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Essay / Forensic Science - 1021
Forensic scientists must swear to tell the truth and not distort facts in the form of testimony. Distortions of facts may include deliberately omitting important facts, encouraging misinterpretations, or drawing false conclusions. Scientists may even lie about their credentials to appear qualified enough to testify. Criteria of general acceptance by scientists are not necessarily reliable because they are not widely accepted methods in court. To be scientific according to the court means to present the idea of correct scientific methods. The court judges the testimony of an expert witness by evaluating the scientific reliability of the methods the expert used to read his or her findings. Forensic scientists must value the moral virtue of telling the truth as well as the scientific virtue of reliable science. To tell the truth in court, a scientist must be both a good scientist and a good person. There are no laws defining the legal and ethical responsibilities of forensic pathologists, but they use codes of conduct from professional organizations. Professional ethics are an important part of scientific practice and are not just a list of right and wrong. Scientists also have legal obligations to the courts, professional obligations to their employer, client or code of conduct, and personal responsibilities to themselves and to their science. Skepticism about legal, moral, ethical, and scientific values occurs in the courtroom when institutions are unregulated or self-regulated. The FBI requires an examination of these values in forensic institutions to resolve these conflicts. Any conflict with these values is propagated by the press and media, causing even more distrust of the legal system. Forensic science is middle of paper......many of those who got away with it. Ethics is a very important part of forensic science, but its absence has been noted in all disciplines involved in forensic science due to lack or inappropriate training and personal morality . Other reasons why people may be driven to commit these unethical acts include greed for power and higher status, forgetting to be impartial, and failing to wanting to let their team down. These acts can be easily avoided with background checks, proper training, and good medical examiner management. The actions and observations of investigators and criminals will most likely be presented in a trial, so their reputation depends on how ethically and accurately they performed their jobs. . Forensic scientists must recreate the crime scene in court with their testimony and tell the truth for the speechless victim..