Caitlin Green, Osvaldo Martinez, Brigid Puleo, Alex Thompson, Lazar Zdravkovic Social Responsibility of Business October 23,

2013

Criminal Justice Consulting: Statement of Corporate Social Responsibility As the founding members of Criminal Justice Consulting, we understand that our company will face many dilemmas which require a corporate-wide ethical code. We would like to address these issues and our responses in three categories: our business and its general practices, client privilege and privacy, and the ethical position of our investors. The concept of a company which consults with criminals in order to assist in accomplishing a particular crime may strike many onlookers as unethical. Immediately the argument arises that if this is classified as aiding a criminal activity, it must be unethical. Our company would argue that, although illegal, this work is not unethical. Instead, we see our contribution as mere information gathering. Much like if a group of friends were to discuss how someone would go about stealing a piece of art from the Louvre, creating hypothetical obstacles, scenarios, and solutions, our company gathers that same information from our team. Though, as opposed to creating obstacles and problems, we have the means and ability to use real data. We then use our past experiences and expertise to create solutions to overcome these issues and obstacles. Finally, we deliver these results to our customer. From this point, it is up to the customer to decide what will be done with this information. We do not encourage our customer to undertake the crime which we have researched, nor do we share in the benefit from a successful crime. Instead, we earn our fees through research, due diligence, and experienced staff members. We are researchers and problem-solvers, not criminals. We would like to go as far as to say that our business is in fact ethical. Most of our clients would go through with their plans without our expert advice, which would lead to poorly executed operations that have a similar outcome with more damage to property and often needless bloodshed. We pride ourselves in planning the most lean and swift operations, which our clients can execute in the least destructive way possible. Further, we plan on opening a security consulting branch which will leverage our criminal expertise in security consulting, where we will advise individuals, companies, institutions and governments on security issues. Going by our Kantian ethical codes we believe that we are

serving a grater good to society and human kind, hence we believe that our does in no way conflict with ethical behavior. The concept of inter-client privilege is one, which we would like to address. If a potential client were to approach us with an idea or crime which would harm or otherwise infringe on the wellbeing on another client, is it our duty to inform the other client? We believe that, above all, privacy is an asset that we must respect. This means that if we agree to consult with an individual who is planning a crime against another one of our clients, we do not have the right to inform the other party, less we make our research and consulting services worthless to the current client. Not only does the concept of privacy help to protect both our company and our clients, but it is also integral to the reputation and long-term life of the CJC. If we were to begin sharing information between clients and informing clients of the practices of others, we would lose all credibility and would eventually lose business. In addition, if our company were to decide to share some information or only to share information at times in between parties, we would create another slew of ethical dilemmas which would be determined on a case by case basis or dependent on the person confronted by the issue rather than a standardized company policy. Even with the somewhat extreme privacy policy between our clients, we must remind you that we are not forced to take any case or consult with any particular client. Rather, we are presented with a client and the basics of a problem before we agree to work with that client. If we are presented with a client or issue that we believe will be financially detrimental to our company or will hurt one of our clients in a way which we cannot accept, we do not have the obligation to accept the contract. Beyond this, if our company were to refuse the contract, that client does not fall under our privacy statement and we have no qualms informing our client of the potential criminal activity that may occur against them. Finally, we would like to address the ethical situation surrounding investing in CJC. Much like our practices, we do not believe that by investing in our company you are aiding or assisting in the completion of any criminal activity. Rather, you as the investor are assisting in the research of certain situations which may or may not occur. It is not the duty or obligation of the

investor to force a person to commit a criminal activity, which may be against the ethical code of the investor. Instead, the investor is helping to fund research of a situation. This research will then be given to a client. From there, it is up to the sole discretion of the client on what to do with this information. An investor is not an active participant in this decision and does not participate in the responsibility or ramifications of the clients actions. In summation, we believe the ethical dilemmas both CJC and its investors face can be addressed by our company code of ethics. Privacy between clients is the highest priority within our firm, for the good of the company and the reliability of our actions. We believe that the actions an individual makes with our information is not our responsibility and we will not share in the profits of these actions. Finally our advisory services serve the greater good of society and are not only ethically permissible; instead we have an ethical obligation to continue serving society and human kind.