Cigarettes are not allowed on prison property. While the guard was patrolling the cell block, Ray was smoking a cigarette. If Ray is reported by the guard, he will not be eligible for parole. Ray pleads the guard to not report him. What professional and ethical standards should be in place from the prison administration to assist this guard with decision making, and why should they be put in place?

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External monitoring and inspection ethics should assist the guard in decision making. Here the guard should report the case of his friend as in the first place he was arrested in case of possession of narcotics and secondly he was found smoking in jail premises. So the professional and ethical standards should urge the guard to report as he should be truthful towards his job and not be bias towards his relations.

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