INTL 310 - Ethics of Spying

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Description:

This course looks at the dilemmas that exist when someone is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that person believes to be ethical. Such ethics require and expect an intelligence officer to lie, deceive, steal, launder money, and perform a variety of other activities they would certainly be condemned as illegal if practiced in the United States. Prerequisites: INTL 101, INTL 102, and PHIL 240. Course Objectives (1) Compare and contrast the ethics of criminal justice with those of the intelligence profession (2) Examine transparency and accountability in the intelligence profession (3) Define legal parameters in the intelligence profession (4) Explain the changes in the operations of intelligence agencies, with respect to their conduct and prohibitions since the late 1970's

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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