Mary is a newly hired police ofﬁcer. One day she observes two fellow officers removing drugs from theevidence room without authorization, i. e., they are stealing the drugs. Mary's values include a devotion toloyalty, so she is inclined to protect her fellow ofﬁcers. At the same time, she also believes in upholding thelaw. Mary reports the crime even though her fellow ofﬁcers will be ﬁred and face prosecution. She decidedthey brought this upon themselves, and while they were previously worthy of her loyalty, it was lostthrough their own actions. What does this illustrate?

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Flynn

28 September, 03:34

Mary is a newly hired police ofﬁcer. One day she observes two fellow officers removing drugs from theevidence room without authorization, i. e., they are stealing the drugs. Mary's values include a devotion toloyalty, so she is inclined to protect her fellow ofﬁcers. At the same time, she also believes in upholding thelaw. Mary reports the crime even though her fellow ofﬁcers will be ﬁred and face prosecution. She decidedthey brought this upon themselves, and while they were previously worthy of her loyalty, it was lostthrough their own actions. What does this illustrate?

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Kamila Burke · Answer 1

Principle of Forfeiture

Explanation:

This example illustrates the of Principle of forfeiture. The Principle of Forfeiture guarantees "a right to self defense" to innocents. So this example is a perfect illustration of Prineciple of Forfeiture where an innocent person reports the crime in her self defense considering herself responsible for upholding the Law since she believes that her fellow officers brought this situation upon themselves while prviously they were worthy of her loyality but they lost their credibiltiy through their actions.