Ethics Case Studies Cooperating with the Government WHAT:
Describe the situation. Assemble all relevant facts, list all
the angles. In other words, do the reporting. Put the ethical
dilemma in the form of a question. Write it down to be sure it
makes sense. It began on Jan. 18, 2005, and ended two weeks
later after the longest prison standoff in recent U.S. history.
Two inmates at the Arizona prison complex near Buckeye armed
themselves with homemade weapons and took over a prison guard
tower. They held two correctional officers hostage, releasing
one of them, a male, a week into the standoff and the second, a
female, before surrendering two weeks later, on Feb. 1. The
governors office telephoned news executives around the state and
urged them not to reveal certain basic information. The governor
explained that the state feared for the safety of the two prison
guards and didnt want further trouble at the prison. The state
would not release the names of the hostages or the names,
criminal histories or discipli