William Sullivan's Work And Integrity : The Crisis And Promise Of Professionalism

The Brigade will advocate its commitment to the Army’s core values by focusing on Honor, Personal Courage, and Duty because these three values summarize what an ethical warrior must be. The other Army’s values remain important but focusing on three will bring clarity and simplicity. Honor is a “code of personal integrity.” This code ties the Army to the Nation. It is of course the soldiers’ honor to risk their lives to defend the nation. But it is also their honor to fight in accordance with American values. The US Army’s ethical warriors fight their enemies with determination, but respect. Acts of crime, misconduct, and ethical breaches

The second proponent in carrying out functions related to the Army Profession and Ethic is a web-based resource named CAPE (Center for the Army Profession and Ethic). CAPE is fairly similar to The Army White paper, in terms of topics. Subsequently, both publications provide an overview of the Profession of

No matter if you stay in for one enlistment or two, the depth of the Marine Corps is unknown so knowledge will continuously flow and it is endless. All Marines get taught the basics of being a leader in entry level training, but only a few can react to help form their trait into an elite skill only for them. In order to become the elite you have to build a "Foundation of Values" (pg.31) so that respect in all aspects will become evident between the followers and their leader(s). While setting the example it does not matter what rank you are, you still show that the standards that you hold will reflect on who you are as a person and a Marine. Each Marine chooses how their standards and ways will become beneficial not only to the Marine Corps, but to themselves also. Why do ethics make conducting a moment of decision making so hard? At some point and time every Marine will come to a point in their career or life where the grey area will be the path they choose, but will not think that it is the right way. Moral and ethic dilemmas are common more and more each day. Every Marine is taught to be the toughest both physically, and mentally.

In Bernard Williams “Utilitarianism & Integrity” he begins by defining Utilitarianism as a philosophical theory that focuses on maximizing happiness as much as possible or in certain ethical dilemmas picking the lesser of two evils. He gives two scenarios of where two men face an ethical dilemma in efforts of demonstrating utilitarianism and objection to consequentialism. Furthermore, Robert Nozick’s “The Experience Machine” and the utilitarian test cases of George and Jim relate since they reject the ideology of hedonism.

In conclusion, the direction of the Army will advance forward in a professional manner that reflects a Profession in Arms and a Professional Soldier. I believe that understanding the importance of what it means for the Army to be a Profession of Arms and what it means to be a professional Soldier displays respect and pride in the eyes of the American People. This respect and pride re-enforces trust and continues to build hope for the

Maintaining your military bearing is the similar as being professional, But also has another definition to it, it means you are a soldier and should act like one at all times (being professional). Also it states that if you act unprofessional you are displaying to the world that the military is unprofessional. This is why you must maintain professional at all times cause you are the face of the military. Perception is reality in a lot of peoples eyes, that is a big deal in the military. In search of being professional you must, and I quote "cross all your T's and dot all your I's".

The author states “When the orders we receive from a civilian authority pass legal, ethical or moral boundaries, any soldier of any rank has the right and the duty to first question those orders to receive clarification, and if necessary disobey them if they cross the line.” The author says this because he has been in the army for decades and to him it is the highest form of honor. The author is successful in using tone to express his disdain towards a particular candidate, and to warn other candidates of making the same

While these three points are extensively discussed and dissected, it is apparent that the key factor that makes us professionals is the ethical standard that we must hold every individual soldier, from the lowest private to the highest general, to. One of the major points that are missing is what happens when the ethical standard is breeched and how it is dealt with.

It doesn’t matter whether someone is enlisted or commissioned, they are still a soldier; furthermore, personal is held accountable for honoring the seven Army core values. A leadership position, stresses the importance of following the Army core values which are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Having the responsibility of following the SOP can become a matter of life or death. Lt. Cross sadly finds out the hard way just how crucial it is to adhere to the Army’s SOP. Military personnel must modify their mindset in order to learn to deal with the difficult issue of death and order. To give an example of the changes men go through at time of war O’Brien says:

All human beings behave in the same particular way. The two things that we constantly experience in our lives are pleasure and pain. We are always trying to find pleasure while trying to avoid pain. We seek pleasure and avoid pain because pleasure produces happiness and pain tends to produce sorrow and anger. An action would be considered right if that action created happiness and an action would be wrong if that action promoted the opposite of happiness (sorrow, anger, etc.). When we try to evaluate the rightness or wrongness of an action we have to contemplate the consequences of other people involved and not just of our own. Moral actions should result in maximizing happiness because it’s the right thing to do not only for yourself but for others as well. The utilitarianism approach states the we should always try to produce the greatest amount of happiness for the largest amount of people over the longest amount of time. Happiness is something that we always struggle to maintain constant in our lives because we regularly find ourselves in problematic situations. When we are in these controversial circumstances we may not incessantly do the right thing because we simply don’t know what the right thing to do is. How we deal with certain issues defines whether we acquire happiness or not.

Everywhere you go and in everything you do, professionalism comes in to account in some way or another. Professionalism has been defined as, “a strict adherence to courtesy, honesty and responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment” (Clarke, 2015). When it comes to the career of nursing, professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers, but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when you are given an order that needs to be carried out by a doctor or a patient who needs your help, you adhere to what is being expected of you in a timely manner. Physicians put trust into nurses in order to carry out orders that are needed to save patients’ lives. If you’re not looked at as professional and responsible, it is going to be very hard to have a successful career. Responsibility is what nursing is all about. Professionalism in nursing means that along with taking on big responsibilities, you have discipline. Discipline in nursing is crucial to being successful. Not only to keep your patients safe, but so that you personally are on the ball and looked at by others as professional, therefore, making you a great nurse. Professionalism means that you have the

The Creed of the Noncommissioned Officer states, “No one is more professional than I,” “I will strive to remain technically and tactically proficient,” and “All soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership; I will provide that leadership.” As America transitions from a nation at war to a nation at the ready, it is imperative as noncommissioned officers, that we remember those responsibilities set forth in the creed in which we live by as we forge our next generation of soldiers and leaders. How we forge our future leaders, train our soldiers, and how we develop ourselves as noncommissioned officers is outlined in Army Regulation 350-1, Army Training and Leader Development. From

Professionals in the United States Army stand apart from others engaged in particular careers in the civilian world. While many vocations contain some of the characteristics of professional, a lot of careers do not include all of the elements necessary to distinguish themselves as being as close to a professional as a United States soldier. Professionalism grows depending on the time and service they have in the Army. A professional has specialized knowledge and skill which can only be acquired through prolonged education and experience. Such skill and experience form the basis of objective standards of professional competence that separate the practicing professional from their peers and

In fact, for Huntington, that is the entirety of the definition! To quote him directly, “A highly professional officer corps stands ready to carry out the wishes of any civilian group which secures legitimate authority within the state.” Huntington, of course, puts forward a substantial sub-structure in his defining of Military Professionalism which is not readily apparent in what seems to be such a simple definition. In his principle work on civilian-military relations, The Soldier and the State, he puts forward a dichotomy of objective and subjective civilian control over the military, the former of which represents simple voluntary and autonomous subservience to the objectives of the civilian sphere, while the latter indicates a transmutation, and an integral weakening and altering of the military readiness in an attempt to ensure the primacy of civilian power. Thus, Military Professionalism as autonomous subservience fulfills the role of the optimal relation of military and state by Huntington’s

As a soldier we have certain duties, responsibilities, and most have some level of authority. We should know what these are and how they apply to our everyday life in the military. It is one of my obligations as a soldier to carry out my duties to standard and to the best of my abilities. It is my job to bear my responsibilities knowing that I am a part of a team that works when its members work and perform their duties together. Duties are general requirements to be performed. As a soldier, I have a moral, and legal duty to obey the lawful orders of my leaders. I also have a moral obligation to perform all of my duties in a military manner, as it is brought about in many different ways including The Soldiers Creed, which describes our way of life as soldiers. As a junior enlisted soldier I am the work dog, or where the rubber meets the road when it comes to duties being performed. As a junior enlisted soldier I am also required to perform all my duties to standard and to the best I can perform them. This means performing individual tasks given to me by my first line supervisor. There are different types of duty’s you can come across in the military, and as a soldier. As a soldier we are held to a high standards of professionalism, whether we are on and off duty. It is our Duty to make sure we withhold that sense of professionalism all the time. We have our Specified duties which are those related to our job positions or our MOS. We have Directed duties which are not a part