Ethical Decision-Making In The Military

There is a lurking ethical issue that is facing contemporary society and that has already started to affect the military, but has the potential to grow even more monstrous. Online privacy or internet privacy is the root of this issue and “following the revelations of widespread data collection by the United States government, among others, the public has to decide whether to push for legislation that would safeguard their online privacy, and which criteria, if any, should first be met by government agencies before invading civilians' privacy”.

Ethics matter in any kind of business or organization, but they are especially significant when it comes to the US Army (Blackburn, 2001). The reason behind this involves the chain of command and the risk to life and limb that are such large parts of military life. When a soldier in the Army has no ethics, he or she can cause trust and respect problems with other members of his or her unit. The US military is a stressful organization for most people involved with it, and people's lives are on the line frequently. Issues like PTSD and other medical problems are commonplace for those who leave the military and must adjust to civilian life, so it is very important that those who are in the Army work with their colleagues and higher-ups to get the help and support they need during and after their service. There is more to ethics in the Army than the problems that military individuals can face, though.

Every organization, both large and small, will typically have a well-defined set of values that they wish to espouse. This is the template for a successful, trained work force. These values will guide individuals during the decision-making processes that they will encounter. This blue print helps to ensure the integrity of the company and the individual, as well. Our Army today is no different. We can find our values and creeds everywhere we turn. One quick trip to a company or battalion headquarters will yield all the information a Soldier ever needs to assist them in making ethical choices. We hang posters touting the seven Army values on every wall. Units will prominently display the

Over time society's definition of ethics has changed. Throughout society there is an unspoken list of ethical do’s and don'ts. The Military, for example has a wide set of unspoken ethical considerations that could be balanced out or one-sided. An ethical question that comes to mind when referring to the military and its ethics is, to what extent is it ethical to modify a dishonorable discharge when societal laws and or expectations change. Ethics is known as morals or values that determine one’s behavior towards certain ideas or topics. In this essay the ethical statement stated above will be evaluated and discussed under a series of subtopics. The subtopics that will be covered in the following essay are Location, Dishonorable Discharge, Individual,

General Patton once said “Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men (A quote by George S. Patton Jr, n.d.)” He did not know that would describe both his positive example of visionary leadership and his inability to practice ethical leadership all at the same time. His performance during World War II offers great examples of his visionary leadership by utilizing inspirational motivation, idealized influence, and overall embodying transformational leadership. Despite his influence, he illustrated a lack of ethical leadership by falling into the ethical dilemma of competing values and not using the 5-Step Ethical Decision Making Process. General Patton was a visionary leader that showed a lack of ethical leadership, which motivates me into being a better leader in the Wing Inspector Generals (IG) office. To do so, a better understanding of his visionary leadership is required.

Ethics is always important than personal goals, and some people in order to reach their own goals compromised ethics. At the moment, they feel like all the things follow the step and get deal with great, but finally they will pay for it at a great cost one day because the truth won’t inevitably be concealed. “Jeffrey Sinclair was charged with adultery and sexual assault against several female subordinates. And the former head of the U.S. Africa command, general William ‘kip’ Ward, was demoted and resigned after illegally spending $80,000 of government funds” （VOA News）In a word, unethical behaviors will be pay with a heavy price.

When a person’s character is shown to be unethical, you lack trust and wisdom to serve in a

The first step to make prudent decision-making is anticipating possible dilemmas, alternatives and answers; then reflects objectively and analytically about them. For these alternatives be considered reasonable, it is essential that these are aligned with the standards, laws, and institutional policies that shelter us. Supported decision-making methods will conduct professionals to strong sound objective ethical decisions. Moreover, these allow professionals to meet the challenges whether legal or personal with integrity and a clear understanding of the proper way to behave. The ethical decision-making should be a continuous educational, maturation, and personal process. Additionally, decision-making involves the responsibility of operating

Factors influencing ethical decision-making. In the field of counseling psychology, there has been much research invested into decision-making regarding ethics. As described below, these factors include past experiences of the professional, cognitive biases and beliefs, perception of involvement and commitment, individual differences, and personal values Dietrich (2010). These factors influence the decision making process and the outcomes.

As an organizational- level leadership, he will confront many thorny problems and missions that challenge their moral criteria and military profession. In particular, when they receive the order from the upper- level, how he employ his expertise to exercise his moral leadership and undertake the tasks. Actually, both of the profession and ethic are interdependent, and inseparable. Thus, a professional commissioned officer should understand how to fit ethic into his expertise. Moreover, people would face the dilemmatic situation between the obedience of rules and the consideration of the consequence. When it comes to the moral or ethical, should I follow the deontology or consequentialism? Which one is the most critical priority to the stewardship

Making ethical decisions is a complex process, involves morality and morality is relative this imply that never a decision is going to be completely right decision. This complex process involves three factors such as personal feelings, feelings can provide admirable behavior and people should follow their feelings but not every time also can lead to a really bad behavior this bring us that maybe to follow our feelings it is not correct at all when we are talking about making ethical decisions, the second one it is connect with the first one and is the individual conscience this is our sense if something is good or bad and it is more reasonable than the feelings; the third is the majority view involves cultural relativism, is to adopt a point

Ethical concepts came to a cusp so much so that the forty-first President of the United States George H. W. Bush signed Executive Order 12674 (Bush, 1989) into law detailing the proper conduct of government official to include but not limited to the DON. All of the examples thus far violate this document, though in theory the document was to be a guideline that assisted in getting all personnel onto the same ethical page but it clearly has not (Myers, 2016; Durden, 2017; “Naval Leadership Scolded Warship Collisions, Sep 19 2017.”).

We make decisions for the better or for the worst. Everyday some are bigger than others. They affect our everyday lives more than we think. I remember one specifically I regret making. It was November of my freshman year of high school. It was a cold Friday night. Me and my friends decided it would be cool if we snuck out. So we did and we went and met up with a couple of girls. The whole time my conscience was telling me it was a bad idea but were teenage boys its normal to sneak out. So we did and we didn't get back to my friends house until two in the morning. When I went home the following morning I walked in to see my parents sitting at the kitchen table just waiting for me to come home. They were furious at me. I ended up being grounded

Although the demand for leaders who exhibit ethical behavior is growing, there is substantial debate concerning the concept of ethical leadership (Yukl, 2013). Definitions of ethical leadership often incorporate ideas of integrity and trustworthiness, which also have various definitions. Because of the diverse perceptions of what constitutes ethical behavior, there are multiple dilemmas that must be considered. Individuals must also consider difficulties and consequences of ethical leadership. Several theories have been postulated to explain different types of leadership ideas that seek to encourage ethical behavior. In addition, guidelines have been proposed encourage ethical leadership. When leaders perform in an unethical manner, the consequences can be far reaching; Enron is an example of the devastation unethical practices can create (Yukl, 2013).

In a time when everything can be easily blamed on someone else and serious wrongdoing unethical acts are often kept in silence or left unpunished, it seems as though as society we have lost sight of what it means to be a leader in an organization, a person of moral values and integrity. Many ethical failures within organizations have emerged in the media over the past decade, such as fraud and corruption, clearly highlighting the need for organizational leaders to axt in an ethical manner (Joosten, Dijke, Hiel, & Cremer, 2014, p.1). On a daily basis, business magazines, websites, and newsletters are filled with major character lapse from someone trusted by the public such as government officials and corporate executives. Furthermore, a leader’s lack of self-control, on the other hand, has been linked to negative actions due to their inability to resist temptation (Joosten, Dijke,