Ethical theories are a relevant issue when looking at leadership.   Moral flexibility of leadership approaches will imply that different  reasons are used for different theories at different times during a law  enforcement career (Dion, Michel, 1970).  Not all theories will be able  to be applied for all situations that a law enforcement officer will  face.  These theories will be evolved over time, and then once  “mastered” an officer would be able to successfully use the theories in  their leadership roles.

When individuals find themselves in a decision-making situation when  ethics are in play, there are a variety of ethical theories (decision  rules) which provide decision-making guidance as individuals strive to  make ethically correct answers (Chonko, 2012).  With that being said  each law enforcement officer will have to make sure that they  (themselves) are following the ethic code.  Before accusing another law  enforcement officer of doing something ethically wrong the accusing  officer needs to make sure that no backfire could happen to them.