Ethical issues are considered in the work done by a forensic pathologist when working on a case. It is important as forensic investigators to understand and follow all ethical guidelines set forth by the state or government department for which they work. Another area is the enforcement of these policies and what happens when one of these policies is not followed. If a policy is not followed, the consequences could be significant for both forensic investigators, victims and the accused. The reason I chose this topic is because I am pursuing a career in the forensic field and I believe it is very important to have and follow all policies regarding ethical issues. Ethical questions play a very important role within the administration. Management wants its employees to be ethical at all times and every good employee wants to make ethical decisions. History of Ethics in Forensic Science In this section I will provide a brief definition of ethics, I will also include the history of ethics in forensic science. In the history of ethics in forensic science, I will include what has happened before, where ethical guidelines and why ethics are important in forensic science.EthicsEthics has been defined as doing what is right or morally correct. The word ethics comes from the Greek word ethos meaning spirit or character. According to Kenneth Peaks in his book Justice Administration, there are two types of ethical problems. The first is absolute ethics defined as right or wrong. There is no gray area when someone does something morally wrong in this area, they know it is wrong. The second is relative ethics, there is a gray area here and cannot be defined as right and wrong. Someone could... middle of paper ......lianPsychologist, 48(1), p28.Downs, JC Upshaw Ranadive Swienton, Anjali. (2014), Ethics in Forensic Science. St. Louis, MO: Academic Press. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/lib/liberty/docDetail.action (original work published 2012)Garrett, Brndon and Neufeld, Petter (2009), Invalid Forensic Testimony and Conviction unjustified. Virginia Law Review. Peak, K. (2012), Justice Administration. Pearson Education Upper Saddle River NJ. p.278Rogers, R. (2014), Ethical Dilemmas in Forensic Evaluations. Behavior. Sci. Law, 5: 149-160. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2370050207 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bsl.2370050207/full (original work published 1989) Word, Tony and Brigden, Astid Aggression and Violent BehaviorVolume 14, Issue 4, July –August 2009, pages 227 to 231. Ethical issues in forensic and correctional psychology