Question

Joe is in charge of an FBI field office. His office has been monitoring an organized crime family in his jurisdiction. The criminals have been unusually active lately, and there has been much criticism in the media about the FBI's inability to shut them down. Joe approves the use of GPS trackers to gather intelligence, despite having been told in the past that doing so without a warrant was a violation of suspects' rights. Joe's decision to ignore his ethical reservations is a result of the pressure he feels to obtain results. Bazerman and Tenbrunsel would refer to Joe's decision as:

Answer 1

They would refer to Joe's decision as motivated blindness.

Step-by-step explanation:

Motivated blindness is a phenomenon explained by Max E. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel where it was described as a behaviour where people ignore information which contradicts their best interest. In this case, since the warrant requirement prevents Joe from using GPS trackers, but not using the trackers prevents Joe from making any real progress against the suspects, he chooses to ignore this information and proceed with the use of the trackers. The motivation being the pressure from the media which results in Joe's proverbial blindness to the requirement of the warrant.